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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"foraging territory"”.
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Behavioural and physiological ecology of the Namib Desert dune ant, Camponotus detritus emery
… of 3 404 workers per nest, maintained a discrete foraging territory. Nests were constructed in sand beneath perennial vegetation. Nest density was 0,3 - 0,9 ha-1 . Worker abundance was lowest near the coast, highest in the central dunes and intermediate inland toward the east. The abundance of …
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Factors affecting Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia) demography and habitat use at Onslow Beach, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
… factors affecting this species’ breeding and foraging ecology. I collected Wilson’s Plover demographic data and explored which habitat characteristics influenced breeding success and foraging site selection among three coastal habitat types (i.e. fiddler crab (Uca spp.) mud flats, beach front, …
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Foraging Ecology of Parrotfishes in the Greater Caribbean: Impacts of Specialization and Dietary Preferences on Marine Benthic Communities
… the context-dependent nature of parrotfish foraging behavior is of critical importance to scientists and managers. Knowledge of the responses of parrotfishes across a range of resource abundance will help scientists and managers better predict the impacts that these herbivores have on …