Optimal foraging: a bird in the hand released.
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.
Nahum
Joshua
J
Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. nahumj@u.washington.edu
Kerr
Benjamin
B
D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000818:Animals; D017123:Bacteriophage T7 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D005075:Biological Evolution; D008954:Models, Biological