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nutritional ecology — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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nutritional ecology

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 69 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on nutritional ecology with 69 nodes and 149 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Understanding insect life histories and senescence, Two-form Bumble Bee, Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee, Buff-tailed Bumble Bee.

Definition

Study of how nutrient availability and balance affects organism behavior and ecological interactions

Related Terms (3)

dietary restrictionfood limitationant nutrition

Publications (3)

No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host

2019Molecular Ecology

Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

2012Ecological Entomology

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional Ecology

Related Concepts (10)

resource allocation

framework2 shared papers

plant-pollinator mutualism

process1 shared paper

myrmecophily

phenomenon1 shared paper

host-microbiome interactions

framework1 shared paper

reproductive senescence

process1 shared paper

operational taxonomic units

metric1 shared paper

macronutrient imbalance

phenomenon1 shared paper

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

life-history trade-offs

theory1 shared paper

resource congruence

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Diptera

Beetles

Lepidoptera

Coccinellidae

Coccinellidae2 papers

Coleoptera

Liaoximordellidae2 papers

Speyeria

Nymphalidae2 papers

Speyeria mormonia

Nymphalidae2 papers

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophilidae2 papers

Hymenoptera

Apis mellifera