Essays on Optimal Foraging Theory: I. the First Two Papers (1966)
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The first two papers on optimal foraging theory, one by Robert MacArthur and Eric Pianka and the other by John Merritt Emlen, were published back-to-back in the November-December 1966 issue of the American Naturalist. Both papers are among the most frequently cited papers on foraging theory (having been cited 1079 and 504 times, respectively as of 8-5-05). The circumstances of authorship were discussed as Citation Classic commentaries by Emlen (1980) and Pianka (1988). While the basic idea of using optimization to understand behavior has been very influential, it is possible that these papers have been cited more often than read.
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