Efficiency as a foraging currency in animals attaining a gain below the energetic ceiling

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• currency 100%
• energetics 68%
• animal 51%
• expenditure 38%
• energy 37%
• energy intake 36%
• oxygen 24%
• ruminant 16%
• oxygen consumption 14%
• rate 12%
• energy balance 12%
• regulation 8%
• cost 6%

Agriculture & Biology

• foraging 60%
• animals 32%
• energy expenditure 31%
• metabolizable energy 20%
• oxygen 20%
• energy intake 18%
• energy costs 10%
• energy requirements 10%
• energy balance 9%
• oxygen consumption 9%
• ruminants 8%
• feed intake 7%
• researchers 7%
• energy 5%