Concepts
5 concepts
process
brood parasitism
When sapygid wasps enter brood cells during the provisioning or brood cell construction stages and lay eggs in provisioned brood cells prior to wall construction
metric
diet breadth
Measure of foraging specialization using standardized Hurlbert's niche breadth, where values closer to 1 represent generalized foraging and values closer to 0 represent specialized foraging
phenomenon
tactic constancy
The tendency of foragers to maintain a consistent foraging strategy across multiple floral visits rather than switching between different tactics
hypothesis
antiparasitic function
The hypothesis that secondary metabolites in certain pollen types provide protection against natural enemies
measurement
foraging investment
The energetic cost of provisioning brood cells, measured by number of foraging flights per completed cell and provision mass
