Energy beyond food: foraging theory informs time spent in thermals by a large soaring bird.

Current understanding of how animals search for and exploit food resources is based on microeconomic models. Although widely used to examine feeding, such constructs should inform other energy-harvesting situations where theoretical assumptions are met. In fact, some animals extract non-food forms o...

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Main Authors: Emily L C Shepard, Sergio A Lambertucci, Diego Vallmitjana, Rory P Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3210787?pdf=render