Habitat quality influences trade-offs in animal movement along the exploration–exploitation continuum

Abstract To successfully establish itself in a novel environment, an animal must make an inherent trade-off between knowledge accumulation and exploitation of knowledge gained (i.e., the exploration–exploitation dilemma). To evaluate how habitat quality affects the spatio-temporal scale of switching...

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Main Authors: Joshua B. Smith, David A. Keiter, Steven J. Sweeney, Ryan S. Miller, Peter E. Schlichting, James C. Beasley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-31457-3