What is Foraging?
'''Foraging''' is the act of [[hunting]] or gathering food. For example, [[cattle]] forage [[grass]] to eat. The idea of animals foraging is called ''forage theory'', and was first proposed in 1966.<ref name=Emlen1966>{{citation |year=1966 |author=Emlen J. M |title= The role of time and energy in food preference |journal=The American Naturalist |volume=100 |issue=916 |pages=611–617 |url=https://www.jstor.org/pss/2459299 |doi=10.1086/282455|jstor=2459299 |s2cid=85723900 }}</ref><ref name=Hughes1989>{{citation|year=1989 |editor=Hughes, Roger N |title=Behavioural mechanisms of food selection |place=London & New York|page=v |isbn=0-387-51762-6}}</ref><ref name=MaArthur&Pianka1966>{{citation | author= MacArthur R.H. & Pianka E.R | title= On the optimal use of a patchy environment. | journal= The American Naturalist| year= 1966 | volume= 100 | issue= 916 | pages= 603–9 | doi= 10.1086/282454 | jstor=2459298| s2cid= 86675558 }}</ref> Humans that forage are often called [[hunter-gatherer]]s, who find and eat ([[wikt:wild|wild]]) animals and plants without [[domestication]] of them (people who [[farm]] plants are not hunter-gatherers, as they have grown them themselves). == References == {{Reflist}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:Zoology]] [[Category:Hunting]]