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Optimal foraging for specific nutrients in predatory beetles

Evolutionary theory predicts that animals should forage to maximize their fitness, which in predators is traditionally assumed equivalent to maximizing energy intake rather than balancing the intake of specific nutrients. We restricted female predatory ground beetles (Anchomenus dorsalis) to one of...

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Main Authors: Jensen, Kim, Mayntz, David, Toft, Søren, Clissold, Fiona J., Hunt, John, Raubenheimer, David, Simpson, Stephen J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3321704/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22237910
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2011.2410
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