Feeding ecology is an essential component of an organism's life, but foraging comes with
risks and energetic costs. Species in which populations exhibit more than one feeding …

Animal behaviours, from foraging to build sufficient energy stores to the depletion of
resources in the pursuit of increased reproductive success, relate to energetics. In this …

Understanding how organisms store energy is as important as the strategies developed for
its acquisition. Some species store energy prior to starting their reproductive stage (capital …

Diet items and habitat constitute some of the environmental resources that may be used
differently by individuals within a population. Long-term fidelity by individuals to particular …

As biodiversity worldwide is decreasing, to preserve adaptive potential, the importance of
maintaining species' genetic and trait diversities is increasing. An efficient foraging strategy …

Foraging habitat selection and diet quality are key factors that influence individual fitness
and meta-population dynamics through effects on demographic rates. There is growing …

To maximise reproductive fitness, species make trade-offs among reproductive traits, eg,
offspring quantity vs. offspring size, within energetic, anatomical, and physiological …

While many migratory marine organisms converge at breeding areas, identifying foraging
strategies away from these reproductive sites can be challenging. Adult female green turtles …

Food availability determines the amount of energy animals can acquire and allocate to
reproduction and other necessary functions. Female animals that are food limited thus …

Gradients in environmental conditions across a species' geographic distribution can drive
variability in a variety of life history traits. In North American freshwater turtles, both body and …