Field experiments on foraging in free-ranging water snakes Enhydris polylepis (homalopsinae)
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Field experiments are conducted to evaluate the foraging biology in the homalopsine snake Enhydris polylepis that depends on the detailed context of predator-prey encounters and prey antipredator tactics. The field-based study has exposed foraging snakes to a range of cues to explore determinants of feeding responses, especially which sensory modalities were important in locating and capturing prey.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2004
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Twilight transitions in coral reef fish: The input of light-induced changes in foraging behavior
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A study was conducted to examine the effects of light and prey flux on diurnal reef fish's in site behavior during twilight, flume measurements of prey detection and consumption by small reef-dwelling zooplanktivorous fish. Feeding rates increased from nearly nil to saturation as light level increased, corresponding to about 45 min of the morning twilight.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2005
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