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Cicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) are among the most important insect prey for many vertebrate predators, including birds and mammals, owing to their large size and high nutritional value. Although the ecological roles of cicadas as prey for birds have been well documented, the interactions between mammals and cicadas are relatively unknown.
Kanzi M. Tomita
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OPAL Community Environment Report [PDF]
, 2012 The Open Air Laboratories network, or OPAL, as it quickly became known, was launched in 2007 following a successful application to the Big Lottery Fund It was the first time that Big Lottery funding on this scale had been awarded to academic ...
Bachariou, Carolina +7 more
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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 +6 more
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Effect of permanent ground cover on agronomic properties and soil fertility in an organic peach orchard [PDF]
, 2010 In conventional orchards, weeds on the raw are mainly controlled with chemical herbicides because of their efficiency, their low cost and ease of use.
Bussi, Claude +3 more
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Artificial light at night alters earthworm communities and soil aggregation
Journal of Applied Ecology, EarlyView.Our results provide evidence that continuous night‐time street lighting can affect earthworm communities and earthworm‐driven soil aggregation. The nature of these effects differed across earthworm ecological categories and age classes and appeared to depend on illuminance, light spectrum and/or plant cover. This highlights that, rather than a one‐size‐
Jiaqing Cai +3 more
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Effects of biocontrol bacteria and earthworms onAphanomyces euteichesroot-rot and growth of peas (Pisum sativum) studied in a pot experiment [PDF]
, 2020 Jan Lagerlöf +3 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations
Insect Science, EarlyView.This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean +6 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract Biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem stability and functioning as well as human well‐being. Measuring biodiversity is a complex task that is being improved through technological innovations like remote sensing (RS), including satellites and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs).
Asef Darvishi +3 more
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