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foraging ecology

Scope: population ecology
Papers: 50 | Mentions: 61

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Definition

The study of how animals search for and utilize food resources in their environment

Related Terms (30)

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Publications (52)

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Relationships matter: How the social environment affects individual fitness-related behaviors

2021primary focus
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Characterizing the role of phosphorus availability and periphytic algae in the food choice and performance of detritivorous caddisflies (Trichoptera:Limnephilidae)

2021Freshwater Sciencecentral
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Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

2020Animal Behaviourcentral
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Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological Entomologymeasured
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Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological Entomologymeasured
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Feeding Preference and Growth Effects for Three Trichoptera Species

2019central
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Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

2019measured
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Are ants botanists?: Ant associative learning of plant volatiles

2018central
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Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018measured variable
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Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018primary focus
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The ability of ants to associatively learn based on olfactory chemical cues produced by plants.

2017central
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Can yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventer</i>) learn foraging innovations?

2017central
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Does bumble bee (<i>Bombus spp.</i>) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

2017framework
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Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

2017Ecology Lettersreferenced
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Effects of <i>Didymosphenia germinata</i> on American Dipper (<i>Cinclus mexicanus</i>) Territory Size

2017measured
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Effects of <i>Helianthella quinquenervis</i> Extrafloral Nectaries on Ant Abundance and Community Structure

2016measured
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Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots.

2016Ethology, Ecology and Evolutioncentral
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Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (<i>Hymenoptera: Megachilidae</i>)

2016measured
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Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016primary focus
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Pattern and variation of the time budget of yellow-bellied marmots

2015Ethology, Ecology and Evolutioncentral
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Revisiting Edward R. Warren: A Century of Beaver <i>Castor canadensis</I> Occupancy near Crested Butte, Colorado

2013context
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The effect of long-term metal exposure and mermithid parasitism on behavior and predation of nymphal <i>Baetis bicaudatus</i> by <i>Megarcys signata</i>

2013measured
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Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

2012Ecological Entomologymeasured
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Role of floral nectaries and plant sex in mediating ant-aphid interactions on <i>Valeriana edulis</i>

2011measured
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Mule deer (<i>Odocoileus hemionus</i>) detect coyote (<i>Canis latrans</i>) scent

2011measured
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Trade-offs associated with food availability and predator avoidance behavior of a stream mayfly

2011tested
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The Landscape of Fear and Trophic Cascades: Does Human Presence at RMBL Affect Deer Behavior?

2010measured
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Willow branch selection by the red-naped sapsucker (<i>Sphyrapicus nuchalis</i>): The effects of branch characteristics on foraging behavior in Gothic, CO

2010central
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Effects of Burrow Distance on Anti-predator Vigilance in Foraging Yellow-Bellied Marmots

2010measured
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Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009measured
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Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional Ecologycentral
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Butterfly foraging behavior: can butterflies detect nectar in flowering plants?

2008central
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The importance of parasitism and body condition in explaining variation in anti-predator vigilance in the yellow bellied marmot (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2008measured
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Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008measured variable
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From individuals to ecosystem function: toward an integration of evolutionary and ecosystem ecology

2008Ecologycentral
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Olfactory predator discrimination in yellow-bellied marmots

2006measured
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The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004measured variable
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Observations on plant choice by foraging yellow-bellied marmots

2003Oecologia Montanacentral
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Fitness and community consequences of avoiding multiple predators

1998Oecologiameasured variable
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Life histories and the strengths of species interactions: combining mortality, growth, and fecundity effects

1998Ecologymeasured variable
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Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>

1996Evolutionary Ecologymeasured
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Vascular Plants of the Gothic Area

1993measured