AgentSeal: Agent-based model describing movement of marine central-place foragers

Magda Chudzinska, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Sophie Smout, Geert Aarts, Sophie Brasseur, Isla Graham, Paul Thompson and Bernie McConnell

Ecological Modelling, 2021, vol. 440, issue C

Abstract: Understanding why animals move as they do when searching for resources is a central question in ecology, and a prerequisite for the development of predictive process-based models for conservation and management. Many species are central-place foragers (CPF). While several models for CPFs have been proposed, they often assume well-defined return rules to the focal point (like breeding). For some CPFs, however, the decisions to return to central sites are governed by multiple interactions between environmental and physiological factors.

Keywords: Optimal foraging; Marine central-place foragers; Process-based modelling; Harbour seals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109397

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