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Locomotor capacity and foraging behaviour of kalahari lacertid lizards
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Theoretical models of foraging behaviour should recognize that ectotherms have limited endurance, that there can be a trade-off between speed and endurance, and that pre-feeding can reduce some aspects of locomotor capacity.About:
This article is published in Animal Behaviour.The article was published on 1984-02-01. It has received 196 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Foraging.read more
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Citation classic - optimal foraging - a selective review of theory and tests
TL;DR: A review of the literature on optimal foraging can be found in this article, with a focus on the theoretical developments and the data that permit tests of the predictions, and the authors conclude that the simple models so far formulated are supported by available data and that they are optimistic about the value both now and in the future.
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The Evolution of Ecological Specialization
TL;DR: The evolution of "niche breadth" was a more popular topic in the evolutionary ecological literature of the 1960s and 1970s than it has been recently (109, 118, 120, 134, 155, 156) as mentioned in this paper.
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Selection on locomotor performance capacity in a natural population of garter snakes.
Bruce C. Jayne,Albert F. Bennett +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a series of marked and recap-tured individuals from a population of garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis fitchi) in Northern California were determined for locomotor performance.
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Animal foraging: past, present and future
Gad Perry,Eric R. Pianka +1 more
TL;DR: Both schools of thought in foraging behaviour have evolved and begun to coalesce during the past decade, with the emerging new framework more complex than previous models, combining theory with observation.
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Physiological correlates of locomotory performance in a lizard: an allometric approach
TL;DR: Three measures of locomotory performance and a series of variables thought to affect performance were measured in the iguanid lizard Ctenosaura similis and it is indicated that 89% of the residual variation in ENDUR is correlated with variation among individuals in thigh muscle mass, VO2max, heart mass, and liver citrate synthase (CS) activity.
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On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment
TL;DR: A graphical method is discussed which allows a specification of the optimal diet of a predator in terms of the net amount of energy gained from a capture of prey as compared to the energy expended in searching for the prey.
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Theory of Feeding Strategies
TL;DR: Throughout, emphasis will be placed on strategic aspects of feeding rather than on what Holling (75) has called "tactics," and possible answers to the first problem may be given to the second problem.
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Optimal foraging: A selective review of theory and tests
TL;DR: The general conclusion is that the simple models so far formulated are supported are supported reasonably well by available data and that the author is optimistic about the value both now and in the future of optimal foraging theory.
Citation classic - optimal foraging - a selective review of theory and tests
TL;DR: A review of the literature on optimal foraging can be found in this article, with a focus on the theoretical developments and the data that permit tests of the predictions, and the authors conclude that the simple models so far formulated are supported by available data and that they are optimistic about the value both now and in the future.
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Integrating Thermal Physiology and Ecology of Ectotherms: A Discussion of Approaches
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