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Decision rules in behavioural ecology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2001

Alasdair I. Houston
Alasdair I. Houston
Affiliation:
Centre for Behavioural Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UG, United Kingdom a.i.houston@bristol.ac.uk www.bio.bris.ac.uk/research/behavior/behavior.htm
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Gigerenzer, Todd, and the ABC Research Group give an interesting account of simple decision rules in a variety of contexts. I agree with their basic idea that animals use simple rules. In my commentary I concentrate on some aspects of their treatment of decision rules in behavioural ecology.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2000 , pp. 754 - 755
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© 2000 Cambridge University Press