This is a book about proximate mechanisms. Although some theoreti
cal structure is used to introduce the subject, the intent is to
offer a comprehensive view of the mechanistic side of searching (or
foraging) so as to balance the current emphasis of books on
mathematical and functional models. It seems to me that the
pendulum needs to swing back to studies of how animals behave, and
that maybe in so doing models will become valuable again in driving
experimentation. I have probably included too many examples in this
book, and some are even presented in great detail. Hopefully, they
provide a complete picture of the kind of animals used, the
experimental setup, the kinds of data yielded, and how the data
were analysed. I have done this in response to frustrating
experiences of reading chapters in behavioural ecobgy books that
provide insufficient information with which to evaluate an author's
conclusion."
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