Foraging is fundamental to animal survival and reproduction, yet it
is much more than a simple matter of finding food; it is a
biological imperative. Animals must find and consume resources to
succeed, and they make extraordinary efforts to do so. For
instance, pythons rarely eat, but when they do, their meals are
large--as much as 60 percent larger than their own bodies. The
snake's digestive system is normally dormant, but during digestion
metabolic rates can increase fortyfold. A python digesting quietly
on the forest floor has the metabolic rate of thoroughbred in a
dead heat. This and related foraging processes have broad
applications in ecology, cognitive science, anthropology, and
conservation biology--and they can be further extrapolated in
economics, neurobiology, and computer science.
"Foraging "is the first comprehensive review of the topic in more
than twenty years. A monumental undertaking, this volume brings
together twenty-two experts from throughout the field to offer the
latest on the mechanics of foraging, modern foraging theory, and
foraging ecology. The fourteen essays cover all the relevant
issues, including cognition, individual behavior, caching behavior,
parental behavior, antipredator behavior, social behavior,
population and community ecology, herbivory, and conservation.
Considering a wide range of taxa, from birds to mammals to
amphibians, "Foraging" will be the definitive guide to the field.
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