Nutrition ecology

Question 1

What motivates foraging animals?

Answer 1

Maximise energy gain

Maximise nitrogen gain

Optimise nutrient balance

Question 2

What are the main field-based nutritional studies challenges?

Answer 2

1) Observe and collect data from a wild animal foraging
2) Determine prey capture success and foraging effort
3) Establish macronutrient composition of foods in “real time”
4) measure amount of food consumed

Question 3

Fundamental Macronutrient Niche

Answer 3

Is the nutritional space in which a population persists