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    Optimal migration strategy of species foraging on patchily distributed food sources Jomar F. Rabajante* Ramon Joseph P. Esteves Michael C. Villadelrey University of the Philippines *Author for correspondence: jfrabajante@up.edu.ph There are species that sporadically migrate to a new habitat with richer food sources. The collective behavior of rational species foraging on patches is theoretically modeled to predict their migration strategy. Foraging with perfect information is essential in the model, and this assumption is feasible because of the availability of scouts or any medium of exploration. The model assumed that the behavior of a colony follows the Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT), i.e., species determines the costs and benefits of foraging in certain patch or set of nearby patches. Factors such as quality and quantity of available food, height and distance of the food source from the hive, time and energy needed, and existence of competition and predation were considered. Preferences of the species with regard to the factors considered were incorporated in the model using fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The consumption rates and Verhulstian population growth of the migrating colony and of the competitors, as well as the natural depletion rates of patches can be included in the computation of the likability weight of each patch. The model employed multi-criteria network optimization solved using mixed integer goal programming. The potential new habitats with connected food patches comprise the set of nodes in the network. The deterministic mathematical program gives the optimal choice of new habitat location with respect to the given factors and preferences, which is a satisficing solution. Since the species are possibly quasi-rational in nature, the results of the model may deviate from the actual choice of habitat location. The value of the objective function can be translated to be a good quantitative indicator of how much the actual choice deviates from the optimal solution. From this, researchers can further look on why such deviations exist and how the deviation is reflected in the actual behavior of the species.

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    Optimal migration strategy of species foraging on patchily distributed food sources Jomar F. Rabajante* Ramon Joseph P. Esteves Michael C. Villadelrey University of the Philippines *Author for correspondence: jfrabajante@up.edu.ph There are species that sporadically migrate to a new habitat with richer food sources. The collective behavior of rational species foraging on patches is theoretically modeled to predict their migration strategy. Foraging with perfect information is essential in the model, and this assumption is feasible because of the availability of scouts or any medium of exploration. The model assumed that the behavior of a colony follows the Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT), i.e., species determines the costs and benefits of foraging in certain patch or set of nearby patches. Factors such as quality and quantity of available food, height and distance of the food source from the hive, time and energy needed, and existence of competition and predation were considered. Preferences of the species with regard to the factors considered were incorporated in the model using fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The consumption rates and Verhulstian population growth of the migrating colony and of the competitors, as well as the natural depletion rates of patches can be included in the computation of the likability weight of each patch. The model employed multi-criteria network optimization solved using mixed integer goal programming. The potential new habitats with connected food patches comprise the set of nodes in the network. The deterministic mathematical program gives the optimal choice of new habitat location with respect to the given factors and preferences, which is a satisficing solution. Since the species are possibly quasi-rational in nature, the results of the model may deviate from the actual choice of habitat location. The value of the objective function can be translated to be a good quantitative indicator of how much the actual choice deviates from the optimal solution. From this, researchers can further look on why such deviations exist and how the deviation is reflected in the actual behavior of the species.

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    Optimal migration strategy of species foraging on patchily distributed food sources Jomar F. Rabajante* Ramon Joseph P. Esteves Michael C. Villadelrey University of the Philippines *Author for correspondence: jfrabajante@up.edu.ph There are species that sporadically migrate to a new habitat with richer food sources. The collective behavior of rational species foraging on patches is theoretically modeled to predict their migration strategy. Foraging with perfect information is essential in the model, and this assumption is feasible because of the availability of scouts or any medium of exploration. The model assumed that the behavior of a colony follows the Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT), i.e., species determines the costs and benefits of foraging in certain patch or set of nearby patches. Factors such as quality and quantity of available food, height and distance of the food source from the hive, time and energy needed, and existence of competition and predation were considered. Preferences of the species with regard to the factors considered were incorporated in the model using fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). The consumption rates and Verhulstian population growth of the migrating colony and of the competitors, as well as the natural depletion rates of patches can be included in the computation of the likability weight of each patch. The model employed multi-criteria network optimization solved using mixed integer goal programming. The potential new habitats with connected food patches comprise the set of nodes in the network. The deterministic mathematical program gives the optimal choice of new habitat location with respect to the given factors and preferences, which is a satisficing solution. Since the species are possibly quasi-rational in nature, the results of the model may deviate from the actual choice of habitat location. The value of the objective function can be translated to be a good quantitative indicator of how much the actual choice deviates from the optimal solution. From this, researchers can further look on why such deviations exist and how the deviation is reflected in the actual behavior of the species.

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    Optimal migration strategy of

    species foraging on patchily


    distributed food sources

    JF Rabajante, RJP Esteves and MC Villadelrey


    University of the Philippines Los Baños

    MSP Annual Convention, 20-21 May 2010, Cebu City


    MIGRATION NETWORK
    MIGRATION NETWORK
    Food source only Potential new
    hive location,
    but not a food
    source
    Weights are
    based on actual
    distances

    Potential new
    Old hive hive location,
    and a food
    source
    OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY
    • colonies consider the costs and benefits of
    foraging in a certain patch or set of
    neighboring patches
    OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY
    • colonies consider the costs and benefits of
    foraging in a certain patch or set of
    neighboring patches

    Objective: MAXIMIZE BENEFIT subject to costs


    associated with the migration and preferences
    of the species
    ASSUMPTIONS
    • All information needed is available
    • Species do pairwise comparison between
    factors
    FACTORS
    • Distance of possible new hive location from the old
    hive
    • Distance of food sources from every possible new hive
    locations
    • Quality of available food
    • Quantity of available food
    • Height of the possible new hive location
    • Height of food sources
    • Existence of competition and predation
    • Depletion of food caused by natural means and
    consumption of species
    OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

    MAXIMIZE
    OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

    MAXIMIZE
    OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

    MAXIMIZE
    OBJECTIVE FUNCTION

    MAXIMIZE
    CONSTRAINTS
    CONSTRAINTS

    Fuzzy AHP (Kong & Liu, 2005 )


    CONSTRAINTS
    CONSTRAINTS

    *
    CONSTRAINTS

    *
    CONSTRAINTS

    *
    CONSTRAINTS

    *
    CONSTRAINTS
    CONSTRAINTS
    COMPETITION
    COMPETITION

    Colony wins
    COMPETITION

    Colony loses
    COMPETITION

    Colony and competitors


    Coexist
    DYNAMICS OF COMPETITION
    CONSUMPTION

    Carrying capacity:
    THANK YOU!
    Optimal migration strategy of
    species foraging on patchily
    distributed food sources

    JF Rabajante, RJP Esteves and MC Villadelrey


    University of the Philippines Los Baños

    MSP Annual Convention, 20-21 May 2010, Cebu City

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