What Is Animal Ecophysiology?

Question 1

What does the Bewick swan do/where does it go when it migrates?

Answer 1

Nests in the Arctic then moves down to lawesmeer in Holland come spring, carries onto Britain when food supply is depleted

First deplete tuber resources and then moves onto sugar beet

Question 2

What was found in the lab study carried out to test the energy intake in Bewick swan in different foraging conditions?

Answer 2

Energy intake was much greater in sand than in clay because it is easier to forage for food in sand

In deep clay they give up much earlier than in shallow sand

Question 3

What is oxygen intake equivalent to?

Answer 3

Metabolic rate, which is equivalent to energy expenditure

Question 4

What do all animals have to get rid of?

Answer 4

Nitrogenous waste