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Nutrient Foraging Efficiency

Nutrient Foraging Efficiency is a quantitative metric in ecological and physiological studies that measures the effectiveness of an organism in acquiring essential nutrients relative to the energy and time expended in the search and uptake process.

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Optimal foraging when regulating intake of multiple nutrients

Stephen J. Simpson, Richard M. Sibly, Kwang Pum Lee et al. · Animal Behaviour · 2004 · 543 citations

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Root system size and precision in nutrient foraging: responses to spatial pattern of nutrient supply in six herbaceous species

Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe, Elizabeth John, Simone Beurskens et al. · Journal of Ecology · 2001 · 182 citations · Full text

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Intra-Specific Food Competition and Primate Social Structure: a Synthesis

Charles H. Janson · Behaviour · 1988 · 147 citations

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Mycorrhizal fungi and roots are complementary in foraging within nutrient patches

Lei Cheng, Weile Chen, Thomas S. Adams et al. · Ecology · 2016 · 134 citations

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Macronutrient modifications of optimal foraging theory: An approach using indifference curves applied to some modern foragers

Kim Hill · Human Ecology · 1988 · 110 citations

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Authors

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  1. SJ
    Stephen J. Simpson

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    3 publications · 608 citations

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  2. DK
    Dushyantha K. Wijesinghe

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 213 citations

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  3. DR
    David Raubenheimer

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 557 citations

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  4. SB
    Simone Beurskens

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 198 citations

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  5. MJ
    Michael J. Hutchings

    University of Sussex, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 198 citations

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Institutions

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  1. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    148 citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  3. University of Tasmania

    Hobart, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    104 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    72 citations

  5. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    113 citations

  6. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  7. University of Calcutta

    Kolkata, India

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    132 citations

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  1. Plant and Soil

    4 publications · 87 citations

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  2. Journal of Ecology

    2 publications · 198 citations

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  3. Ecology

    2 publications · 164 citations

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  4. Die Naturwissenschaften

    2 publications · 71 citations

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  5. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science

    2 publications · 72 citations

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