A Scientist Is Studying a Bird That Forages for Worms

question 25

Multiple Choice

A scientist is studying a bird that forages for worms and takes them back to its nest. If the relation between search time and the number of prey caught remains constant but the scientist moves the food closer, what change in the bird's behaviour would central-place foraging predict?

• A) More worms would be brought back per trip.
• B) The number of worms brought back would not change.
• C) Fewer worms would be brought back per trip.
• D) The bird would enter torpor.

Analyze the strategies firms utilize to maximize profits in oligopolistic competition.

Examine the role of collusion and cartels in market dynamics and outcomes.

Assess the economic welfare outcomes of various oligopoly market structures.

Understand the concept of dominant strategies in game theory.

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