Mettke-Hofmann, Claudia; Wink, Michael; Winkler, Hans; … - In: Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 1, pp. 247-254
Decision making in informed animals is often described by optimality models. However, how information about an environment is acquired is rarely investigated. Cost/benefit considerations suggest that species differ in this respect according to their lifestyle. We tested the hypothesis that...