ENERGY BUFFERING AND STORAGE – External or behavioral storage

• cached prey
• seed stores
• honey
• food hoards
• granaries
• cultivated fungi
• agriculture
• domesticated food stocks

Operational definition

Behavioral storage category.

The retention of energy-bearing resources outside the organism’s body through behavior, construction, or social organization for later use.

Examples include:

• food caches;
• seed stores;
• honey;
• granaries;
• stored prey;
• cultivated fungi;
• agricultural reserves.

Ownership or exclusive control need not be perfect, but delayed future access must be part of the strategy.