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Diet contributes to urban-induced alterations in gut microbiota : experimental evidence from a wild passerine [PDF]

, 2020
Urban sprawl increasingly affects the ecology of natural populations, including host-microbiota interactions, with observed differences in the gut microbiota between urban and rural hosts.
De Neve, Liesbeth, Lens, Luc, Matthysen, Erik, Salleh Hudin, Noraine, Teyssier, Aimeric, White, Joël   +5 more
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Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urbanization affects ecosystems by reducing biodiversity and displacing species from native habitats. While some suffer, others, like urban wildlife, adapt through innovative feeding and behaviours that improve their fitness in human‐altered settings. Despite research on wildlife in urban areas, the development of foraging behaviour in urban species is
Joan Navarro, Víctor Martín-Vélez, Joan Giménez, José Antonio Garcia, Pablo Cermeño, Jordi Figuerola, Raül Aymí, Tomás Montalvo   +7 more
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Dietary differentiation of two co‐occurring common bat species (Eptesicus nilssonii and Pipistrellus pygmaeus)

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Sympatric bat species can co‐exist and avoid interspecific competition via niche differentiation e.g. diet. Detecting dietary differences can be achieved by comparing dietary niches of sympatric and allopatric populations. If dietary overlap is higher in sympatry versus allopatry, co‐occurrence may be altering the dietary niche of the species.
Heather Wood, Adam Kimberley, William F. Englund, Sara A. O. Cousins   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metabarcoding and metabolome analyses of copepod grazing reveal feeding preference and linkage to metabolite classes in dynamic microbial plankton communities [PDF]

, 2016
In order to characterize copepod feeding in relation to microbial plankton community dynamics, we combined metabarcoding and metabolome analyses during a 22-day seawater mesocosm experiment.
Althammer, Julia, Frischer, Marc, Ijaz, Umer Z., Larsen, Aud, Nejstgaard, Jens C., Pohnert, Georg, Quince, Christopher, Ray, Jessica L., Sazhin, Andrey, Simonelli, Paolo, Skaar, Katrine S., Stoecker, Diane, Troedsson, Christofer   +12 more
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Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Supplementary feeding for declining hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus populations is popular in Great Britain and has been suggested as an important factor in explaining higher densities in urban areas compared with rural ones. Occupancy modelling was used to test whether spatial variation in supplementary feeding, natural food, habitat, or predator ...
Eleanor S. Benjamin, Adam Bates, Robert Davis, Anthony Sévêque, Jonathan Wild, Ben Clutterbuck, Richard W. Yarnell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

eDNA-based survey of the marine vertebrate biodiversity off the west coast of Guadeloupe (French West Indies) [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
In the marine environment, knowledge of biodiversity remains incomplete for many taxa, requiring assessments to understand and monitor biodiversity loss.
Rachel Haderlé, Laurent Bouveret, Jordane Chazal, Justine Girardet, Samuel Iglésias, Pascal-Jean Lopez, Cédric Millon, Alice Valentini, Visotheary Ung, Jean-Luc Jung   +9 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Connecting Earth observation to high-throughput biodiversity data [PDF]

, 2017
Understandably, given the fast pace of biodiversity loss, there is much interest in using Earth observation technology to track biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem services. However, because most biodiversity is invisible to Earth observation,
Bush, Alex, Sollmann, Rahel, Wilting, Andreas, Bohmann, Kristine, Cole, Beth, Balzter, Heiko, Martius, Christopher, Zlinszky, András, Calvignac-Spencer, Sébastien, Cobbold, Christina A., Dawson, Terence P., Emerson, Brent C., Ferrier, Simon, Gilbert, M. Thomas P., Herold, Martin, Jones, Laurence, Leendertz, Fabian H., Matthews, Louise, Millington, James D.A., Olson, John R., Ovaskainen, Otso, Raffaelli, Dave, Reeve, Richard, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Rodgers, Torrey W., Snape, Stewart, Visseren-Hamakers, Ingrid, Vogler, Alfried P., White, Piran C.L., Wooster, Martin J., Yu, Douglas W.   +30 more
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DNA metabarcoding reveals wolf dietary patterns in the northern Alps and Jura Mountains

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Understanding predator–prey interactions is crucial for wildlife management and human–wildlife coexistence, particularly in multi‐use landscapes such as western Europe. As wolves Canis lupus recolonize their former habitats, knowledge of their diet is essential for conservation, management and public acceptance.
Florin Kunz, Eduard Mas‐Carrió, Philippine Surer, Fridolin Zimmermann, Philippe Christe, Luca Fumagalli, Nina Gerber   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feeding Immunity: Physiological and Behavioral Responses to Infection and Resource Limitation. [PDF]

, 2017
Resources are a core currency of species interactions and ecology in general (e.g., think of food webs or competition). Within parasite-infected hosts, resources are divided among the competing demands of host immunity and growth as well as parasite ...
Andrea L. Graham, Anieke van Leeuwen, Anieke van Leeuwen, Christina B. Hansen, Clayton E. Cressler, István Pelczer, Quentin Caudron, Romain Garnier, Romain Garnier, Sarah A. Budischak, Tyler R. Kartzinel   +10 more
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Urban bats show dietary flexibility in aquatic arthropod consumption at urban and rural waterbodies

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban waterbodies are critical for biodiversity and provide feeding grounds for insectivorous bats. Yet, how urbanisation affects bats' food choices at urban waterbodies and the role of emergent aquatic arthropods remain poorly understood. We compared the diet of three urban bat species – Vespadelus vulturnus, Chalinolobus gouldii,and Myotis macropus –
Tanja M. Straka, Melissa E. Carew, Isabel Valenzuela, Stephen R. Griffiths, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, Rahul Rane, Rodney Ree van der   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source