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alternative food source

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 2 | Mentions: 2

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Definition

When organisms switch from their primary food to secondary food sources under conditions of high competition or resource limitation

Related Terms (3)

food switchingdietary flexibilityalternative forage

Publications (2)

student_paper

Do Pond Caddisflies Reap a Double Benefit from Detritus Processing?

2008central
article

Early season arboreal behaviour in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2003Oecologia Montanaframework

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arboreal behavior

phenomenon1 shared paper