觅食

觅食（foraging）是野生动物寻找食物的行为，同時為影响其生存概率和生殖成就的重要因素。而最优觅食理论（optimal foraging theory）為行为生态学中为了理解动物适应环境的重要模型。

另见

• 捕食
• 牧食
• 腐食

参考

1. Danchin, E.; Giraldeau, L. & Cezilly, F. Behavioural Ecology. New York: Oxford University Press. 2008. ISBN 978-0-19-920629-2. ^{[页码请求]}
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3. Hughes, Roger N (编), Behavioural Mechanisms of Food Selection, London & New York: Springer-Verlag: v, 1989, ISBN 978-0-387-51762-9 
4. MacArthur RH, Pianka ER, On the optimal use of a patchy environment., American Naturalist, 1966, 100 (916): 603–09, JSTOR 2459298, S2CID 86675558, doi:10.1086/282454