Nest excavators’ learning walks in the Australian desert ant Melophorus bagoti by Sudhakar Deeti, Donald James McLean, Ken Cheng

“…Consistent with previous findings on pre-foraging learning walks, after just one learning walk, the desert ants in our study demonstrated the ability to return home from locations 2 m away from the nest, although not from locations 4 m away. …”
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A novel, rapid, quantitative method for face discrimination. by Kerri Walter, Peter Bex

“…In this series of studies, we utilize Foraging Interactive D-prime (FInD) in conjunction with the Basel Face Model to quantify thresholds of face discrimination ability both in-lab and remotely. …”
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Solving Multiobjective Optimization Problems Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm by Wenping Zou, Yunlong Zhu, Hanning Chen, Beiwei Zhang

“…ABC is one of the most recently introduced algorithms based on the intelligent foraging behavior of a honey bee swarm. It uses less control parameters, and it can be efficiently used for solving multimodal and multidimensional optimization problems. …”
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Honey Robbing: Causes, Impacts and Preventive Measures by Xinyu Wang, Ting Huang, Quanzhi Ji, Jun Guo, Yazhou Zhao

“…Honey robbing, which typically occurs during times of food scarcity, is a perilous foraging strategy for bee colonies and presents a formidable challenge in the realm of beekeeping. …”
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Livelihood transition from mountain to the sea in Eastern Indonesia: A case study in Sambi Rampas District, East Manggarai by Rubiyanto Cahyo Wisnu, Hirota Isao

“…Households now strategically combine low-risk activities, like sea foraging, with higher-risk investments in commercial farming or livestock, allowing them to buffer against uncertainties while maximizing returns. …”
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Cleptobiosis in Social Insects by Michael D. Breed, Chelsea Cook, Michelle O. Krasnec

“…We consider that cleptobiosis usually is derived evolutionarily from established foraging behaviors. Cleptobionts can succeed by deception or by force, and we review the literature on cleptobiosis by deception or force in social insects. …”
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Coevolutionary dynamics in the grass-livestock social-ecological system of China's alpine pastoral areas: A case study of the Qilian Mountains region in China. by Ligan Cai, Junhao Zhao, Jian Chen

“…The grass-livestock system, as a complex entity encompassing livestock nutrition, foraging behavior, vegetation ecology, pastoralists' economic income, and policy interventions, indicates that any change in a single element may trigger a chain reaction within the system. …”
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Diversity of Species and Behavior of Hymenopteran Parasitoids of Ants: A Review by Jean-Paul Lachaud, Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud

“…Some species parasitize adult worker ants while foraging or performing other activities outside the nest; however, in most cases, parasitoids attack ant larvae either inside or outside their nests. …”
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Competitive interactions for food resources between invasive Ponto-Caspian gobies and their native competitors in the context of global warming by Piotr Kłosiński, Jarosław Kobak, Tomasz Kakareko

“…We analysed behaviours associated with direct interactions (aggression acts) and foraging activity (time to enter the feeder and the time spent in the feeder). …”
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Trends in Snag Populations in Drought-Stressed Mixed-Conifer and Ponderosa Pine Forests (1997–2007) by Joseph L. Ganey, Scott C. Vojta

“…Increases in snag abundance may benefit some species of native wildlife in the short-term by providing increased foraging and nesting resources, but these increases may be unsustainable in the long term. …”
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Intelligent Robust Control of Roadheader Based on Disturbance Observer by Shuo Wang, Dongjie Wang, Aixiang Ma, Xihao Yan, Sihai Zhao

“…A sliding mode controller was proposed using the backstepping design method, incorporating a saturation function control term to avoid chattering. The eel foraging optimization algorithm was also improved and used to tune the controller parameters. …”
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Differentiation of modern sub-Saharan African populations: craniometric interpretations in relation to geography and history by Isabelle Ribot

“…The sample was subdivided into four geographical units (Western Africa, Central Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa) and two historic foraging groups (Pygmies, KhoiSan). Multivariate statistics were performed using up to twelve metric traits. …”
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Modeling of Hyperparameter Tuned Fuzzy Deep Neural Network–Based Human Activity Recognition for Disabled People by Faiz Abdullah Alotaibi, Mrim M. Alnfiai, Fahd N. Al-Wesabi, Mesfer Alduhayyem, Anwer Mustafa Hilal, Manar Ahmed Hamza

“…Finally, the HTFDNN-HAR technique applies the manta ray foraging optimization (MRFO) technique for the optimum hyperparameter selection of the FDNN approach. …”
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Food manipulation and processing in wild western gorillas of Central African Republic: implications for studying behavioural variability by Shelly Masi, Ellen JM Meulman, Françoise Aubaile, Sabrina Krief, Angelique Todd, Emanuelle Pouydebat

“…Systematic microanalysis of manipulative actions could thus provide us with a powerful tool to improve our assessment of foraging traditions and food-processing complexity across animal species and taxa.…”
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Hybrid Design of Optimal Capacitor Placement and Reconfiguration for Performance Improvement in a Radial Distribution System by Ali Nasser Hussain, Waleed Khalid Shakir Al-Jubori, Haider Fathi Kadom

“…These algorithms are Modified Biogeography-Based Optimization (MBBO) algorithm, Cuckoo Search (CS) algorithm, Modified Imperialist Competitive (MIC) algorithm, and Modified Bacterial Foraging-Based Optimization (MBFBO) algorithm. These algorithms are applied for two standard networks (IEEE 33- and IEEE 69-bus). …”
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Patterns of object play behaviour and its functional implications in free-flying common ravens by Awani Bapat, Anna E. Kempf, Salomé Friry, Palmyre H. Boucherie, Thomas Bugnyar

“…Abstract Object play has been proposed to provide individuals with information about their environment, facilitating foraging skills and tool use. In species where object play co-occurs with locomotor or social play, it may have additional functional implications, such as facilitating the evaluation of peers or forming social bonds. …”
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Etude de cas : la bipédie des chimpanzés de la communauté de Sebitoli, Ouganda by Lise Pernel, Brigitte Senut, Dominique Gommery, John Paul Okimat, Edward Asalu, Sabrina Krief

“…Ten instances were related to vigilant postures at the edge of their forest habitat where there are cornfields guarded by farmers and 18 show bipedal behaviours associated with foraging for honey using stick-like tools. This method detected few records of charging (3) or carrying food (2). …”
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Effects of emigration on home range and behavior of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) by Brittini A. Hill, Denise L. Herzing, Jeremy M. Bono

“…LBB immigrants were more often found in mixed groups with GBB residents, with the cost of decreased foraging and increased aggression and the benefit of increased courtship. …”
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Cows that are less active in the chute have more optimal grazing distribution by Maggie Creamer, Kristina Horback

“…Selecting cattle with more optimal foraging patterns based on observable behaviors during handling and isolation could improve the sustainability of rangeland grazing.…”
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An enhanced dung beetle optimizer with multiple strategies for robot path planning by Wei Hu, Qi Zhang, Shan Ye

“…Secondly, the cooperative search algorithm is utilized to strength communication between individual dung beetles and dung beetle groups in foraging stage to expand the search range of the solution space and enhance the global optimization ability. …”
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