觅食

觅食（foraging）是野生动物寻找食物的行为，同時為影响其生存概率和生殖成就的重要因素^[1]。而最优觅食理论（optimal foraging theory）為行为生态学中为了理解动物适应环境的重要模型^[2][3][4]。

美国阿拉斯加迪纳利国家公园的母灰熊（Ursus arctos horribilis）带领幼崽觅食

另见

• 捕食
• 牧食
• 腐食

参考

1. Danchin, E.; Giraldeau, L. & Cezilly, F. Behavioural Ecology. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-920629-2.^{[页码请求]}
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 (编), 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

外部链接

• The Association of Foragers: An international association for teachers of foraging skills. （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Forager's Buddy GPS Foraging （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• South West Outdoor Travelers- Wild Edibles, Medicinals, Foraging, Primitive Skills & More （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• Institute for the Study of Edible Wild Plants and Other Foragables （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
• The Big Green Idea Wild Foraging Factsheet 互联网档案馆的存檔，存档日期2009-02-25.
• Caress, Badiday. (2000), The emergence and stability of cooperative fishing on Ifaluk Atoll, for Human Behavior and Adaptation: an Anthropological Perspective 互联网档案馆的存檔，存档日期2013-05-31., edited by L. Cronk, N. Chagnon, and B. Iro ns, pp. 437–472.