The term "forage" means to wander in search of food. Every animal has a particular method of locating food, whether they smell it, find it by sight, or detect it by chemical means. Animals seek out food both individually and in groups....

Activities involved in the location and ingestion of food. Behaviours involved in locating food consist of search, pursuit and capture. Foragers may pursue their prey for long distances or adopt ‘sit-and-wait’ search. Food may be consumed...

Foraging, the search for food, is a fundamental part of behavior. All animals, from the simplest invertebrates to primates, have to take in food. Because appropriate food may be more abundant at some times and places than others, an animal that can...

Foraging theory is a branch of behavioral ecology that studies the foraging behavior of animals in response to the environment in which the animal lives. Foraging theory considers the foraging behavior of animals in reference to the payoff that an...

Byline: Jeanne Bernick The forage industry finally says "I do" to technology, making 2006 a breakthrough year for new seed offerings. "It's a whole new ballgame for forages now," says Jon Erickson, Mycogen Seeds district agronomist in Wisconsin. "Seed companies are introducing...

M113 Nutritive quality of Poa pratensis in model grassland communities exposed to ground-level ozone. D. Dodson*1, J. Bender2, J. Lin1, and R. Muntifering1, 1 Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 2 Federal Agricultural Research Center, Braunschweig, Germany. Troposphoric (i.e., ground-level) ozone (O^sub 3^) is the...

Motorists might save a few cents a gallon filling their tanks with ethanol, but they could soon be paying more for a burger and a milkshake as a result.Demand for corn to make ethanol is soaring and so are the prices, which have more than...

Federal marine mammal experts in Alaska studying the effects of global warming on walrus, polar bears and ice seals warn there are limit to the protections they can provide.They can restrict hunters, ship traffic and offshore petroleum activity, but that may not be enough if...