Wednesday, August 8, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Blrm Salon V, San Jose Marriott
COS 79 - Behavioral ecology: Foraging and diet
1:30 PMLévy flights grounded? No evidence for Lévy flight search patterns of wandering albatrosses, bumblebees, or deer
Andrew M. Edwards, British Antarctic Survey, Richard A Phillips, British Antarctic Survey, Nicholas W Watkins, British Antarctic Survey, Mervyn P Freeman, British Antarctic Survey, Eugene J Murphy, British Antarctic Survey
1:50 PMCharacterizing the clustered behaviour of diving animals-bouts and diving behavior of macaroni penguins
Tom Hart, Imperial College, London, Tim Coulson, Imperial College, London, Phil Trathan, British Antarctic Survey
2:10 PMFood and safety as determinants of foraging behavior in a desert granivore bird community
Shomen Mukherjee, Ben-Gurion University, Burt P. Kotler, Ben-Gurion University, Gabrielle A. Archard, University of Bristol, Toby E. Goldberg, Ben-Gurion University
2:30 PMFood choice and development of juvenile pike in different habitats within a lake
Lynn Nilsson, Lund university, Jakob Brodersen, Lund university, Anders Nilsson, Lund university
2:50 PMBreak
3:00 PMManaging the risk of predation: The use of time allocation and vigilance by gerbils
Burt P. Kotler, Ben-Gurion University, Shomen Mukherjee, Ben-Gurion University, Joel S. Brown, University of Illinois at Chicago
3:20 PMDo the stoichiometric constraints of diet promote omnivory in a marsh katydid?
Rachel E. Goeriz, University of Maryland, Robert F. Denno, University of Maryland
3:40 PMMovement of a food resource by Argentine ants in vineyards
Erik H. Nelson, Univeristy of California, Berkeley, Kent M. Daane, University of California, Berkeley
4:00 PMForaging related movement as a synthesis of search and navigation in dynamic landscapes
Thomas Mueller, University of Maryland, William F. Fagan, University of Maryland

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