title: Optimal foraging: a bird in the hand released.
abstract: Optimal foraging theory aims to elucidate strategies that maximize resource intake. Although traditionally used to understand animal foraging behavior, recent evolutionary experiments with viruses offer a new twist on an old idea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. nahumj@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nahum
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kerr
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000818:Animals; D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D008954:Models, Biological