...Alexander E. Ko; Kim Jensen; Coby Schal; Jules Silverman ABSTRACT The German cockroach ( Blattella germanica ) is an excellent model omnivore for studying the effect of foraging effort on nutrient balancing behavior and physiology, and its consequences for performance. We investigated the effect...

... be carried over in the form of medium-term costs if birds increase their foraging effort at sea. Whether those short- to medium-term costs of fasting may accumulate over a longer time scale (individuals fast repeatedly during reproduction) to affect subsequent reproductions and adult fitness remains...

... accelerometry chinstrap penguin gentoo penguin Antarctic krill foraging effort patch Determining when and where predators capture prey is one of the most critical issues for studying mobile foraging animals ( Perry and Pianka, 1997 ). Understanding the timing and rate of prey encounter...