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Foraging Site Selection

Foraging Site Selection is a behavioral ecological construct that specifies the process by which an organism chooses particular locations within a habitat to acquire food resources, distinguished from other habitat use decisions by its exclusive focus on optimizing energetic intake and minimizing foraging-related risks.

162

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8.9K

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435

Authors

212

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2017–2026

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Variants

Foraging Patch Selection

Parents

Publications

162

Habitat Selection Under Predation Hazard: Test of a Model with Foraging Minnows

James F. Gilliam, Douglas F. Fraser · Ecology · 1987 · 874 citations

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Prey selection and the search strategy of the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata): A field study on optimal foraging

Nigel Davies · Animal Behaviour · 1977 · 325 citations

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Individual and collective decision-making during nest site selection by the ant Leptothorax albipennis

Eamonn B. Mallon, Stephen C. Pratt, Nigel R. Franks · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 2001 · 250 citations

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Optimal foraging by deposit-feeding invertebrates: Roles of particle size and organic coating

Gary L. Taghon · Oecologia · 1982 · 211 citations

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Foraging and movement paths of female reindeer: insights from fractal analysis, correlated random walks, and Lévy flights

Anders Mårell, John P. Ball, Annika Hofgaard · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 2002 · 191 citations

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Authors

435

  1. ZZ
    Zejun Zhang

    China West Normal University, China

    3 publications · 117 citations

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  2. FW
    Fuwen Wei

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 107 citations

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  3. YN
    Yonggang Nie

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  4. BP
    Burt P. Kotler

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    3 publications · 170 citations

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  5. MB
    Madeleine Beekman

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 46 citations

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Institutions

212

  1. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    436 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    755 citations

  3. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    639 citations

  4. China West Normal University

    Nanchong, China

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    204 citations

  5. Cal Poly Humboldt

    Arcata, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    156 citations

  6. Utah State University

    Logan, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    324 citations

  7. Institute of Zoology

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    570 citations

  8. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    3 h-index

    8 publications

    383 citations

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Venues

  1. Animal Behaviour

    11 publications · 793 citations

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  2. Oecologia

    10 publications · 749 citations

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  3. Ornithological Applications

    9 publications · 569 citations

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  4. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    7 publications · 618 citations

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  5. Oikos

    5 publications · 246 citations

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