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foraging efficiency — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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foraging efficiency

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 9 | Mentions: 9

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Knowledge graph centered on foraging efficiency with 71 nodes and 220 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Two-form Bumble Bee, Bumble Bees, Buff-tailed Bumble Bee.

Definition

A measure of how successful a bird is at food acquisition, quantified through observations as foraging rate (number of forages divided by time observed)

Related Terms (15)

foraging abilityforaging performanceprofitenergy budgetnet energy gainforaging rategross rate of energy gainforaging economynectar removal/handling timeforaging success

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RNEIforaging efficiencyprovisioning efficiencynet rate of energy intakeenergy gain

Publications (9)

Vegetation structure effect on bird foraging behavior across the summer season in montane wet-meadows

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

2022Environmental Entomology

Effects of weather and floral density on foraging activity of cavity nesting bees (<i> Osmia </i>spp.)

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American Naturalist

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

Bumblebee foraging on vertical inflorescences: optimal or not?

Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

Foraging Differences Between Sexes in Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

Related Concepts (10)

Pollinator-Plant Interactions

phenomenon5 shared papers

nectar robbing

phenomenon2 shared papers

optimal foraging theory

theory2 shared papers

floral morphology

measurement2 shared papers

removal-enhanced nectar replenishment

phenomenon2 shared papers

ectotherm

theory1 shared paper

caste system

phenomenon1 shared paper

competitive exclusion theory

theory1 shared paper

cavity-nesting bees

phenomenon1 shared paper

climate change

phenomenon1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus rufocinctus

Bombus appositus

Two-form Bumble Bee

Bombus californicus

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus

Bombus nevadensis

Bombus occidentalis

Bombus frigidus

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