Adaptive experimental design produces superior and more efficient estimates of predator functional response

• Nikos E. Papanikolaou †,

  † Deceased.

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Department of Plant Protection Products, Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Athens, Greece

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• Hayden Moffat,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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• Argyro Fantinou,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• Dionysios P. Perdikis,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece

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• Michael Bode,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

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• Christopher Drovandi

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: c.drovandi@qut.edu.au

  Affiliations School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, Centre for Data Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9222-8763

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