Concepts

Animals adopt a foraging strategy that provides the most benefit (energy) for the lowest cost

Signaling system where the signal reliably indicates the quality or quantity of rewards available to the receiver

The range of resources or interaction partners utilized by a species, in this context referring to the diversity of flower visitors to a plant species

Theory stating that foragers will leave a patch after the quality of the patch drops below the average quality of the overall habitat

Theory stating that pollinator visitation rates are higher in areas of higher floral density while in sparse populations pollinators switch between plants less frequently