Figure 5.

Habitat selection given a continuum of patch types. (a) The posterior p(λ|x(t)) of the estimated yield rate is shifted up by each resource encounter and decreases between resource encounters. (b) There is an optimal θ that minimizes the time to arrive and remain in a high-yielding patch (λ > λ_θ), and the optimal time ${\overline{T}}_{\mathrm{arrive}}^{\mathrm{opt}}$ (circles) increases as the acceptable yield rate is increased. α = 1 is used here. 10⁶ Monte Carlo simulations for each λ_θ and θ.