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The diversity of feeding habits recorded for water boatmen (Heteroptera: Corixoidea) world-wide with implications for evaluating information on the diet of aquatic insects

European Journal of Entomology, 2017
Food webs are of crucial importance for understanding any ecosystem. The accuracy of food web and ecosystem models rests on the reliability of the information on the feeding habits of the species involved.
Christian W. HÄDICKE, Dávid RÉDEI, Petr KMENT   +2 more
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Comparison of synthetic membranes in the development of an in vitro feeding system for Dermanyssus gallinae [PDF]

, 2010
Although artificial feeding models for the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) most frequently use biological membranes consisting of day-old chick skin, there are ethical considerations associated with the use of skin.
Guy, Jonathan, Robinson, Karen, Sparagano, Olivier, Harrington, David   +3 more
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Predictors of breast-feeding in a developing country: results of a prospective cohort study. [PDF]

, 2008
OBJECTIVE: Data on the prevalence and predictors of breast-feeding remain scarce in Lebanon. Moreover, no study has previously addressed the effect of the paediatrician's sex on breast-feeding.
Nassif, Yolla, Khogali, Mustafa, Yunis, Khalid A, Al-Sahab, Ban, Tamim, Hala, Khawaja, Marwan, National Collaborative Perinatal Neonatal Network (NCPNN), Mumtaz, Ghina, Afifi, Rima, Khogali M., Nassif Y., Khawaja M., Yunis K.A., Afifi R., Mumtaz G., Tamim H., Al-Sahab B.   +16 more
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Infestation of the mycoheterotrophic orchid Yoania japonica by the two-winged fly, Chyliza vittata (Diptera: Psilidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2016
Chyliza vittata is known to utilize leaves, stems and underground parts of several leafy and leafless orchids. Compared to the well-recorded feeding habits of C. vittata in Europe, its feeding habits in Japan are poorly studied.
Kenji SUETSUGU
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Estimation of the dietary nutrient profile of free-roaming feral cats: possible implications for nutrition of domestic cats [PDF]

, 2011
Cats are strict carnivores and in the wild rely on a diet solely based on animal tissues to meet their specific and unique nutritional requirements. Although the feeding ecology of cats in the wild has been well documented in the literature, there is no ...
Dep Gezondheidszorg Landbouwhuisdieren, Advances in Veterinary Medicine, Esther A. Plantinga, Plantinga, E.A., Bosch, G., Wouter H. Hendriks, Guido Bosch, Bosch, G.X., Hendriks, W.H.   +8 more
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FOOD HABITS AND FEEDING HABITS OF BARRAMUNDI FISH (Lates calcarifer Block) IN TERUSAN DALAM (INSIDE CANAL) WATERS, EAST COAST OF SOUTH SUMATERA PROVINCE

Biovalentia: Biological Research Journal, 2016
Research about the food habits and feeding habits of Barramundi (Lates calcarifer Block) in Terusan Dalam (inside canal) waters, East coast of South Sumatera Province, had been done during March to June 2012.
Mohammad Rasyid Ridho, Enggar Patriono
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Parental child-feeding strategies in relation to Dutch children's fruit and vegetable intake [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To identify parental child-feeding strategies that may increase children's fruit or vegetable intake, since the relationship between these strategies and children's intake has never been investigated for fruit and vegetables as two separate ...
Laan, N., van der, Gertrude G Zeinstra, Zeinstra, G.G., Kok, F.J., De Graaf, Cees, Cees de Graaf, Kok, Frans J., Van Der Laan, Nynke; id_orcid, van der Laan, N., Nynke van der Laan, Graaf, C., de, Van Der Laan, Nynke, de Graaf, C., Zeinstra, Gertrude G., Koelen, M.A., Maria A Koelen, Frans J Kok, Koelen, Maria A.   +17 more
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Feeding habits.

Ostrich, 1976
(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) No abstract provided.
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The food and feeding of powan Coregonus lavaretus (L.) (Salmonidae: Coregoninae) in two Scottish lochs [PDF]

, 2012
The present study is mainly a descriptive account of the food and feeding of the two Scottish powan populations from Loch Lomond and Loch Eck. Quantitative and qualitative comparisons of powan diet are made.
Pomeroy, Patrick P.
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The feeding ecology of and carbon and nitrogen budgets for Engraulis capensis in the southern Benguela ecosystem [PDF]

, 1988
Bibliography: leaves 179-231.The two main schools of thought regarding the diets of intermediate microphagous clupeids are: A) that they are herbivorous and B) that they are omnivorous, but consume mainly zooplankton. The former view has been employed to
James, Andrew Gordon
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