prey size
A morphological and functional basis for maximum prey size in piscivorous fishes
... methodology, and to identify a full range of potential gapes that may limit maximum prey size. The average standard length (SL) of these exploratory individuals was 130mm ± 5 standard error (mean ± SE). ...
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Flexibility in locomotor–feeding integration during prey capture in varanid lizards: effects of prey size and velocity
... during prey capture; complementary electromyographic data are required to understand the modulation of the neuromotor control of prey ...during prey capture has been documented in response to changes ...
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Modelling the effects of prey size and distribution on prey capture rates of two sympatric marine predators
... in prey capture rates in relation to changing environmental ...of prey availability due to relatively small differences in diet and foraging ...in prey size whilst guillemots appear more ...
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Effects of prey size and mobility on prey capture kinematics in leopard sharks triakis semifasciata
... mouth size, namely ram-feeding behaviors in which the predator takes the prey item into the oral cavity by opening the jaws and overtaking the item (Norton and Brainerd, ...elusive prey (Norton, ...
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Size-selectivity of predatory reef fish on juvenile prey
... body size, and its asso- ciated covariates, distinctly ...preferred prey size should increase with increasing predator size (MacArthur & Pianka 1966, Hughes 1980, Rice et ...body ...
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Plasticity in extended phenotypes: orb web architectural responses to variations in prey parameters
... decouple prey nutrients from other, highly correlated, prey factors and the intrinsic link between prey protein and prey energy ...controlled prey protein concentration while varying ...
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Prey growth and size-dependent predation in juvenile estuarine fishes: Experimental and model analyses
... the size structure of prey directly by selective consumption and indirectly by thinning and associated competitive release of survivors, these two processes have rarely been considered in ...small ...
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Consumer-resource body-size relationships in natural food webs
... but size-structured interactions may affect our analyses. In size-structured populations, if only large consumer individuals consume small resource individu- als, these interactions are mischaracterized by ...
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The relationships between morphological characteristics and foraging behavior in four selected species of shorebirds and water birds utilizing tropical mudflats
... Copyright © 2015 N. A. Norazlimi and R. Ramli. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, ...
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The role of target elevation in prey selection by tiger beetles (Carabidae: Cicindela spp )
... their prey size preferences in a manner consistent with using elevation as a distance cue, and subsequently using this to convert angular to absolute ...small size, their eyes are theoretically ...
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A study on the feeding of the pot bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis : reducing the reliance on brine shrimp (Artemia)
... b The effect of alternative live and frozen diets on the growth and condition of juvenile pot-bellied seahorses, to determine the preferred prey size of seahorses, examine the relationsh[r] ...
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Park size and prey density limit occurrence of Eurasian Sparrowhawks in urban parks during winter
... Predatory birds can be crucial for maintaining ecosys- tem functions (Sekercioglu 2006). Hence, promoting and preserving this functional group should be of high con- servation concern especially within the urban ...
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Hawaiian monk seals exhibit behavioral flexibility when targeting prey of different size and shape
... consume prey, with many species switching between strategies to accommodate different ...multiple prey types ...in size and shape to examine behavioral flexibility in ...all prey types, but ...
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Foraging Behaviors of a Predatory Snail (Hexaplex trunculus) in Group-Attacking
... meat. Prey species, ...four size categories according to their SL (S1: 30–35 mm, S2: 40–45 mm, S3: 50–55 mm and S4: 60–65 mm) mussels were placed in 500 L indoor stock tanks with running seawater and ...
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Host Plants Dependent Prey Suitability of Predatory Lady Beetles
... Colonies of A. gossypii infested egg plant Solanum xanthocarpum Schrad. and Wendl. (Solanaceae) were collected from field by cutting infested branches of egg plant. After that, infested branches were put on the C. ...
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Predator–prey relationships and foraging ecology of a marine apex predator with a wide temperate distribution
... broad prey types were consumed at the 2 pri- mary study locations (Norfolk Bay and Derwent Estu- ary), there were some differences in prey species com- position between ...sample size from this ...
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Prey detection by great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in clear and in turbid water
... fish prey underwater will also rely on vision ...during prey capture, which implies retention of a sharp enough retinal image underwater (Katzir and Howland, 2003; Strod et ...detect prey (a fish) ...
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An assessment of antlion prey, by analyzing its prey remnants inside pits in selected districts of kerala
... digested prey remnants. The collection of prey was made from three districts and nine areas of ...antlion prey was made from January 2016-July 2016. The collected prey remnants were identified ...
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Comprehensive study of the food ecology of macrobrachium macrobrachion (herklots, 1851) in Cote D’ivoire
... vegetable fraction consisted only of fibers. As for the animal fraction, it consisted of insects, fishes, molluscs and annelids. In view of the foregoing, it could certainly be said that M. macrobrachion has an ...
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Role of Alternative Prey in A Predator-Prey Model With Prey Refugia - A Mathematical Study
... alternative prey source for predator ...alternative prey. From our study it is clear that alternative prey source for predator population can give us a stable predator- prey food chain ...
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