Food versus risk: foraging decision in young Tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus
In: Amphibia-ReptiliaAbstract
Foraging behaviour is influenced by an animal's level of hunger, and may reflect a trade-off between optimizing food acquisition and avoiding predation. Young tiger snakes were raised either on a high or low food diet and exposed to a predation threat while foraging. Under these circumstances, lower condition snakes (low food diet) were prone to take additional feeding/foraging risks: food was accepted at a much higher rate compared with the higher condition animals (high food diet) that were less inclined to risk feeding under a predation threat. This study provides the first direct example of predation risk-associated foraging decisions in snakes.
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Food versus risk: foraging decision in young Tiger snakes, Notechis scutatus
In: Amphibia-ReptiliaAbstract
Foraging behaviour is influenced by an animal's level of hunger, and may reflect a trade-off between optimizing food acquisition and avoiding predation. Young tiger snakes were raised either on a high or low food diet and exposed to a predation threat while foraging. Under these circumstances, lower condition snakes (low food diet) were prone to take additional feeding/foraging risks: food was accepted at a much higher rate compared with the higher condition animals (high food diet) that were less inclined to risk feeding under a predation threat. This study provides the first direct example of predation risk-associated foraging decisions in snakes.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 179 | 4 | 0 |
| Full Text Views | 190 | 36 | 4 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 72 | 35 | 3 |