Optimal foraging theory

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21Biology / Red-legged Kittiwake / Kittiwake / Bird cliff / Foraging / Bird / Optimal foraging theory / Fur seal / Gulls / Zoology / Behavior

Foraging Responses of Black-Legged Kittiwakes to Prolonged Food-Shortages around Colonies on the Bering Sea Shelf Rosana Paredes1*, Rachael A. Orben2, Robert M. Suryan3, David B. Irons4, Daniel D. Roby5, Ann M. A. Hardin

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Source URL: www.nprb.org

Language: English - Date: 2014-05-23 15:50:00
22Ethology / Foraging / Pogonomyrmex occidentalis / Optimal foraging theory / Ant / Pogonomyrmex / Forage / Seed / Myrmicinae / Behavior / Biology

Testing Central Place Foraging Theory in the Ant Genus Pogonomyrmex: a review of the literature from 1977 through 2008 A.B. Mayo Animal Population Ecology Dr. Miriam Benabib

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Source URL: files.figshare.com

Language: English - Date: 2013-08-23 08:18:58
23Bufo / Bufo fowleri / Scaphiopus / Biology / Frog / Optimal foraging theory / Behavior / Ant / Amphibian / Toads / Herpetology / Anaxyrus

were based on three-year old frogs, but toe-twitching in captive P. corroboree has been observed in all ages from metamorphs to adults, beginning as early as six days after the completion of metamorphosis (McFadden, pers

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Source URL: www.umass.edu

Language: English - Date: 2013-02-01 10:42:28
24Behavioral ecology / Optimal foraging theory / Pinniped / Behavioural sciences / Behavior / Foraging / Ethology

Ecology, 90(11), 2009, pp. 3209–3221 Ó 2009 by the Ecological Society of America Sex-specific, seasonal foraging tactics of adult grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) revealed by state–space analysis GREG A. BREED,1,3 IA

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Source URL: www.fmap.ca

Language: English - Date: 2011-04-09 11:26:36
25Behavior / Ecological theories / Systems ecology / Biological pest control / Optimal foraging theory / Food web / Trophic cascade / Apex predator / Functional response / Biology / Predation / Ecology

Ecological Applications, 20(7), 2010, pp. 1979–1992 Ó 2010 by the Ecological Society of America Disentangling trophic interactions inside a Caribbean marine reserve JULIE B. KELLNER,1,4 STEVEN Y. LITVIN,2 ALAN HASTING

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Source URL: www.marinespatialecologylab.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-05-16 08:34:44
26Metabolism / Exercise physiology / Ethology / Basal metabolic rate / Foraging / Optimal foraging theory / Organism / Biology / Behavior / Ecological theories

Main Points 1) Metabolism and allometries continued 2) Tinbergen’s Four Questions 3) Optimal Foraging Theory -- key assumptions -- example: heritability of foraging behavior in ground squirrels

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Source URL: www.jakegoheen.com

Language: English - Date: 2014-10-13 16:22:47
27Zoology / Common Coquí / Coquí / Coqui / Behavior / Frog / Ant / Optimal foraging theory / Arachnid / Eleutherodactylus / Fauna of Puerto Rico / Biology

Copeia, 2007(2), pp. 281–291 Diet of the Invasive Frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui, in Hawaii KAREN H. BEARD Because of their high densities and generalist feeding behaviors, the introduced frog, Eleutherodactylus coqui,

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Source URL: dlnr.hawaii.gov

Language: English - Date: 2013-05-23 18:27:48
28Functional response / Ethology / Herbivore / Ecology / Geocoris / Numerical response / Optimal foraging theory / Predation / Biology / Behavior

Biological Control 20, 175–[removed]doi:[removed]bcon[removed], available online at http://www.idealibrary.com on Toward the Quantification of Predation with Predator Gut Immunoassays: A New Approach Integrating Func

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Source URL: www.ars.usda.gov

Language: English - Date: 2005-10-26 19:16:40
29Behavioral ecology / Predation / Ecological theories / Optimal foraging theory / Foraging / Prey switching / Community / Food web / Paradox of the pesticides / Biology / Behavior / Ecology

Provided for non-commercial research and educational use only. Not for reproduction, distribution or commercial use. This chapter was originally published in the book Advances in Ecological Research, Vol. 50 published by

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Source URL: www.eawag.ch

Language: English - Date: 2014-08-26 03:22:26
30Zoology / Star-nosed mole / Optimal foraging theory / Mole / Kenneth C. Catania / Foraging / Predation / Mammal / Eastern mole / Talpidae / Biology / Behavior

letters to nature metabolic rate relative to the maximum O2 delivery capacity of the respiratory system. Discontinuous ventilation is observed in some non-insect, tracheate arthropods (such as sun scorpions, solifugids a

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Language: English - Date: 2007-08-08 16:52:52
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