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Prey Preference

Prey Preference is a behavioral ecological construct that denotes the disproportionate selection of specific prey types by a predator relative to their abundance in the environment, reflecting underlying foraging biases shaped by physiological, morphological, or cognitive mechanisms.

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The Anolis Lizards of Bimini: Resource Partitioning in a Complex Fauna

Thomas W. Schoener · Ecology · 1968 · 2.1K citations

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Switching in General Predators: Experiments on Predator Specificity and Stability of Prey Populations

William W. Murdoch · Ecological Monographs · 1969 · 1.4K citations

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Measuring Preference in Selective Predation

Jean Chesson · Ecology · 1978 · 1K citations

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Hunting behavior of wild chimpanzees in the Taï National Park

Christophe Boesch, H. Boesch · American Journal of Physical Anthropology · 1989 · 968 citations

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Revision of the lifestyles of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) and implications for biological control strategies

J. A. McMurtry, Gilberto J. de Morães, Nazer Famah Sourassou · Systematic and Applied Acarology · 2013 · 829 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. RR
    Robert R. Jackson

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    29 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. MW
    Matt W. Hayward

    Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. SP
    Stano Pekár

    Masaryk University, Czechia

    15 publications · 528 citations

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  4. DH
    David H. Wahl

    Illinois Department of Natural Resources, United States

    10 publications · 500 citations

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  5. GI
    Graham I. H. Kerley

    Nelson Mandela University, South Africa

    10 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. University of Canterbury

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    22 h-index

    55 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    20 h-index

    52 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    45 publications

    2.9K citations

  4. Nelson Mandela University

    Port Elizabeth, South Africa

    17 h-index

    40 publications

    4.9K citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    16 h-index

    33 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. University of Pretoria

    Pretoria, South Africa

    12 h-index

    18 publications

    700 citations

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  1. Ecology

    53 publications · 9.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Zoology

    50 publications · 4.1K citations

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  3. Marine Ecology Progress Series

    MEPS · 54 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. Animal Behaviour

    46 publications · 3.7K citations

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