Tannins are the most abundant secondary metabolites made by plants, commonly ranging
from 5% to 10% dry weight of tree leaves. Tannins can defend leaves against insect …

We contend diets and habitats that allow animals to select among alternatives enable
individuals to better meet needs for nutrients and to better cope with toxins. All plants contain …

Fully updated revision of a classic text offering a thorough understanding of the normal
behavior of domestic animals The Seventh Edition of Domestic Animal Behavior for …

Spatial distribution of palatable and unpalatable plants can influence the foraging behaviour
of herbivores, thereby changing plant‐damage probabilities. Moreover, the immediate …

Pasture-based production systems represent a significant sustainable supplier of animal
source foods worldwide. For such systems, mounting evidence highlights the importance of …

Isolating the single effects and net balance of negative and positive species effects in
complex interaction networks is a necessary step for understanding community dynamics …

The question,“Why should prey advertise their presence to predators using warning
coloration?” has been asked for over 150 years. It is now widely acknowledged that …

Livestock production systems worldwide rely largely on conventional feedstuffs. The current
world food crisis highlights the need to improve the use of local resources for animal …

Animals function and maintain well-being within the internal milieu through behavioural
interactions with the external milieu. These interactions are complex. They involve an …

Conventional models of foraging, such as optimal foraging theory, generally take the
univariate approach to explain the decisions of consumers on the basis of the intrinsic …