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Exploratory Foraging

Exploratory Foraging is a behavioral strategy in which an organism actively searches for and exploits novel resources or information in an uncertain environment, distinguished from other foraging behaviors by its emphasis on discovery and investigation of previously unknown or underutilized opportunities.

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2017–2026

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Flexible search tactics and efficient foraging in saltatory searching animals

W. John O’Brien, Barbara I. Evans, Howard I. Browman · Oecologia · 1989 · 174 citations

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Search in External and Internal Spaces

Thomas T. Hills, Peter M. Todd, Robert L. Goldstone · Psychological Science · 2008 · 164 citations

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Interaction rate informs harvester ant task decisions

Michael Greene, Deborah M. Gordon · Behavioral Ecology · 2007 · 151 citations

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Smells like home: Desert ants, Cataglyphis fortis, use olfactory landmarks to pinpoint the nest

Kathrin Steck, Bill S. Hansson, Markus Knaden · Frontiers in Zoology · 2009 · 143 citations · Full text

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Fast carnivores and slow herbivores: differential foraging strategies among grizzly bears in the Canadian Arctic

Mark A. Edwards, Andrew E. Derocher, Keith A. Hobson et al. · Oecologia · 2010 · 130 citations

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Authors

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  1. RM
    Rui Mata

    Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Germany

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  2. AW
    Andreas Wilke

    Argonne National Laboratory, United States

    2 publications · 126 citations

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  3. TJ
    Timothy J. Bartness

    Georgia State University, United States

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  4. JE
    J. E. L. Day

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 114 citations

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  5. KS
    Kathrin Steck

    Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany

    1 publications · 143 citations

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Institutions

111

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    218 citations

  2. Miami University

    Oxford, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    138 citations

  3. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    212 citations

  5. Clarkson University

    Potsdam, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    126 citations

  6. University of Cape Town

    Rondebosch, South Africa

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    75 citations

  7. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    160 citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    65 citations

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  1. Oecologia

    4 publications · 365 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    4 publications · 211 citations

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  3. Animal Behaviour

    3 publications · 204 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Biology

    3 publications · 123 citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    2 publications · 63 citations

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