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Trap-lining

In ethology and behavioral ecology, trap-lining or traplining is a feeding strategy in which an individual visits food sources on a regular, repeatable sequence, much as trappers check their lines of traps. Traplining is usually seen in species foraging for floral resources. This involves a specified route in which the individual traverses in the same…

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EthologyBehavioral ecologyTrappersTaxaBees
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Trap-lining

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Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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traplining bees bumblebees hummingbirds route food species foraging nectar time flowers energy source reward specific plant individual routes one use

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opossumsinstance ofand hummingbirds and tropical fruit-eating mammals0.80text
capuchinsinstance ofand hummingbirds and tropical fruit-eating mammals0.80text
kinkajousinstance ofand hummingbirds and tropical fruit-eating mammals0.80text
longer wings for more efficient flyinginstance ofwhile traplining hummingbirds have adaptations0.80text

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