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Kinematics and energetics of foraging behavior in Rice’s whales of the Gulf of Mexico

Scientific Reports, 2023
Rorqual foraging behavior varies with species, prey type and foraging conditions, and can be a determining factor for their fitness. Little is known about the foraging ecology of Rice’s whales (Balaenoptera ricei), an endangered species with a population
Annebelle C. M. Kok, Maya J. Hildebrand, Maria MacArdle, Anthony Martinez, Lance P. Garrison, Melissa S. Soldevilla, John A. Hildebrand   +6 more
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Feeding of biofilm-dwelling nematodes examined using HPLC-analysis of gut pigment content [PDF]

, 2011
The natural feeding behaviour of the nematodes Chromadorina bioculata (Schultze in Carus 1857) and Chromadorina viridis (Linstow 1876) was studied in situ, within epilithic biofilms of the Garonne River (France).
Evelyne Buffan-Dubau, Buffan-Dubau, Evelyne, Tackx, Michèle, Traunspurger, Walter, Nabil Majdi, Walter Traunspurger, Michèle Tackx, Majdi, Nabil   +7 more
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Herbivory by a phloem-feeding insect inhibits floral volatile production [PDF]

, 2012
There is extensive knowledge on the effects of insect herbivory on volatile emission from vegetative tissue, but little is known about its impact on floral volatiles.
Webster Ben, Pareja, Martin, Mayon, Patrick, Glinwood Robert, Birkett, M., Birkett, M. A., Pareja Martin, Pickett John, Erika Qvarfordt, Patrick Mayon, Qvarfordt, E., Qvarfordt, Erika, Michael Birkett, Glinwood, Robert, Glinwood, R., Martin Pareja, Mayon Patrick, Pickett, J. A., Ben Webster, Webster, Ben, John Pickett, Pickett, John, Qvarfordt Erika, Robert Glinwood, Birkett Michael, Webster, B., Mayon, P., Birkett, Michael, Pickett, J., Pareja, M.   +29 more
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Observations on the Feeding Ecology of Impala [PDF]

South African Journal of Zoology, 1980
The distribution, habitat preference, and diet of impala in mixed wooded savanna were studied. In the wet season impala were evenly distributed through the different vegetation types and their diet was predominantly grass, but in the dry season they concentrated in areas of Acacia savanna and changed to a mainly browsing diet.
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A fixed energetic ceiling to parental effort in the great tit? [PDF]

, 2000
1. To elucidate the links between avian brood size, parental effort and parental investment, we measured daily energy expenditure (DEEfem), condition (residuals of mass on tarsus) and feeding rate in female great tits Parus major L.
Verhulst, S.; id_orcid, Verhulst, S., Verhulst, S.,, Tinbergen, J.M., Tinbergen, J.M.,, J. M. Tinbergen, S. Verhulst   +6 more
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Stable isotope and signature fatty acid analyses suggest reef manta rays feed on demersal zooplankton. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Assessing the trophic role and interaction of an animal is key to understanding its general ecology and dynamics. Conventional techniques used to elucidate diet, such as stomach content analysis, are not suitable for large threatened marine species.
Lydie I E Couturier, Christoph A Rohner, Anthony J Richardson, Andrea D Marshall, Fabrice R A Jaine, Michael B Bennett, Kathy A Townsend, Scarla J Weeks, Peter D Nichols   +8 more
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Toothed whales independently evolve specialized suction feeding without converging on skull shape [PDF]

PeerJ
Specialized suction feeders independently evolved in several odontocete (toothed whale) lineages, with paradigmatic examples in sperm whales and beaked whales.
Rebecca J. Strauch, Alexander J. Werth, Carlos Mauricio Peredo, Mark D. Uhen   +3 more
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Hypotheses and lessons from a native moth outbreak in a low‐diversity, tropical rainforest

Ecosphere, 2022
Outbreaks of defoliating insects in low‐diversity tropical forests occur infrequently but provide valuable insights about outbreak ecology in temperate environments and in general.
Paul C. Banko, Robert W. Peck, Stephanie G. Yelenik, Eben H. Paxton, Frank Bonaccorso, Kristina Montoya‐Aiona, R. Flint Hughes, Steven Perakis   +7 more
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The feeding ecology and microbiome of the pteropod Limacina helicina antarctica

, 2022
The pteropod (pelagic snail) Limacina helicina antarctica is a dominant grazer along the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) and plays an important role in regional food web dynamics and biogeochemical cycling.
Song, Bongkeun, Thibodeau, Patricia S., Moreno, Carly M., Steinberg, Deborah K.   +3 more
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Feeding mechanisms and ecology of pycnodont fishes (Neopterygii, Pycnodontiformes) [PDF]

Fossil Record, 2001
The functional morphology of the jaw apparatus and the skull and the feeding habits of the extinct pycnodont fishes are reconstructed in comparison with some extant halecostomes.
J. Kriwet
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