On the Theory of Central Place Foraging.¶
Orians, G. H., & Pearson, N. E. (1979). On the Theory of Central Place Foraging. Analysis of Ecological Systems.
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Primes¶
- Access Catchment
- Hydrology and ecology. The watershed is the dual case where the catchment is the upstream set flowing into a node, and central-place foraging and home ranges are catchments around a nest or flower.
This sourceFounds central-place foraging theory, treating the area a forager exploits around a fixed nest or central place as a catchment bounded by travel cost. (No stable DOI; verified via Semantic Scholar https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/71712b997110b5011ea40a0b98f9892dba59075b.)
- Hydrology and ecology. The watershed is the dual case where the catchment is the upstream set flowing into a node, and central-place foraging and home ranges are catchments around a nest or flower.
- Operational Overextension
- In biology and ecology, a population expands its foraging range beyond what the central place can supply, and a drought or predator pulse collapses the perimeter.
This sourceDevelops central-place foraging theory — effective foraging range bounded by round-trip cost from the central place — the ecological instance with no human practice.
- In biology and ecology, a population expands its foraging range beyond what the central place can supply, and a drought or predator pulse collapses the perimeter.
- Operational Reach
- Infrastructure: power, water, cellular, and broadband all have reach functions that decay with distance from the source and impose service boundaries. Biology: a central-place forager (bee, woodpecker, beaver) has a reach bounded by the energy cost of the round trip; foraging theory formalises the trade-off.
This sourceDevelops central-place foraging — effective range bounded by the round-trip energy cost from the central place.
- Infrastructure: power, water, cellular, and broadband all have reach functions that decay with distance from the source and impose service boundaries. Biology: a central-place forager (bee, woodpecker, beaver) has a reach bounded by the energy cost of the round trip; foraging theory formalises the trade-off.
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