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Animal Biology

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Set 8 Foraging Behavior

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Question 1

(Multiple Choice)

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Which of the following is NOT true about the work conducted by Kulahci, Dornhaus, and Papaj (2008) on bees and Piep and colleagues' (2008) work on the foraging behavior of mouse lemurs?

A) Both studied foraging by individuals.
B) Both studied the use of multiple sensory cues by manipulating light levels.
C) Both used a simple choice test procedure.
D) Both found that feeding efficiency was enhanced by using multiple sensory cues.
E) Both found that the use of visual cues enhanced individuals' ability to find food.

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Question 2

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Which of the following is involved in the evolutionary arms race between predator and prey and involves the search image concept?

A) Missed opportunity costs
B) Diminishing returns
C) Giving-up densities
D) Cryptic coloration
E) Quitting harvest rates

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Question 3

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A researcher examines the hunting success of a visual predator as it searches for cryptic prey. She finds that a forager's hunting success increases over time. Which of the following can explain this observation?

A) A change in the rate of diminishing returns
B) An increase in missed opportunity costs
C) A decrease in the quitting harvest rate
D) An increase in neuromasts over time
E) The formation of a search image

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