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Feeding Pits

Feeding Pits is a type of ichnofossil characterized by distinct, localized depressions or excavations in a substrate that are formed by the feeding activities of organisms, distinguishing it from other trace fossils through its specific morphology and presumed function in resource acquisition.

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54

Authors

32

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Deep-sea deposit-feeding strategies suggested by environmental and feeding constraints

Peter A. Jumars, Lawrence M. Mayer, Jody W. Deming et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1990 · 232 citations

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Use of cattle farm resources by badgers ( <i>Meles meles</i> ) and risk of bovine tuberculosis ( <i>Mycobacterium bovis</i> ) transmission to cattle

Ben Garnett, Richard J. Delahay, T. J. Roper · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2002 · 132 citations · Full text

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Tooth microwear analysis of<i>Eotragus sansaniensis</i>(Mammalia: Ruminantia), one of the oldest known bovids

Nikos Solounias, S. M. C. Moelleken · Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 1992 · 82 citations

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Pit construction by myrmeleontid larvae

G.J. Youthed, V. C. Moran · Journal of Insect Physiology · 1969 · 58 citations

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Gray whale and walrus feeding excavation on the Bering Shelf, Alaska

C. Hans Nelson, Kirk R. Johnson, J. Barber · Journal of Sedimentary Research · 1987 · 48 citations

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Authors

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  1. MC
    Mary Carla Curran

    Savannah State University, United States

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  2. RE
    Randall E. Cross

    University of South Carolina Beaufort, United States

    2 publications · 60 citations

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  3. RA
    Robert A. Wheatcroft

    Oregon State University, United States

    1 publications · 232 citations

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  4. YY
    Yat‐tung Yu

    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China

    1 publications · 24 citations

    1

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  5. SM
    S. M. C. Moelleken

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    1 publications · 82 citations

    1

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Institutions

32

  1. Kyoto University of Education

    Kyoto, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    26 citations

  3. University of Maine

    Orono, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    232 citations

  4. New York Institute of Technology

    New York, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    82 citations

  5. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    164 citations

  6. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. Kangwon National University

    Chuncheon, South Korea

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    93 citations

  8. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    56 citations

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Venues

  1. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  2. Journal of Sedimentary Research

    JSR · 2 publications · 68 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. Journal of Ecology and Environment

    JECOENV · 1 publications · 31 citations

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  5. Journal of Insect Physiology

    1 publications · 58 citations

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