Snake Feeding Ecology Studies

Foraging mode, relative prey size and diet breadth

When we found prey, we recorded both snake and prey mass to estimate relative prey mass (prey mass/ snake mass). We also reviewed published studies of snake feeding ecology to gather similar information for other species.

We also reviewed published studies of snake feeding ecology to gather similar information for other species. 4. Ambush and active foragers did not differ in minimum or average meal size but the maximum meal sizes consumed by ambush-foraging snakes were larger than the maximum meal sizes eaten by active foragers.

Although the relationship between sit-and-wait foraging tactics and GI adaptive plasticity has attracted much interest, few studies have modelled the adaptive advantage of regulating gut performance in infrequently- feeding snakes (Secor and Diamond 2000; Secor 2001), and quantitative examination of the optimal digestive strategy is ...

Foraging mode, relative prey size and diet breadth

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