Question
A 1981 paper by Kacelnik et al. describes optimal territorial defense and this behavior in the great tit, Parus major. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this feeding behavior in which an organism searches its environment for food.
ANSWER: foraging [accept word forms like forage]
[10m] Richard J. Cowie employed Aschoff and Pohl’s equation for this quantity to demonstrate the optimality of Parus major’s foraging. The Harris–Benedict equation gives this quantity as a function of height, age, and weight.
ANSWER: BMR [or base metabolic rate, basal metabolic rate, SMR, or standard metabolic rate; prompt on partial answer]
[10h] Specific term required. Eric Charnov’s marginal value theorem of optimal foraging models animals that travel among these discretized subsets of its habitat. An ecological approach popular in the late 20th century studied the “dynamics” of these things that cluster into mosaics.
ANSWER: patches [or patch dynamics]
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| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 9 | 12.22 | 100% | 0% | 22% |
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| Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hang et al., Robert Browning | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Quasicrystal Silence | I would prefer not to | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Team Name Think Detail | remembrance of lost time | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| In Search of Things Past | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | The Canadians | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |