Predatory Behavior
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Receptive field organization across multiple electrosensory maps. II. Computational analysis of the effects of receptive field size on prey localization.

8 Oct 2009 The electric fish Apteronotus leptorhynchus emits a high-frequency electric organ discharge (EOD) sensed by specialized electroreceptors (P-units) distributed across the fish's skin. Objects such as prey increase the amplitude of the EOD over the ... Read more...

A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

3 Oct 2009 Tyrannosaurid theropods are characterized by a generalized body plan, and all well-known taxa possess deep and robust skulls that are optimized for exerting powerful bite forces. The fragmentary Late Cretaceous Alioramus appears to deviate from this ... Read more...

Functional richness and ecosystem services: bird predation on arthropods in tropical agroecosystems.

29 Sep 2009 In agroecosystems, biodiversity correlates with ecosystem function, yet mechanisms driving these relationships are often unknown. Examining traits and functional classifications of organisms providing ecosystem functions may provide insight into the ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Predatory Behavior'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Receptive field organization across multiple electrosensory maps. II. Computational analysis of the effects of receptive field size on prey localization. 8 Oct 2009
• A long-snouted, multihorned tyrannosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. 3 Oct 2009
• Origins. On the origin of ecological structure. 30 Sep 2009
• Functional richness and ecosystem services: bird predation on arthropods in tropical agroecosystems. 29 Sep 2009
• Behavioural ecology: Winged warnings. 29 Sep 2009
• Mercury bioaccumulation in a stream network. 13 Sep 2009
• Adaptive shell color plasticity during the early ontogeny of an intertidal keystone snail. 31 Aug 2009
• Group-size-mediated habitat selection and group fusion-fission dynamics of bison under predation risk. 30 Aug 2009
• Intraguild predation in a structured habitat: distinguishing multiple-predator effects from competitor effects. 30 Aug 2009
• Effects of predator functional diversity on grassland ecosystem function. 30 Aug 2009
• Influence of human development and predators on nest survival of tundra birds, Arctic Coastal Plain, Alaska. 30 Aug 2009
• Experimental assessment of the impacts of northern long-eared bats on ovipositing Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) mosquitoes. 30 Aug 2009
• Reducing horizontal and vertical diversity in a foodweb triggers extinctions and impacts functions. 19 Aug 2009
• Biodiversity: Rack and field. 18 Aug 2009
• Behaviour and kinematics of continuous ram filtration in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus). 17 Aug 2009
• Generalized models reveal stabilizing factors in food webs. 5 Aug 2009
• Prey location, biomechanical constraints, and motor program choice during prey capture in the tomato frog, Dyscophus guineti. 4 Aug 2009
• The influence of depth on mercury levels in pelagic fishes and their prey. Aug 2009
• Inertial feeding in the teiid lizard Tupinambis merianae: the effect of prey size on the movements of hyolingual apparatus and the cranio-cervical system. 30 Jul 2009
• Predators and the breeding bird: behavioral and reproductive flexibility under the risk of predation. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Predatory Behavior'

Definition: Instinctual behavior pattern in which food is obtained by killing and consuming other species.

Descriptor UI: D011235

Alternative terms: Predatory Behavior; Behavior, Predatory; Behaviors, Predatory; Predatory Behaviors;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F01.145.113.111.600; F01.145.113.252.520;

History Note: 91(75); was see under APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR 1975-90

Technical Notes: animal only