Foraging
11foraging ant — any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group. * * * …
12foraging ant — noun : an ant (as the driver and army ant) that goes out in search of food in companies * * * any of several ants, as army ants, that forage as part of a large group …
13Optimal foraging theory — Ants dismember a larger insect. Optimal foraging theory predicts these insects will forage in such a way as to maximize their colony s energy intake per unit time. Optimal foraging theory is an idea in ecology based on the study of foraging… …
14information foraging — (in.fuhr.may.shuhn FOR.uh.jing) n. Searching for information, especially by using strategies analogous to the food foraging techniques employed by animals. information forager n. information forage v. Example Citation: Information foraging theory …
15Information foraging — is a theory that applies the ideas from optimal foraging theory to understand how human users search for information. The theory is based on the assumption that, when searching for information, humans use built in foraging mechanisms that evolved …
16Mixed-species foraging flock — A mixed species feeding flock, also termed a mixed species foraging flock, mixed hunting party or informally bird wave, is a flock of usually insectivorous birds of different species, that join each other and move together while foraging.[1]… …
17Cyber foraging — is a pervasive computing technique where resource poor, mobile devices offload some of their heavy work to stronger surrogate machines in the vicinity. The term cyber foraging was coined by M. Satyanarayanan in his 2001 paper entitled Pervasive… …
18Optimal foraging — (wörtlich: „optimale Nahrungssuche“) ist die Bezeichnung für eine Theorie, die zu erklären versucht, wie Entscheidungsfindungen bei der Futtersuche und Nahrungsauswahl bei Tieren und Menschen zustande kommen, d. h., wie reagieren z. B.… …
19Spotted Owl — northern race plumage Conservation status …
20Indiana bat — Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) …
