Feeding habits differences

Costantini, D., Casagrande, S., Di Lieto, G., Fanfani, A., and DelTOmo, G. 2005. Consistent differences in feeding habits between neighbouring breeding kestrels. Behaviour 142 1409-1421. 

Greater mobility of eels and different feeding habits of eels and crustaceans that impact accumulation patterns because of biomagnification and partitioning... 

The nutritional requirements of insect species exhibiting different feeding habits like scavengers, parasites, predators and phytophagous insects, are similar in a qualitative sense (O. Each insect species needs, however, a particular quantitative composition of nutrients in its diet to complete development ( ). The presence of toxic substances in plants, secondary plant substances as they were formerly called by phytochemists, forms a barrier which phytophagous insects have overcome by specialization. Thus, an insect can tolerate or detoxify the secondary plant substances present in its host plants, while the majority of these substances being present in other plants still acts as toxins (J ). In this way phytophagous insects are adapted to the metabolic qualities of their host plants, i.e. a particular chemical composition of nutrients and secondary plant substances. 

Keenlyne, K. D., 1972, Sexual differences in feeding habits of Crotalus horridus horridus, J. Herpetol., 6 234. 

Rogers, A. W. 1973. Techniques of Autoradiography. Elsevier, New York, xi + 372 pp. Romberg, G. P., and W. C. Renfro. 1973. Radioactivity in juvenile Columbia River salmon A model to distinguish differences in movement and feeding habits. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 102(2) 317-322. 

All animals probably harbor bacteria and sometimes protozoans and other primitive organisms in their alimentary tracts this state may be considered normal. The balance maintained by the host and these microorganisms is undoubtedly influenced by the character of the alimentary tract and the food eaten by the host. Therefore, in considering the role of microorganisms in a particular host, reference must repeatedly be made to the physical and chemical state of the food. This being so, it is understandable that different species of animal with different feeding habits should possess fauna and flora that may be characteristic of the species. The feeding habits, however, may not be the only factor concerned, for the environ-... 

Delphia CM, Mescher MC, De Moraes CM (2007) Induction of plant volatiles by herbivores with different feeding habits and the effects of induced defenses on host-plant selection by thrips. J Chem Ecol 33 997-1012 De Luca V, St Pierre B (2000) The cell and developmental biology of alkaloid biosynthesis. Trends Plant Sci 5 168-173 De Moraes CM, Lewis WJ, Pare PW, Albom HT, Tumlinson JH (1998) Herbivore-infested plants selectively attract parasitoids. Nature 393 570-573... 

Delphia, C.M. et al. (2007) Induction of plant volatiles by herbivores with different feeding habits and the effects of induced defenses on host-plant selection by thrips. J. Chem. Ecol. 33,997-1012... 

The effects of prior experience on taste preference behavior of the fowl was demonstrated ( ) by the fact that ascending versus descending series of preference test concentrations yield vastly different data. The importance of prior experience was confirmed by Davidson (8 ) who reported on preference behavior of various bird species toward berries and seeds in natural settings. He has suggested that low consumption of a new food item by many bird species for 1-10 days is of no particular significance. Thus, certain avian species may be extremely slow to change their normal feeding habits. 

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