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From: Effect of diet on the structure of animal personality

Figure 1

The geometry of nutritional decisions. (a) Animals can reach a nutritional intake target (ratio of nutrient A consumption relative to B consumption) by switching nutritionally complementary foods. (b) However, the intake target (point i) cannot be reached when animals are forced to forage on imbalanced food sources. When animals must satisfy the requirement of nutrient B, they suffer a deficit of nutrient A (point a) or an excess of nutrient A (point b). Otherwise, animals suffer both an excess of nutrient B and a deficit of nutrient A (point c). The illustration is modified from figure 1 in Ref. [1].

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Frontiers in Zoology

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