Development of New Food-Sharing Relationships in Vampire Bats
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.01.055
Abstract: Some nonhuman animals form adaptive long-term cooperative relationships with nonkin that seem analogous in form and function to human friendship [1-4]. However, it remains unclear how these bonds initially form, especially when they entail investments… read more here.
Keywords: vampire bats; food sharing; cost; sharing relationships ... See more keywords
Understanding Food Sharing Models to Tackle Sustainability Challenges
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.09.009
Abstract: The current global scene is characterized by a huge paradox: on one side, there is the scourge of poverty, on the other, 1.3billiontonnes of food is wasted around the world every year. read more here.
Keywords: understanding food; sharing models; food sharing; tackle sustainability ... See more keywords
Does food sharing lead to food waste reduction? An experimental analysis to assess challenges and opportunities of a new consumption model
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.208
Abstract: Abstract Food security, along with growing population and the associated environmental concerns, make food waste and loss a central topic in economic analysis. While food losses occur mostly at the production, postharvest and processing phases… read more here.
Keywords: analysis; food sharing; food waste; waste reduction ... See more keywords
Why Wage Earners Hunt: Food Sharing, Social Structure, and Influence in an Arctic Mixed Economy
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DOI: 10.1086/696018
Abstract: Food sharing has been a central focus of research in human behavioral ecology and anthropology more broadly. Studies of food sharing have typically focused on either the individual’s motivations to share or the social formations… read more here.
Keywords: anthropology; social structure; food sharing; economy ... See more keywords
Food-sharing vampire bats are more nepotistic under conditions of perceived risk
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx006
Abstract: Lay Summary When rescue behavior is more risky, rescuers should be more biased towards closer kin. We tested this idea using food-sharing vampire bats. We created a risky “rescue condition” where donors had to descend… read more here.
Keywords: risk; food sharing; sharing vampire; vampire bats ... See more keywords
Quantifying the relationship between food sharing practices and socio-ecological variables in small-scale societies: A cross-cultural multi-methodological approach
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216302
Abstract: This article presents a cross-cultural study of the relationship among the subsistence strategies, the environmental setting and the food sharing practices of 22 modern small-scale societies located in America (n = 18) and Siberia (n… read more here.
Keywords: cross cultural; food sharing; food; small scale ... See more keywords
Modularity of food-sharing networks minimises the risk for individual and group starvation in hunter-gatherer societies
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272733
Abstract: It has been argued that hunter-gatherers’ food-sharing may have provided the basis for a whole range of social interactions, and hence its study may provide important insight into the evolutionary origin of human sociality. Motivated… read more here.
Keywords: food; food sharing; hunter; group ... See more keywords
A Conceptual Framework for Food Sharing as Collaborative Consumption
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DOI: 10.3390/foods11101422
Abstract: Food waste has increased significantly and become a global issue amidst a growing concern regarding famine in several countries. Food sharing constitutes the solution to the problem provided an appropriate framework is developed that guides… read more here.
Keywords: food; food sharing; framework; collaborative consumption ... See more keywords
Sharing is Caring: A Study of Food-Sharing Practices in Australian Early Childhood Education and Care Services
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DOI: 10.3390/nu12010229
Abstract: Food connects people, and can significantly impact the physical, social and emotional development of young children. Food sharing and family-style mealtimes can support healthy eating practices and psychological well-being among young children, and carersother than… read more here.
Keywords: early childhood; education care; food sharing; childhood education ... See more keywords