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| Title |
The early bird gets the worm: foraging strategies of wild songbirds lead to the early discovery of food sources
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| Published in |
Biology Letters, December 2013
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| DOI | 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0578 |
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| Authors |
Damien R. Farine, Stephen D. J. Lang |
| Abstract |
Animals need to manage the combined risks of predation and starvation in order to survive. Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that individuals can reduce predation risk by delaying feeding (and hence fat storage) until late afternoon. However, little is known about how individuals manage the opposing pressures of resource uncertainty and predation risks. We suggest that individuals should follow a two-part strategy: prioritizing the discovery of food early in the day and exploiting the best patch late in the day. Using automated data loggers, we tested whether a temporal component exists in the discovery of novel foraging locations by individuals in a mixed-species foraging guild. We found that food deployed in the morning was discovered significantly more often than food deployed in the afternoon. Based on the diurnal activity patterns in this population, overall rates of new arrivals were also significantly higher than expected in the morning and significantly lower than expected in the afternoon. These results align with our predictions of a shift from patch discovery to exploitation over the course of the day. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 21 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 19% |
| Canada | 2 | 10% |
| Australia | 2 | 10% |
| Italy | 1 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |
| South Africa | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 9 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 67% |
| Scientists | 6 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 95 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 85 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 22% |
| Researcher | 16 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 11% |
| Unknown | 18 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 51 | 54% |
| Environmental Science | 12 | 13% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 2% |
| Psychology | 2 | 2% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 5 | 5% |
| Unknown | 22 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 108. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 February 2019.
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#422
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