Optimal Foraging Theory by Barry Sinervo (1997), Course: "Behavioral Ecology 2013", Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCSC – This Section, of that Course at UCSC, considers OFT and 'Adaptational Hypotheses' ('guided trial and error, instinct'). along with addition subjects such as "Prey Size", "Patch Residence Time", "Patch Quality and Competitors", "Search Strategies", "Risk Aversive Behavior" and foraging practices subject to "Food Limitation". See also: up one Level for the Main Section of the Course, where downloadable PDFs are available (as the Images on that Page seem broken currently). The PDF for the above Link is 26 Pages long (with Images).
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