Foraging Behavior - The Search for Food

Optimizing its foraging behavior

1. When the difference between the energetic benefits of food consumption  and the energetic costs of food gathering is maximized.

2. Animals with optimal foraging strategies will have more available energy with which to survive and reproduce.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5724

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5725

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The Species-Area Hypothesis Large areas contain more species than small areas because they can support larger populations and a greater range of habitats.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5726

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5727

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The Species-Energy Hypothesis

Available energy determines species richness.

Increased solar energy, together with an abundance of water, results in high productivity of plants.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5728

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles

The evapotranspiration rate is in turn influenced by the amount of solar energy and the amount of water in the ground.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 5729

#Unit 10. Ecological Principles