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nutritional ecology

Scope: general ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Definition

Study of how organisms obtain and use nutrients and how nutrition affects fitness

Related Terms (3)

dietary restrictionfood limitationant nutrition

Publications (3)

No evidence that gut microbiota impose a net cost on their butterfly host

2019Molecular Ecologyframework

Influence of macronutrient imbalance on native ant foraging and interspecific interactions in the field

2012Ecological Entomologyframework

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional Ecologyframework

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foraging ecology

framework2 shared papers

interspecific competition

process1 shared paper

mutualistic relationships

process1 shared paper

host-microbiome interactions

framework1 shared paper

reproductive senescence

process1 shared paper

viral operational taxonomic units

measurement1 shared paper

macronutrient imbalance

phenomenon1 shared paper

trophic cascade

process1 shared paper

early-life trade-offs

theory1 shared paper

resource congruence

theory1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Lepidoptera

Ligusticum porteri

Apiaceae3 papers

Unknown

Apis mellifera

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophilidae2 papers

Speyeria mormonia

Nymphalidae2 papers

monarch butterfly

Escherichia coli

Enterobacteriaceae1 paper

Bamboo

gypsy moth