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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"prey quality"”.
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TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF SAILFISH LARVAE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO: AN ANALYSIS OF DIET, PREY AVAILABILITY, PREY QUALITY, AND INFLUENCES ON LARVAL GROWTH
… was compared to environmental, spatial, diet, prey availability, and fatty acid metrics using data collected from near-surface waters in the northern Gulf of Mexico (2017 - 2019). Larvae exhibited a highly selective feeding strategy in early development and expanded their feeding niche to …
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Local impacts of White-nose Syndrome on the foraging ecology of insectivorous bats
… wings prior to consumption. Selection of larger prey and subsequent wing removal may allow bats to optimize the energetic value afforded by Lepidoptera. In Chapter 1, I explore the relationships between caloric yield, body size, and wing presence. Laboratory-reared Trichoplusia ni moths were …
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Foraging Ecology & Conservation Physiology of the Mottled Petrel, Pterodroma inexpectata, with Applications for Maximising the Success of Petrel Conservation
… are flexible foragers and appear to cope with prey limitations better than other sympatrically breeding procellariform species by adapting their foraging range and diet to maximise breeding success. Mottled petrel chick growth did not alter between years even when faced with nutritional …