State dependent behavior and the Marginal Value Theorem

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Optimal patch time allocation for time-limited foragers (2006, methodology): “Modelling approaches based on stochastic dynamic models that included predation and/or starvation showed that the optimal time animals should remain on patches of resources should differ from those predicted from the MVT (Newman 1991; Nonacs 2001).”
Time allocation strategies in insect parasitoids: from ultimate predictions to proximate behavioral mechanisms (2006, methodology): “On the contrary to the static MVT, their aim is to find optimal behavioral strategies, taking into account the state of the foraging females (McNamara and Houston 1986; Houston et al. 1988; Clark and Mangel 2000).”
Patch leaving in humans: can a generalist adapt its rules to dispersal of items across patches? (2008, methodology): “Numerous studies have tested how well animals approximate these optimal policies (Nonacs 2001), mostly in ovipositing insect parasitoids (van Alphen et al. 2003; Wajnberg 2006) but also in fish, birds and mammals sociation for the Study of Animal Behaviour.”