Table 1

Parameters and their values used in the simulation experiments

Parameter Name
Min
Max
Step
Constant

Distance between sleep and food (interDistance)
0.0
0.7
0.01
0.0, 0.35, 0.7
Food depletion rate
10
240
1
60
Number of food patches
10
120
1
40
Number of sleep patches
10
120
1
40
Number of sleep and food patches
10
120
1
40

"Min" and "Max" represent the extreme ranges of values in focused tests, holding other traits constant. "Step" refers to the amount that values were incremented, while "Constant" gives the values used when one of the other parameters was varied.

Acerbi et al. BMC Ecology 2008 8:10   doi:10.1186/1472-6785-8-10