Spatial partitioning of perching on plants by tropical dung beetles depends on body size and leaf characteristics: a sit‐and‐wait strategy for food location

1. Many animals invest a great amount of time and energy foraging. However, the sit‐and‐wait strategy is a common behaviour, which reduces the cost of moving by using perches. In the case of dung beetles, individuals of many species use leaves as perches. The factors for the selection of these perches are still unknown, but one hypothesis proposes that plant features may be key, creating an ecological animal–plant network.

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Ecological Entomology

• Publication date

  2020-06-07

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/een.12898
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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