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Foraging Specialization

Foraging Specialization is a foraging strategy characterized by a narrow dietary or habitat niche, in which an organism consistently exploits a limited subset of available resources, thereby distinguishing it from generalist foraging strategies through increased efficiency in specific ecological contexts.

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771

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343

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2017–2026

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Publications

270

On Optimal Use of a Patchy Environment

Robert H. MacArthur, Eric R. Pianka · The American Naturalist · 1966 · 4.5K citations

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Bat guilds, a concept to classify the highly diverse foraging and echolocation behaviors of microchiropteran bats

Annette Denzinger, Hans‐Ulrich Schnitzler · Frontiers in Physiology · 2013 · 530 citations · Full text

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The Gene vitellogenin Has Multiple Coordinating Effects on Social Organization

C. Mindy Nelson, Kate E. Ihle, M. Kim Fondrk et al. · PLoS Biology · 2007 · 528 citations · Full text

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Food limitation leads to behavioral diversification and dietary specialization in sea otters

M. Tim Tinker, Gena Bentall, James A. Estes · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 422 citations · Full text

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Temporal patterns of crop‐raiding by primates: linking food availability in croplands and adjacent forest

Lisa Naughton‐Treves, Adrian Treves, Colin A. Chapman et al. · Journal of Applied Ecology · 1998 · 363 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Zvika Abramsky

    Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    4 publications · 200 citations

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  2. MS
    Mohammad Saiful Mansor

    National University of Malaysia, Malaysia

    4 publications · 98 citations

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  3. RE
    Robert E. Page

    University of California, Davis, United States

    4 publications · 754 citations

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  4. RR
    Rosli Ramli

    University of Malaya, Malaysia

    4 publications · 98 citations

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  5. CM
    Clare McArthur

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    3 publications · 131 citations

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Institutions

343

  1. University of Exeter

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    7 h-index

    24 publications

    2.6K citations

  2. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    22 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    675 citations

  4. Binghamton University

    Binghamton, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    886 citations

  5. University of Utah

    Salt Lake City, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    498 citations

  6. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    726 citations

  7. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    393 citations

  8. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Beersheba, Israel

    4 h-index

    16 publications

    698 citations

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Venues

  1. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    14 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Animal Behaviour

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Ecology

    11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. PLoS ONE

    11 publications · 416 citations

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  5. Oecologia

    10 publications · 608 citations

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