覓食

覓食（foraging）是野生動物尋找食物的行為，同時為影響其生存概率和生殖成就的重要因素^[1]。而最優覓食理論（optimal foraging theory）為行為生態學中為了理解動物適應環境的重要模型^[2][3][4]。

美國阿拉斯加迪納利國家公園的母灰熊（Ursus arctos horribilis）帶領幼崽覓食

另見

• 捕食
• 牧食
• 腐食

參考

1. Danchin, E.; Giraldeau, L. & Cezilly, F. Behavioural Ecology. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-920629-2.^{[頁碼請求]}
2. Emlen, J. M., The role of time and energy in food preference, The American Naturalist, 1966, 100 (916): 611–17, JSTOR 2459299, S2CID 85723900, doi:10.1086/282455
3. Hughes, Roger N (編), Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection, London & New York: Springer-Verlag: v, 1989, ISBN 978-0-387-51762-9
4. MacArthur RH, Pianka ER, On the optimal use of a patchy environment., American Naturalist, 1966, 100 (916): 603–09, JSTOR 2459298, S2CID 86675558, doi:10.1086/282454

外部連結

• The Association of Foragers: An international association for teachers of foraging skills. （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• Forager's Buddy GPS Foraging （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• South West Outdoor Travelers- Wild Edibles, Medicinals, Foraging, Primitive Skills & More （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables （頁面存檔備份，存於互聯網檔案館）
• The Big Green Idea Wild Foraging Factsheet 互聯網檔案館的存檔，存檔日期2009-02-25.
• Caress, Badiday. (2000), The emergence and stability of cooperative fishing on Ifaluk Atoll, for Human Behavior and Adaptation: an Anthropological Perspective 互聯網檔案館的存檔，存檔日期2013-05-31., edited by L. Cronk, N. Chagnon, and B. Iro ns, pp. 437–472.