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Prey preferences of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The common chimpanzee Pan troglodytes is the closest extant relative of modern humans and is often used as a model organism to help understand prehistoric human behavior and ecology. Originally presumed herbivorous, chimpanzees have been observed hunting
Cassandra K. Bugir +2 more
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Prey switching with a linear preference trade-off [PDF]
SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 2013 In ecology, prey switching refers to a predator's adaptive change of habitat or diet in response to prey abundance. In this paper, we study piecewise-smooth models of predator-prey interactions with a linear trade-off in a predator's prey preference.
Maini, P. K., Piltz, S, Porter, M A
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Prey preference in a kleptoplastic dinoflagellate is linked to photosynthetic performance. [PDF]
ISME J, 2023 Abstract Dinoflagellates of the family Kryptoperidiniaceae, known as “dinotoms”, possess diatom-derived endosymbionts and contain individuals at three successive evolutionary stages: a transiently maintained kleptoplastic stage; a stage containing multiple permanently maintained diatom endosymbionts; and a further permanent stage ...
Yamada N +11 more
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The Allometry of Prey Preferences
PLoS ONE, 2011 The distribution of weak and strong non-linear feeding interactions (i.e., functional responses) across the links of complex food webs is critically important for their stability. While empirical advances have unravelled constraints on single-prey functional responses, their validity in the context of complex food webs where most predators have ...
Kalinkat, Gregor +3 more
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Prey morphology and predator sociality drive predator prey preferences [PDF]
Journal of Mammalogy, 2016 Predator prey preferences shape the dynamics of predator–prey assemblages. Understanding the determinants of a predator’s prey preferences is therefore important. Trends in prey preferences of the large African predators have been described at a species scale, limiting our ability to assess the influence of prey morphology (size and horns) and predator
Hayley S. Clements +2 more
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Evaluation of \u3ci\u3ePaederus Littorarius\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) as an Egg Predator of \u3ci\u3eChrysoteuchia Topiaria\u3c/i\u3e (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae in Wisconsin Cranberry Bogs [PDF]
, 2018 A preliminary study was conducted to determine if the rove beetle, Paederus littorarius Grav., would exhibit a feeding preference for the eggs of the pyralid moth, Chrysoteuchia topiaria Zeller, a pest in Wisconsin cranberry bogs.
Haase-Statz, Sandra
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Prey selection by the Barn Owl Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769) in captivity
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2009 We investigated prey selection of the Barn Owl Tyto alba under captive conditions where birds were allowed to choose among individuals of varying size from four field rodent species: Bandicota bengalensis, Millardia meltada, Tatera indica and Mus booduga.
V. Vanitha, R. Kanakasabai
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Turbidity weakens selection for assortment in body size in groups [PDF]
, 2015 Prey animals commonly associate with similar-looking individuals to reduce predation risk, via a reduction in predator targeting accuracy (the confusion effect) and preferential targeting of distinct individuals (the oddity effect).
Kimbell, Helen S., Morrell, Lesley J.
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Prey selection based on predator/prey weight ratios for common fishes of Northwest Arabian Gulf [PDF]
Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria, 1995 As part of a comprehensive study concerning the trophic interrelationship of fish assemblage in the Northwest Arabian Gulf the characteristic ratios of predator-prey weights for 12 common species were calculated.
T.S. Ali
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2016 The prey preference of polyphagous predators plays an important role in suppressing different species of herbivorous mites and insects. Prey stages preference of the predatory mite, Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot was investigated among egg ...
Samaneh Soleymani +2 more
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