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Project

Optimal foraging strategy of central place foragers in a rapidly changing environment
Code
01D20417
Duration
01 January 2018 → 01 April 2019
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Animal biology
    • Ecology
    • Environmental science and management
    • Other environmental sciences
  • Agricultural and food sciences
    • Veterinary medicine
Keywords
foraging efficiency GPS loggers Lesser Black-backed Gulls movement ecology individual-based foraging model
 
Project description

In this research project, I aim to determine the foraging efficiency of a central place forager and measure how this relates to among- and within-individual variation in foraging specialisation. I will also investigate how foraging strategies change in function of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, and predict the effects of a changing environment on individual foraging efficiency.