The problem of obtaining food is probably the most important problem that animals confront. Without the energy and nutrients gained while foraging, other activities, such as obtaining a mate and reproducing, are impossible As Hutchmson (1959) observed, " ... food relations appear as one of the most important aspects of the system of animate nature" (p. 147). Thus, the study of foragmg 8 CHAPTER ONE/KAMIL & CLEMENTS 14 CHAfYfER ONE/KAMIL & CLEMENTS
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