Multiple Choice
According to the optimal foraging theory,a predator should abandon a patch
A) when the rate of energy gain is at a maximum.
B) at low values of cumulative energy gain (G) .
C) when the preferred prey species is unavailable.
D) any time a higher quality patch is available.
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