Browsing by Subject "Foraging"

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    • Avian ecosystem functions are influenced by small mammal ecosystem engineering 
      Root-Bernstein, Meredith; Fierro, Andres; Armesto, Juan J.; Ebensperger, Luis A. (2013)
      Background: Birds are important mobile link species that contribute to landscape-scale patterns by means of pollination, seed dispersal, and predation. Birds are often associated with habitats modified by small mammal ...
    • Daily and seasonal limits of time and temperature to activity of degus 
      Kenagy, G. J.; Nespolo, Roberto F.; Vásquez Salfate, Rodrigo; Bozinovic, Francisco (Sociedad de Biologia de Chile, 2002)
      We present an analysis of behavioral flexibility in a day-active caviomorph rodent, the degu, Octodon degus, in response to temporal (daily and seasonal), spatial, and thermal heterogeneity of its environment. We quantified ...
    • Elements of episodic-like memory in free-living hummingbirds, energetic consequences 
      González Gómez, Paulina L.; Bozinovic, Francisco; Vásquez Salfate, Rodrigo (Academic Press, 2011)
      Episodic memory has been described as the ability to recall personal past events, involving what, where and when an event has been experienced. Cognitive abilities like learning and memory are pivotal to the performance ...
    • Hunter-gatherer mobility strategies in the high andes of northern Chile during the latepleistocene-early ... 
      Osorio, Daniela; Capriles, ,Jose M.; Ugalde, Paula C.; Herrera, Katherine A.; Sepulveda, Marcela; Gayo, Eugenia M.; Latorre, Claudio; Jackson Squella, Donald; De Pol Holz, Ricardo; Santoro, Calogero M. (Taylor & Francis, 2017)
      The high Andes of western South America feature extreme ecological conditions that impose important physiological constraints on humans including high-elevation hypoxia and cold stress. This leads to questions regarding ...