Theory 03/Speed vs Accuracy/Foraging
Fast Foragers Specialise
The claim
Foraging speed trades against diet breadth, so a predator that handles prey quickly can afford to be a specialist while a slow handler must generalise.
01Mechanism
Handling time determines the profitability of each prey type; the optimal diet widens as handling slows, which links speed to breadth.
02Prediction
Diet breadth should increase as handling time rises.
03Refutation
Breadth independent of handling time would remove the trade-off.