Food Storage by Birds and Mammals

Sherry, David F.

doi:10.1016/s0065-3454(08)60489-1

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“…Furthermore, spider mortality was unaffected by the absence or presence of the storage band. Food hoarding is advantageous if it allows the animal to capitalise on temporarily abundant food resources and/or decreases foraging activities when costs, such as exposure to predators, are high (Sherry 1985). Accordingly, we found that N. edulis stored more prey externally when prey was abundant than when it was limited.…”

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confidence: 64%

“…Food hoarding is widely documented in birds and mammals and has evolved several times independently (Andersson and Krebs 1978;Smith and Reichman 1984;Sherry 1985;Stevens and Krebs 1986;Vander Wall 1990;Leaver and Daly 2001). Among invertebrates, the classic examples of food hoarding are found among social insects such as honeybees and ants (see Vander Wall 1990).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Frequency, composition and variation in external food stores constructed by orb-web spiders: Nephila edulis and Nephila plumipes (Araneae : Araneoidea)

Griffiths¹,

Holwell²,

Herberstein³

et al. 2003

Aust. J. Zool.

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Few examples of food hoarding have been documented in spiders, yet two Australian species of orb-web spiders, Nephila edulis and N. plumipes, typically incorporate previously captured prey into the web. The effect of prey density and prey-encounter rate on the storage behaviour of adult female N. edulis was tested in the laboratory. Prey density had a significant effect on the propensity to construct external caches: when more food was available, food caches were larger than when the supply of prey was limited. Caching behaviour also differed with the rate of prey encounter, even though the total amount of food supplied was the same. When prey were encountered at constant rates, spiders allocated more food to external storage compared with random encounter rates. Finally, we tested the quality of different prey types for external or internal storage. N. edulis were fed with blow-flies or crickets, and these prey were stored in the web, discarded or totally consumed. Crickets were typically consumed or stored, while flies were more frequently discarded. Field observations of the storage behaviour in N. edulis and N. plumipes found surprising differences in the composition of the cache. While N. plumipes incorporated only animal material, N. edulis also utilised plant material, suggesting that the storage band in N. edulis has other, non-food-storing functions. Field experiments indicated that the presence or absence of external stores in the web of N. plumipes had no influence on mortality, weight gain, or the presence of Argyrodes kleptoparasites.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 64%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Frequency, composition and variation in external food stores constructed by orb-web spiders: Nephila edulis and Nephila plumipes (Araneae : Araneoidea)

Griffiths¹,

Holwell²,

Herberstein³

et al. 2003

Aust. J. Zool.

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“…They left their shelter at night wiiiie periorming short-term movements to forage and bring back bivalves to the site. Perhaps this is an indication of 'squirrel-like' food storage behavior (Sherry 1985). Another explanation, suggested by a reviewer of this paper, is that bivalves are brought back to the den so that the lobster can consume them in the protected surroundngs of the shelter.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 80%

Seasonality and shelter selection by the slipper lobster Scyllarides latus in the southeastern Mediterranean

Spanier¹,

Tom²,

Pisanty³

et al. 1988

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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Patterns of migration, abundance and shelter selection by Mediterranean slipper lobsters Scyllarides latus were studied in artificial shelters placed on the shallow continental shelf off the coast of Israel. Underwater censuses and tagging experiments over >3 yr indicated a seasonal pattern of adult lobster abundance in shallow water. Lobsters' appearance at the site was associated with low water temperature m winter. They disappeared from shallow water in the study area from mid-summer to late fall. Preliminary data of recaptured tagged lobsters suggest that they migrate northwards and to deeper water. Such long-term migration may be triggered by the high, and perhaps unfavorable, mid-summer temperature in the shallow coastal habitats. It is hypothesized that the continuous stay of slipper lobsters in deeper water through late fall may be a physiolo~cal/behavioral adaptation to molting occurring in this period. During their stay in shallow water lobsters tended to remain in the artificial shelters complex and its vicinity. They dwelt in shelters during the day and foraged at night, mainly for bivalves, of which some were brought back to dens before daylight. Analysis of lobster recruitment to artificial reefs of different design indicated preference for lower, horizontal dens with small apertures. Habitats rich w i t h such she!ters arc very limited aiong the ilat bottoms of the littoral southeastern Mediterranean. Since sheltering in such dens presumably reduces the risk of predation by diurnal predators, it is advantageous for lobsters to return to these preferred sites after short as well as long-term movements.

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“…This behavior is not distinctly human. Animals, birds, and insects hoard food and collect nonfood items for storage and courtship rituals (Sherry, 1985). This behavior is adaptive and has obvious value for contingencies and emergency situations (Lea & Webley, 2006).…”

Section: Hoarding and Moneymentioning

confidence: 99%

Hoarding Disorder: It’s More Than Just an Obsession - Implications for Financial Therapists and Planners

Canale¹,

Klontz²

2013

Journal of Financial Therapy

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Food Storage by Birds and Mammals

Cited by 147 publications

References 86 publications

Frequency, composition and variation in external food stores constructed by orb-web spiders: Nephila edulis and Nephila plumipes (Araneae : Araneoidea)

Frequency, composition and variation in external food stores constructed by orb-web spiders: Nephila edulis and Nephila plumipes (Araneae : Araneoidea)

Seasonality and shelter selection by the slipper lobster Scyllarides latus in the southeastern Mediterranean

Hoarding Disorder: It’s More Than Just an Obsession - Implications for Financial Therapists and Planners

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