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| Other authors / contributors: | Stephens, David W., 1955-
Brown, Joel S. (Joel Steven), 1959-
Ydenberg, Ronald C.
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| ISBN: | 9780226772653
0226772659
9780226772639
0226772632
9780226772646
0226772640
1281966568
9781281966568
9786611966560
6611966560
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-586) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | 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 rela.
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| Other form: | Print version: Foraging. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007 9780226772639 9780226772646
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