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Al-Shami, Salah Abdulaziz. "Observations on the foraging behaviour of sheep using a high-level feeder technique." Thesis, Bangor University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.310871.

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Possingham, Hugh Philip. "A model of resource renewal and depletion." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253379.

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Freidin, Esteban. "Rationality, foraging, and associative learning : an integraltive approach." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2007. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:76c2b5f0-aa69-4cb7-9bfb-21b14dd510d2.

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One basic requisite for rationality is that choices are consistent across situations. Animals commonly violate rationality premises as evidenced, for example, by context-dependent choices, and such apparent irrationalities stand as paradoxes that instigate re-examination of some assumptions in behaviour ecological modelling. The goal of the present thesis was to study the psychological mechanisms underlying apparent irrationalities in order to assess the functional implications of general processes of valuation and choice. A common thread through the different studies is the hypothesis that mo

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Troisi, Camille A. "An investigation of teaching behaviour in primates and birds." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12008.

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Many animals socially learn, but very few do so through teaching, where an individual modifies its behaviour in order to facilitate learning for another individual. Teaching behaviour is costly, but can confer numerous advantages, such as high fidelity transmission of information or an increase in the rate of social learning. In many putative cases of teaching, it is not known whether the pupil learns from the modified behaviour. This thesis addresses this issue in three cases of potential teaching behaviour. In particular, it investigates whether the role of food transfers in wild golden lion

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Dolins, Francine Leigh. "Spatial relational learning and foraging in cotton-top tamarins." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3466.

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Spatial relationalleaming can be defined as the use of the spatial (geometric) relationship between two or more cues (landmarks) in order to locate additional points in space (O'Keefe and Nadel, 1979). An internal spatial representation enables an animal to compute novel locations and travel routes from familiar landmarks and routes (Dyer, 1993). A spatial representation is an internal construct mediating between perceived stimuli in the environment and the behaviour of the animal (Tolman, 1948). In this type of spatial representation the information encoded must be isomorphic with the physica

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Wright, Emma. "The effect of pathogens on honeybee learning and foraging behaviour." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2013. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/57266/.

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The European honeybee, Apis mellifera, is important economically not just for honey production but also as a pollinator. Bee pollinated plants contribute towards one third of the food eaten worldwide. However, honeybee numbers in some areas are declining. A range of interacting factors are thought to be involved, including pathogens and parasites, loss of forage, pesticide use, bad weather, and limited genetic variability. Pathogens are also known to cause changes in the behaviour of their hosts and these premortality and sublethal effects of disease may well play a role in colony declines and

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Chalk, Daniel. "Artificially intelligent foraging." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/96455.

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Bumble bees (bombus spp.) are significant pollinators of many plants, and are particularly attracted to mass-flowering crops such as Oilseed Rape (Brassica Napus), which they cross-pollinate. B. napus is both wind and insect-pollinated, and whilst it has been found that wind is its most significant pollen vector, the influence of bumble bee pollination could be non-trivial when bee densities are large. Therefore, the assessment of pollinator-mediated cross-pollination events could be important when considering containment strategies of genetically modified (GM) crops, such as GM varieties of B

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Prescott, Mark John. "Social learning in mixed-species troops of Saguinus fuscicollis and Saguinus labiatus : tests of foraging benefit hypotheses in captivity." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/12554.

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The selective costs and benefits affecting the evolution of group living have long interested behavioural ecologists because knowledge of these selective forces can enhance our understanding not only of why organisms live in groups, but also why species exhibit particular patterns of social organisation. Tamarins form stable and permanent mixed-species troops providing an excellent model for examining the costs and benefits hypothesised for group living. However, testing hypotheses in the wild is difficult, not least because participating species are rarely found out of association. In contras

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Mincey, Henry Dewayne. "Foraging behavior and success of herons and egrets in natural and artifical wetlands." Click here to access thesis, 2006. http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/fall2006/henry_d_mincey/mincey_henry_d_200608_ms.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Georgia Southern University, 2006.<br>"A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Master of Science" ETD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-38)

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Gust, Deborah Anne. "An investigation of the role of uncertainty in the choice component of foraging in a captive group of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29359.

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Dean, Ben. "The at-sea behaviour of the Manx shearwater." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:3dc27434-100c-4fcc-a636-04538c676dc2.

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Seabirds are vulnerable to a wide range of impacts at sea and function as important indicators of ocean health. A detailed understanding of their movements and distributions at sea, as well as the types of behaviour in which they engage and the extent to which those activities make them vulnerable to different impacts is critical in effective conservation planning. But their elusive lifestyles and mobility have hampered studies of their at-sea behaviour. Using miniature data loggers deployed on Manx shearwaters Puffinus puffinus this thesis explores the movements, distribution and behaviour of

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Pelletier, Laure. "Individual and environmental drivers of the foraging behaviour in a long-lived coastal seabird." Phd thesis, Université de Strasbourg, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01023688.

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To study the impact of environmental changes in a coastal marine ecosystem, it is necessary to use indicator species. It is crucial to understand the foraging performances that proceed from environmental changes. The aim of my thesis was to examine the influence of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on the foraging activity of the little penguins (Eudyptula minor). The thermocline allowed birds to approach optimal behaviour. However, the thermocline is an unstable element. I did not find any effect of individual characteristics on their foraging behaviour and success. My work suggests that enviro

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Moldoff, David. "CONTEXT-DEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN FORAGING BEHAVIOUR AND PARENTAL CARE IN HOUSE SPARROWS." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/biology_etds/30.

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Behaviors can exhibit a wide degree of plasticity depending on the environmental context in which they are expressed. Despite this, repeatable differences have been found among and within individuals across a wide range of taxa. For my thesis, I investigated individual differences in foraging and parental care. In the first experiment, I assessed house sparrows (Passer domesticus) for domain-generality among neophobia, habituation and associative learning as they are all responses to novelty. While the results of the study find individual differences in each of these contexts the conclusion su

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Koops, Kathelijne. "Elementary technology of foraging and shelter in the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) of the Nimba Mountains, Guinea." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.609778.

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BROWN, JOEL STEVEN. "COEXISTENCE ON A RESOURCE WHOSE ABUNDANCE VARIES: A TEST WITH DESERT RODENTS (PREDATION RISK, FORAGING BEHAVIOR, COMMUNITY STRUCTURE)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188178.

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Variability is a universal, but poorly understood, property of ecosystems. A common belief that environmental variability has a destabilizing effect on species coexistence is being challenged by a growing body of theoretical research; variance in resource abundances may actually promote species coexistence. Here, I develop three models which give ecological conditions for coexistence on a single resource. The first considers a resource whose abundance varies seasonally. Coexistence may be possible if there is a tradeoff between foraging efficiency and maintenance efficiency. The first species

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Enstipp, Manfred. "Diving energetics and fine scale foraging behaviour of avian divers and their capacity to buffer environmental change." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 2005. https://publication-theses.unistra.fr/public/theses_doctorat/2005/ENSTIPP_Manfred_2005.pdf.

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Les oiseaux marins sont présents sur toutes les mers du globe et dans des zones climatiques extrêmement différentes, allant des tropiques jusqu’aux régions polaires. Un grand nombre d’espèces vivent en haute mer et capturent leurs proies sous l’eau. L’élément liquide possède un énorme pouvoir de refroidissement et génère de fortes contraintes thermiques sur ces homéothermes. Ces contraintes ont certainement influencé les modes de colonisation des écosystèmes aquatiques par les oiseaux marins. Dans ces milieux hostiles, les oiseaux assurent leur survie par le biais de deux stratégies (non exclu

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Savian, Jean Victor. "Rotatinuous stocking : an innovation in grazing management based on animal behaviour and implications to pasture production, foraging behaviour, herbage intake and methane emission by grazing sheep." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/158949.

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The aim of this thesis was to investigate contrasting pasture management strategies on the foraging behaviour, pasture production, carcass characteristics, herbage intake, faecal gas emissions and methane emission by sheep grazing Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) pastures. The experiment was carried out in 2014 and 2015. The experimental design was a randomized complete block with four replicates and two grazing strategy treatments (traditional rotational stocking method – RT meaning pre- and post-grazing target heights of 25 and 5 cm, respectively and, “rotatinuous stocking” – RN with pr

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Mårell, Anders. "Summer feeding behaviour of reindeer : a hierarchical approach /." Umeå : Department of Animal Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006. http://epsilon.slu.se/200656.pdf.

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Connolly, Lauren E. "Effect of predator diet on foraging behavior of panopeus herbstII in response to predator urine cues." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53392.

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The ability of prey to detect and respond appropriately to predator risk is important to overall prey fitness. Many aquatic organisms assess risk through the use of chemical cues that can change with predator diet. Two variable characteristics of diet are: 1. prey type and 2. prey mass. To assess the effect of these two characteristics on the assessment of risk by the mud crab Panopeus herbstii, I exposed mud crabs to the urine of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus fed one of 5 diet treatments: 10g of oyster shell free wet mass, 5g of oyster shell free wet mass, 10g crushed mud crabs, 5

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Chaney, Morgan Edward. "Learning to Live, or Living to Learn?Age-related differences in foraging behavior and the extended juvenile period of Cebus capucinus." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1428846210.

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Tully, Daniel K. "Analysis of foraging behaviour of adult male harbour seals using animal-borne video data, effects of prey type on tactics and profitability." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0021/MQ49456.pdf.

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Pascual, Sala Jordi. "About eating and not eaten. Vigilance and foraging strategies in wintering Eurasian siskins (Carduelis spinus) = Sobre menjar i no ser menjar: estratègies de vigilància i alimentació en lluers hivernants (Carduelis spinus)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/128917.

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Animals have to eat a certain amount of food every day to survive. Since trophic resources are usually found in exposed locations, animals are in risk of predation while feeding, and face the well known trade-off between predation and starvation risks. Animals may reduce predation risk by scanning for predators. However, an increase in vigilance entails an increase in exposure time to predators. Therefore, animals may increase food intake to reduce foraging bouts at the cost of vigilance or may do the opposite. Animals may also reduce predation risk without increasing vigilance by joining g

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Xu, Vicki. "Floral Categorization in Bumblebees." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/40388.

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In nature, pollinators must navigate fields of resources presenting a variety of features, differing in shape, size, colour, etc. Foraging on a flower by flower basis is slow and maladaptive. Instead foragers must be able to differentiate between rewarding and unrewarding floral species while also generalizing learned information between flowers of the same species. The ability to categorize stimuli occurs on several levels of abstraction, laid out by Herrnstein (1990). In order to categorize objects, animals must first be able differentiate between them without memorizing each stimulus separa

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Rabelo, Laíce Souza. "Estrutura das interações abelhas-plantas: uso de plantas-iscas e análises polínicas para a determinação do nicho alimentar e descrição das redes ecológicas em sistemas naturais e cultivados." Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, 2016. https://repositorio.ufu.br/handle/123456789/13285.

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico<br>The food niche and the interactions between different groups of bees and plants can be studied, in dissimilar systems, using the association of tools, such as plant-bait, pollen analysis and interaction network approach. In this context, the general aim of this work was to study the interactions between bees and plants in two ecological systems: one natural, using species of Malpighiaceae as plant-baits, and other crop area, using the consortium between eggplant (Solanum melongena) and pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) as bait plants.

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Skarin, Anna. "Reindeer use of alpine summer habitats /." Uppsala : Reindeer Husbandry Unit, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2006. http://epsilon.slu.se/200673.pdf.

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Sullivan, Amy Erin. "LOGGING DEBRIS PROTECTS SUGAR MAPLE (Acer saccharum) SEEDLINGS FROM WHITE-TAILED DEER (Odocoileus virginianus) HERBIVORY IN WOLF-OCCUPIED FOREST." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1432714208.

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Moll, Karin. "Biomechanics of the foraging behavior in leaf-cutting ants." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610342.

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Crocker, D. R. "Foraging behaviour in bullfinches (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/47011.

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Hart, Julie A. "Foraging in patches : the effect of encountering a predator in a formerly risk-free environment /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841146.

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Lane, Judith Virginia. "Three-dimensional foraging behaviour of Northern gannets." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22716/.

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Movements of animals form a vital link between individual behaviour and spatial processes affecting populations, communities and ecosystems. Predators often have to search for prey that is unpredictable or patchily distributed and increasingly have to do so in habitats that are changing as a result of climate change or anthropogenic activity. Our understanding of animal movement has been revolutionised by the development of miniaturised loggers which allow tracking of individual animals over a range of spatial and temporal scales. However, while flight heights of birds are a critical component

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Burch, Alexandra. "The foraging behaviour of shallow water crabs." Thesis, Bangor University, 1998. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-foraging-behaviour-of-shallow-water-crabs(0e293f58-80a5-466f-8d3a-90ac3c384b4c).html.

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This is a study of the foraging behaviour of Carcinus maenas on Mytilus edulis and of Thalamita danae on Perna viridis. Particular attention is given to differences arising in foraging behaviour as a result of intraspecific prey heterogeneity and experimental protocol. Intersite and temporal differences in the population density, shell morphology, biomass and byssal attachment strength of Mytilus edulis were found. Byssal attachment strength and shell strength were highly variable amongst individuals of a similar size. Carcinus maenas is strongly heterochelous. Intraspecific differences in the

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Marshall, Harry. "Social foraging behaviour in a varying environment." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/11178.

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Social foraging behaviour has an important influence on individuals’ survival and reproduction through its role in the acquisition of food resources. It also determines the amount of foraging time required in differing environments, and so the amount of time available for other activities, such as socialising and resting, which have been implicated in an individual’s fitness, as well as the stability of the wider social group. In this thesis I explore the links between these two processes by investigating the drivers of social foraging behaviour, and how the foraging time budgets that this beh

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Smiley-Walters, Sarah Ann. "Interactions between Pigmy Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus miliarius) and a Suite of Prey Species: A Study of Prey Behavior and Variable Venom Toxicity." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1483455551984898.

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Fraser, Christopher P. "Information transfer between foraging animals : the consequences of attentional limitations." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.426520.

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Pavlic, Theodore P. "Optimal Foraging Theory Revisited." Connect to resource, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1181936683.

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Wintergerst, Sabine. "Modulators of foraging behavior by nectar-feeding bats (Glossophaginae)." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/18673.

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Zahlreiche Forschungsarbeiten haben gezeigt, dass nicht nur Menschen, sondern auch Tiere konstante individuelle Unterschiede im Verhalten aufweisen. Zu verstehen warum sich diese Verhaltensunterschiede im Laufe der Evolution entwickelt haben, ist ein Ziel dieses Forschungsbereiches. In dieser Arbeit wurde untersucht wie verschiedene Modulatoren das Nahrungssuchverhalten von Blütenfledermäusen (Glossophaginae) beeinflussen um individuelle Verhaltensunterschiede zu quantifizieren und theoretische Vorhersagen zu testen. Alle Experimente wurden in naturnaher Umgebung mit programmierbaren, künstlic

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Goldshmidt, Jay N. "Risk taking and resource scarcity : an integrative approach to foraging problems /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC IP addresses, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9804538.

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Wilmshurst, John F. "Foraging behaviour and spatial dynamics of Serengeti herbivores." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp02/NQ35816.pdf.

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Clowater, James S. "Distribution and foraging behaviour of wintering western grebes." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq37504.pdf.

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Gill, Bruce Douglas Carleton University Dissertation Biology. "Foraging behaviour of tropical forest Scarabaeinae in Panama." Ottawa, 1986.

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Kolling, Nils Stephen. "Decision making, the frontal lobes and foraging behaviour." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ea509f5e-dca4-44e5-9f3f-f7d6550e5b45.

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The aim of this thesis was to understand the function of the frontal lobes during different types of decisions thusfar mostly neglected in cognitive neuroscience. Namely, I sought to understand how decisions are made when comparisons are not about a simple set of concrete options presented, but rather require a comparison with one specific encounter and a sense of the value of the current environment <b>(Chapter 2-3)</b>. Additionally, I wanted to understand how decisions between concrete options can be contextualized by the current environment to allow considerations about changing environmen

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Cuthill, I. C. "Experimental studies in optimal foraging theory." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.371519.

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Godfrey, J. D. "Body-state dependent behaviour in birds." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.297839.

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Gilbert-Norton, Lynne Barbara. "The Effects of Social Status and Learning on Captive Coyote (Canis latrans) Behavior." DigitalCommons@USU, 2009. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/514.

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Many canids live within hierarchical social systems that could promote differences in learning or in behavior between ranked individuals. Differences in foraging and territorial behavior have been observed between ranked coyotes (Canis latrans), yet effects of learning and social status on coyote behavior are not thoroughly understood. I explored a) coyote response to an artificial scent boundary and whether response differed by status, b) how foraging coyotes tracked temporal resource change, and c) how coyotes find spatially distributed food, and the effect of dominance on foraging behavior.

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Stellwag, Leonard M. "Navigation by male crab spiders Misumenoides formosipes (Araneae: Thomisidae) : use of floral cues to locate foraging females." Virtual Press, 2007. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1366501.

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The North American crab spider Misumenoides formosipes is a sit-and-wait predator of insect pollinators. Females are relatively sedentary and adult males must search for females within a heterogeneous habitat. Females are receptive to mating immediately after their adult molt and a first sperm priority pattern places a premium on male ability to locate females quickly. It is unknown what cues males use to navigate during searches for females. We report here on the male-biased operational sex ratio, the distances traveled and the possible cues utilized by moving males. Males in field trials mov

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Agnes, Maria M. "Orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus abelii, spatial memory and foraging behaviour." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq22841.pdf.

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Toussidou, Asimoula. "Foraging behaviour of Aphidus colemani at different spatial scales." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.397945.

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Baker, David J. "The foraging behaviour of granivorous birds : a mechanistic perspective." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2010. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/17301/.

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1. The functional response, i.e. the feeding rate as a function of prey density, links resource availability to population level demographic rates. The functional response is often central to behavioural-based population models that predict the effect of environmental changes on populations based on the assumption that each individual tries to maximise its fitness at all times. 2. The functional response is a well studied phenomenon for some groups of foragers and many mechanistic models of the functional response have been derived to account for variations in foraging behaviour. However, only

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Nichol, Alison Claire. "Water load : a physiological limitation to bumblebee foraging behaviour?" Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620933.

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Brooks, Christopher John. "The foraging behaviour of Burchell's zebra (Equus burchelli antiquorum)." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/9dac90e0-80f4-4ebf-91d3-a43befc3255b.

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