Frequency-dependent food selection in locusts: a geometric analysis of the role of nutrient balancing
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A geometric modelling method is used to determine nutrient balancing in fifth-instar nymphs of Locusta migratoria.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2001
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Food distance and its effect on nutrient balancing in a mobile insect herbivore
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The food distance of different nutrient contents and its effect on the macronutrient regulation and the patterns of food acquisition, movement and feeding activity in fifth-instar nymphs of Locusta migratoria are investigated. The way in which distance between foods influences foraging strategies, and the possible role of learning in its development is discussed.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2003
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Optimal foraging when regulating intake of multiple nutrients
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State-space models of nutrition are combined with Tilman's models of resource exploitation to study about animals regulating their intake of multiple nutrients independently rather than maximizing energy intake subject to constraints. An experiment is conducted to map out the performance landscape and predict foraging decisions of a generalist leaf-feeding caterpillar, Spodoptera littoralis.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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