Knowledge graph centered on Tiger salamander feeding preference mesocosm trials (Ambystomatidae) with 62 nodes and 133 connections. Top connected: Atriplex canescens, phenological mismatch, Rushes, aquatic insects, Ambystoma.
Controlled feeding trials in plastic mesocosms where starved salamanders are presented with multiple prey types and their consumption and foraging behavior is observed and quantified over a fixed time period.
Synthesized from method descriptions across 8 papers using this protocol.
Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Consumptive and nonconsumptive effects of cannibalism in fluctuating age-structured populations (2010), Ecology. The protocol was originally introduced by Vascular Plants of the Gothic Area (1993). Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.