A Comparative-Ecological Approach to the Study of Learning

Optimal foraging, the marginal value theorem

1976 • 5,081 citations

On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment

1966 • 4,287 citations

RELATIVE AND ABSOLUTE STRENGTH OF RESPONSE AS A FUNCTION OF FREQUENCY OF REINFORCEMENT^1,2

1961 • 2,238 citations

Relation of cue to consequence in avoidance learning

1966 • 1,963 citations

On the generality of the laws of learning.

1970 • 1,732 citations

AUTO‐SHAPING OF THE PIGEON'S KEY‐PECK¹

1968 • 1,527 citations

The misbehavior of organisms.

1961 • 1,174 citations

A PROGRESSION FOR GENERATING VARIABLE‐INTERVAL SCHEDULES¹

1962 • 1,064 citations

Foraging behavior: ecological, ethological, and psychological approaches

1980 • 742 citations

AUTO‐MAINTENANCE IN THE PIGEON: SUSTAINED PECKING DESPITE CONTINGENT NON‐REINFORCEMENT²

1969 • 710 citations

Scala naturae: Why there is no theory in comparative psychology.

1969 • 583 citations

Phyletic differences in learning.

1965 • 497 citations

Foraging and reinforcement schedules in the pigeon: Optimal and non-optimal aspects of choice

1979 • 315 citations

Search Image Formation in the Blue Jay ( Cyanocitta cristata )

1979 • 306 citations

Systematic foraging by a nectar-feeding bird, the amakihi (Loxops virens).

1978 • 282 citations

Toward a comparative psychology of learning.

1960 • 212 citations

Nonrandom Foraging by Sunbirds in a Patchy Environment

1977 • 200 citations

A MOLAR THEORY OF REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES

1978 • 175 citations

Visual Detection of Cryptic Prey by Blue Jays ( Cyanocitta cristata )

1977 • 143 citations

CHOICE, CHANGEOVER, AND TRAVEL

1982 • 136 citations

Spatial Learning as an Adaptation in Hummingbirds

1982 • 110 citations

Learning and Foraging Behavior

1982 • 65 citations