In the second edition of fascinating book an international team of experts have been brought together to explore all major areas of fish learning, including: Foraging skills, Predator recognition, Social organisation and learning, Welfare and pain. Three new chapters covering fi…
Introduction to grazing; Grazing effects on plants and soil; Spatial patterns in grazing; Manipulating grazing distribution; Grazing and herbivore nutrition; Grazing activities and behavior; Plant selection in grazing; Kand and mix of grazing animal; Grazing animal intake and eq…
In nature there exist three main types of biotic interactions between individuals of different species: competition, predation, and mutualism. All three exert powerful selection pressures, and all three shape communities. However, the question of how important interspecific comp…
"Marine mammals command a high level of public attention, reflected in specific legislation for their protection and management in many countries. They also present particular challenges to ecologists and conservation biologists: they are mostly difficult to observe, they occupy…
by Jones, Mark, Thompson, David, Lynch, Heather J., Ryan, Peter, De Roy, Tui, De Roy, Tui, Cornthwaite, Julie, Ainley, David, Boersma, P. Dee, Boessenkool, Sanne, Chiaradia, André, Glass, Conrad, Ksepka, Daniel, Le Maho, Yvon, Morrison, Kyle W., Shawkey, Matthew, Vargas, Hernán, Wienecke, Barbara, Wilson, Rory P.
An acclaimed photographic guide to these marvelous and enigmatic birds--now in a new, updated editionPenguins are perhaps the most beloved birds. On land, their behavior appears so humorous and expressive that we can be excused for attributing to them moods and foibles similar t…
Pogonomyrmex badius is understood as an ecosystem engineer due to its alteration of soil chemistry, seed dispersal, and seed predation. Because of its impressive role in the environment, life history traits of P. badius have been well studied. One trait that has yet to be studie…
One of the primary challenges foraging animals face is deciding how to divide their time between exploitation of known resources and exploration for new resources. As foraging is costly, investment in exploration should be mediated by natural selection to balance its costs and b…
<I>Rhinolophus hipposideros </I>has declined across its range. This study aimed to investigate aspects of its roosting, reproductive and foraging ecology which may have caused this decline. <I>R. hipposideros </I>is confined to south west Britain. It selects roosts in areas of u…
In order to meet their energy budget animals must often increase their risk of predation, either through their choice of foraging location or by decreasing anti-predation behaviours, which are incompatible with foraging. I investigated the starvation-predation risk trade-off in …
Animal community structures, life histories and individual foraging behaviour are all an outcome of a trade-off between competition for resources (and thus the risk of starvation) and survival (and thus the risk of predation). The relative importance of these factors however, di…
In the analysis of movement patterns of animals, stochastic processes play an important role, providing us with a variety of tools to examine, model and simulate their behaviour. In this thesis we focus on the foraging of specific animals - bumblebees - and analyse experimental …
Social learning plays a valuable role in the lives of many animal taxa, sometimes allowing individuals to bypass the costs of personal exploration. The ubiquity of this behaviour may arise from the fact that learning from others is often underpinned by simple learning processes …
Beavers have been described as a “keystone species” and “ecosystem engineers”, and in this dual role have great potential to physically modify their environment through tree-felling, foraging and construction activities. The resultant change in habitat heterogeneity can affect t…
This study examines almost 5000 lithic artifacts from three rockshelters in the Belize, part of the Maya Lowlands. These sites bear evidence of human occupation throughout the last 14,000 years, a period over which I assess change in four lithic traits: 1) cortex, or the weather…
The Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Refuge (IDBIR) represents an ecologically sensitive area that is historically important habitat for wintering and breeding waterbirds, and is currently threatened by habitat loss, disturbance, and climate change. The northern Gulf of Mexico coa…
“Airbirds” are defined as those birds that are adapted to almost constant life on the wing and do not perch, except for breeding and roosting. They use the air as the only medium in which to find and gather food. One taxon meets that definition: the swifts (Apodidae). Foraging z…
