Optimal Foraging Theory Graph-- please help me understand what my professor is e

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Optimal Foraging Theory Graph-- please help me understand what my professor is even asking

The Fat Sand Rat of northern Africa collects a large amount of plant material each summer for use during the long, dry season. One of the plants collected is Anabasis. It can remain in storage for a very long time, but is not edible early on in the dry season. Fresh leaves of Lupinus are very nutritious, but can't last throughout the winter. knowing the basis of Optimal Foraging Theory, you decide to predict the proportion of Anabasis vs. Lupinus in the Pika's winter diet. From the literature you discover the following information In order for the Sand Rat to meet its energy demands late in the dry season, it must collect at least 2.0 kg of Anabasis each summer. Because of the differences in plant morphology, the Sand Rat can only collect a maximum of 3.0 kg Anabasis, but upto 5.0 kg Lupinus. Lupinus is a nitrogen fixer and is 2-times more nutritious than Anabasis To overwinter the Sand Rat must have at least 1.0 kg of Lupinus. Based on optimal foraging theory and the constraints described above, you set out to determine the Possible combinations of Anabasis versus Lupinus mass found in the winter diet of the Fat Sand Rat. Draw a graph that shows each of the 3 constraints (be sure to label the axes and each constraint), then identify the potential combinations of Anabasis vs Lupinus mass that the sand Rat must collect to satisfy its winter diet by shading in the area of possible combinations.

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Hi,

Your professor is asking you to determine the possible collection of Anabasis and Lupinus by Fat sand rat to overcome the whole winter. You need to applicate the Optimal foraging theory to answer the above question. Ratio of mass collection of Anabasis to Lupinus is 3:5.

Put all the three constraints on Y axis for Anabasis and Lupinus and find out the correlation. You have to essentially find out the mass collected by Fat sand rat for both Anabasis and Lupinus.

I hope I am clear to you.

Good luck…

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