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Animal migration

models predicting fuel loads and stopover decisions according to whether migrants minimise time, energy or predation risk.

In animal migration, optimal migration theory refers to models predicting fuel loads and stopover decisions according to whether migrants minimise time, energy or predation risk. This meaning comes from Alerstam (1990) in Bird Migration.[1]

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References

Alerstam, T., & Lindström, Å. (1990). Optimal Bird Migration: The Relative Importance of Time, Energy, and Safety. In Bird Migration (pp. 331-351). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74542-3_22

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