foraging efficiency

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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

foraging efficiency

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Definition

Related Terms (15)

Publications (10)

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

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

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

nectar robbing

optimal foraging theory

floral morphology

removal-enhanced nectar replenishment

ectotherm

caste system

competitive exclusion theory

cavity-nesting bees

climate change

Frequently Associated Species

Bombus

Bombus flavifrons

Apis mellifera

Ipomopsis aggregata

Hymenoptera

Bombus appositus

Delphinium

Delphinium nuttallianum

Bombus californicus

Bombus occidentalis

The effect of proboscis and corolla tube lengths on patterns and rates of flower visitation by bumblebees