Diet of Free Ranging American Mink (Neovison vison) in Denmark
Animals, 2023 Non-native American mink (Neovison vison) is a widely spread predator in Denmark. The feral population in mainland Denmark consists of captive-born mink that escaped from fur farms and wild mink born in nature, whereas the population on Bornholm is ...
René Worup Rørbæk +4 more
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Analysis of the Effects of Dietary Pattern on the Oral Microbiome of Elite Endurance Athletes [PDF]
, 2019 Although the oral microbiota is known to play a crucial role in human health, there are few studies of diet x oral microbiota interactions, and none in elite athletes who may manipulate their intakes of macronutrients to achieve different metabolic ...
Burke, Louise M +8 more
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Silent predator: Dietary patterns of Tyto furcata (Strigiformes: Tytonidae) at the Taiamã Ecological Station, Pantanal, Brazil [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba)The Pantanal, the largest tropical wetland globally, faces growing threats from habitat destruction, agribusiness growth, and wildfires The barn owl, Tyto furcata (Temminck, 1827), is an opportunistic predator that helps structure small vertebrate ...
Thalita Ribeiro +4 more
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Metabolomic study of the LDL receptor null mouse fed a high-fat diet reveals profound perturbations in choline metabolism that are shared with ApoE null mice [PDF]
, 2010 Failure to express or expression of dysfunctional low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR) causes familial hypercholesterolemia in humans, a disease characterized by elevated blood cholesterol concentrations, xanthomas, and coronary heart disease ...
Benson, G. Martin +5 more
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Detecting Domestic Dog in Diet of Leopard Using DNA Tools [PDF]
Environmental Resources Research, 2014 The leopard (Panthera pardus) as an adaptable felid widely distributed in varied ecosystems of Iran. The Golestan Natural Park is one of the main habitats of leopard in the country.
Davoud Fadakar +4 more
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An assessment of diet overlap of two mesocarnivores in the North-West Province, South Africa [PDF]
, 2009 We used scat analysis to study the diet of two sympatric medium-sized carnivores: brown hyaena and black-backed jackal, in the NorthWest Province of South Africa.
Bateman, PW +7 more
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Ecosphere, 2021 DNA metabarcoding has become a powerful technique for identifying the species present in a bulk environmental sample. The application of DNA metabarcoding to wildlife diet analysis is a particularly promising tool for exploring trophic interactions.
Aimee L. Massey +4 more
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Quantitative analysis of ruminal methanogenic microbial populations in beef cattle divergent in phenotypic residual feed intake (RFI) offered contrasting diets [PDF]
, 2014 peer-reviewedBackground Methane (CH4) emissions in cattle are an undesirable end product of rumen methanogenic fermentative activity as they are associated not only with negative environmental impacts but also with reduced host feed ...
Carberry, Ciara A +3 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020 Reptile growth is influenced by many ecological processes that can cumulatively give rise to divergent somatic growth rates within spatially structured populations.
Matthew D. Ramirez +5 more
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Within-guild dietary discrimination from 3-D textural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals [PDF]
, 2013 Resource exploitation and competition for food are important selective pressures in animal evolution. A number of recent investigations have focused on linkages between diversification, trophic morphology and diet in bats, partly because their roosting ...
Crumpton, Nicholas +4 more
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