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Tiger salamander feeding preference mesocosm trials (Ambystomatidae)
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Description
Controlled feeding trials in plastic mesocosms where starved salamanders are presented with multiple prey types and their consumption and foraging behavior is observed and quantified over a fixed time period.
Typical Equipment
- 52 cm × 36.5 cm plastic boxes
- observation recording materials
- sifting equipment
- camera for photos
Output Measurements
- prey consumption rates
- prey selectivity indices
- foraging encounter rates
- attack success rates
Papers Using This Protocol (8)
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Quantifying physiological and behavioral differences in caddisfly larvae
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Effects of a range-shifting caddisfly on life histories of a top predator in high elevation ponds
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Morph and Sex differences in prey selectivity of tiger salamanders (<i> Ambystoma mavortium nebulosum </i>)
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Salamander cannibalism
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Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations
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Foraging Differences Between Sexes in Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum
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Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>
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