Foraging

Recent Papers 

Sex-Specific Among-Individual Covariation in Locomotor Activity and Resting Metabolic Rate in Drosophila melanogaster

Mathieu Videlier, Howard D. Rundle, and Vincent Careau

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Dec-Videlier.html

Natural History Note

Destruction of Spiderwebs and Rescue of Ensnared Nestmates by a Granivorous Desert Ant (Veromessor pergandei)

Christina L. Kwapich and Bert Hölldobler

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Sep-Kwapich.html

Rapid Divergence of Predator Functional Traits Affects Prey Composition in Aquatic Communities

Dominik W. Schmid, Matthew D. McGee, Rebecca J. Best, Ole Seehausen, and Blake Matthews

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/MarSchmid.html

Space Use and Leadership Modify Dilution Effects on Optimal Vigilance under Food-Safety Trade-Offs

Rémi Patin, Daniel Fortin, Cédric Sueur, and Simon Chamaillé-Jammes

Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanPatin.html

Natural History Note
Atypical Flowers Can Be as Profitable as Typical Hummingbird Flowers
Nickolas M. Waser, Paul J. CaraDonna, and Mary V. Price
Summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/NovWaser.html

Ontogeny and Consistent Individual Differences Mediate Trophic Interactions
Denon Start
Summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/SepStart.html

Assessing Feeding Preferences of a Consumer Guild: Partitioning Variation Among versus Within Species
O. Kennedy Rhoades, Rebecca J. Best, and John J. Stachowicz

Adaptive Foraging of Pollinators Can Promote Pollination of a Rare Plant Species
Gita Benadi and Robert J. Gegear
Summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugBenadi.html

Temporal Variation in Predation Risk May Explain Daily Rhythms of Foraging Behavior in an Orb-Weaving Spider
J. Colton Watts, Thomas C. Jones, Ashley Herrig, Madeleine Miller, and Brigitte Tenhumberg
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanWatts.html

Seasonal Food Scarcity Prompts Long-Distance Foraging by a Wild Social Bee
Nathaniel S. Pope and Shalene Jha
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanPope.html

Natural History Note

Ants at Plant Wounds: A Little-Known Trophic Interaction with Evolutionary Implications for Ant-Plant Interactions
Michael Staab, Felix Fornoff, Alexandra-Maria Klein, and Nico Blüthgen

A Breath of Fresh Air in Foraging Theory: The Importance of Wind for Food Size Selection in a Central-Place Forager
Andrea Marina Alma, Alejandro G. Farji-Brener, and Luciana Elizalde

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/SepAlma.html

Kleptoparasitism and Scavenging Can Stabilize Ecosystem Dynamics
Stefano Focardi, Massimo Materassi, Giacomo Innocenti, and Duccio Berzi

A Neutral Model for the Evolution of Diet Breadth
Matthew L. Forister and Stephen H. Jenkins

Open Access, Natural History Note
Bees without Flowers: Before Peak Bloom, Diverse Native Bees Find Insect-Produced Honeydew Sugars

Joan M. Meiners, Terry L. Griswold, David J. Harris, and S. K. Morgan Ernest

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugMeiners.html

Open Access
Decreasing Stoichiometric Resource Quality Drives Compensatory Feeding across Trophic Levels in Tropical Litter Invertebrate Communities

Malte Jochum, Andrew D. Barnes, David Ott, Birgit Lang, Bernhard Klarner, Achmad Farajallah, Stefan Scheu, and Ulrich Brose
Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JulyJochum.html

Natural History Note
The Hawk-Eyed Songbird: Retinal Morphology, Eye Shape, and Visual Fields of an Aerial Insectivore
Luke P. Tyrrell and Esteban Fernández-Juricic

Perceptual Ranges, Information Gathering, and Foraging Success in Dynamic Landscapes
William F. Fagan, Eliezer Gurarie, Sharon Bewick, Allison Howard, Robert Stephen Cantrell, and Chris Cosner

Natural History Note
Collective Response of Leaf-Cutting Ants to the Effects of Wind on Foraging Activity
Andrea Marina Alma, Alejandro G. Farji-Brener, and Luciana Elizalde

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/NovAlma.html

Arboreal Folivores Limit Their Energetic Output, All the Way to Slothfulness
Jonathan N. Pauli, M. Zachariah Peery, Emily D. Fountain, and William H. Karasov

Lay summary: http://amnat.org/an/newpapers/AugPauli.html

Foraging Activity Pattern Is Shaped by Water Loss Rates in a Diurnal Desert Rodent
Ofir Levy, Tamar Dayan, Warren P. Porter, and Noga Kronfeld-Schor