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David J. Rapport and J.E. Turner; Determination of predator food preferences. J.Theor.Biol. 26:365-372, 1970
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A definition of food preference is developed which is valid over a wide range of predation conditions. The definition agrees with intuitive ideas about preference and readily lends itself to experimental measurement. It implicitly takes into account the ease or difficulty of capture of the various prey species available to the predator. Utilizing the definition, a simple probability model for predation with preference is presented. The model demonstrates the effect of food preference on the proportions of alternative prey consumed.