Are all patches worth exploring? Foraging desert birds do not rely on environmental indicators of seed abundance at small scales

Are all patches worth exploring? Foraging desert birds do not rely on environmental indicators of seed abundance at small scales

Abstract Background Consumers should show strong spatial preferences when foraging in environments where food availability is highly heterogeneous and predictable. Postdispersal granivores face this scenario in most arid areas, where soil seed bank abundance and composition associates persistently w...

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Main Authors: Fernando A. Milesi, Javier Lopez de Casenave, Víctor R. Cueto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Post-dispersal seed predation
Field experiment
Granivory
Patch exploration
Patch exploitation
Soil seed bank
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-019-0242-z

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