Optimizing protein intake as a foraging strategy to maximize mass gain in an omnivore

By Charles T. Robbins, J. Fortin, K. Rode, S. Farley, L. Shipley, L. Felicetti. 2007

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Small Animals

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Brown bear conservation and the ghost of persecution past (2011, background): “Meat contains the highest digestible energy and protein content among bear food items (Felicetti et al., 2003; Robbins et al., 2007), and litter size in brown bears varies with the amount of meat (including but not limited to salmon) in the diet (Hilderbrand et al.”
Do bears know they are being hunted (2012, background): “Bears that fatten on fruits without access to protein are 50% smaller than salmon-feeding bears, which ingest >7 times more digestible energy per hour than fruit-feeding bears (Robbins et al., 2007).”
Nutritional Ecology of Ateles chamek in lowland Bolivia: How Macronutrient Balancing Influences Food Choices (2009, background): “The Geometric Framework for nutrition (GF) is an analytical technique that enables an understanding of the nutritional strategies of animals (Simpson and Raubenheimer 1993; Raubenheimer and Simpson 2004) and the interpretation of food choices that are otherwise difficult to explain (Robbins et al. 2”
Lasting behavioural responses of brown bears to experimental encounters with humans (2013, background): “However, bears fattening on fruits ingest seven times less digestible energy per hour than salmonfeeding bears (Robbins et al. 2007).”
Macronutrient optimization and energy maximization determine diets of brown bears (2014, methodology): “To date, captive feeding studies have largely focused on protein and carbohydrate selection and metabolism (Welch et al. 1997; Hilderbrand et al. 1999; Rode and Robbins 2000; Felicetti et al. 2003; Robbins et al. 2007).”
Some mechanisms underlying variation in vital rates of grizzly bears on a multiple use landscape (2015, background): “Huckleberries are an important food for bears during the summer and fall when these animals deposit fat necessary for hibernation and reproduction (Martin 1983, Robbins et al. 2007, McLellan 2011), but, unlike most bear plant foods, productivity varies substantially among years (Martin 1983).”
Protein content of diets dictates the daily energy intake of a free-ranging primate (2009, background): “…maximization of energy intake (Schoener 1971); 2) the maximization of nitrogen intake (Mattson 1980; White 1993); 3) the avoidance of toxins (Freeland and Janzen 1974; Dearing et al. 2005); and 4) the acquisition of a nutritionally balanced diet (Raubenheimer and Simpson 2004; Robbins et al. 2007).”
Nutritional goals of wild primates (2009, background): “2007; Boggs 2009) and brown bears (Robbins et al. 2007).”