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Habitat use of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) turtles at the northern limit of their distribution range of the Northwest Pacific Ocean.

PLoS ONE
Verifying habitats, including the foraging and nesting areas for sea turtles, enables an understanding of their spatial ecology and successful planning of their conservation and management strategies.
Il-Hun Kim, Il-Kook Park, Daesik Park, Min-Seop Kim, In-Young Cho, Dongwoo Yang, Dong-Jin Han, Eunvit Cho, Won Joon Shim, Sang Hee Hong, Yong-Rock An   +10 more
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais, Andre Chiaradia, Richard D. Reina   +2 more
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Ecological patterns of blood-feeding by kissing-bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2011
Host use by vectors is important in understanding the transmission of zoonotic diseases, which can affect humans, wildlife and domestic animals. Here, a synthesis of host exploitation patterns by kissing-bugs, vectors of Chagas disease, is presented. For
Jorge Eduardo Rabinovich, Uriel Dan Kitron, Yamila Obed, Miho Yoshioka, Nicole Gottdenker, Luis Fernando Chaves   +5 more
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Host, vector, and parasite dynamics: exploring intrinsic and extrinsic factors shaping tick‐borne filarial nematode transmission

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tick‐borne filarial nematodes are a complex and understudied group of parasites that rely on ticks for transmission in vertebrates. This review examines how intrinsic and extrinsic factors may influence the successful transmission of filarial nematodes in tick vectors, drawing insights from extensively studied haematophagous dipteran vector ...
Oluwaseun D. Ajileye, Gabriel L. Hamer, Sarah A. Hamer, Guilherme G. Verocai, Jessica E. Light   +4 more
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Individualised niches: an integrative conceptual framework across behaviour, ecology, and evolution

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Individuals differ. While seemingly trivial, this insight has nevertheless led to paradigm shifts, as three key fields of organismal biology have seen marked changes in key concepts over the past few decades. In animal behaviour, it has become increasingly recognised that behavioural differences among individuals can be stable over time and ...
Oliver Krüger, Jaime Anaya‐Rojas, Mitja Back, Barbara Caspers, Nayden Chakarov, Melanie Dammhahn, Alkistis Elliott‐Graves, Claudia Fricke, Jürgen Gadau, Joseph I. Hoffman, Marie I. Kaiser, Sylvia Kaiser, Peter Korsten, Ulrich Krohs, Joachim Kurtz, Roland Langrock, Caroline Müller, Robert Peuß, Klaus Reinhold, Helene Richter, Norbert Sachser, Holger Schielzeth, Tim Schmoll, Ralf Stanewsky, Tamas Szekely, Franz J. Weissing, Meike Wittmann, Shuqing Xu   +27 more
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Intra-specific foraging dynamics reveal anthropogenic impact on harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in the Danish Kattegat and the German Wadden Sea

Frontiers in Marine Science
IntroductionMarine mammals are apex predators in the marine environment and seals are known as opportunistic hunters which adapt to prey availability in their distribution range. Knowledge about harbour seal diet is a crucial baseline parameter to assess
Kristina Lehnert, Elehna Bethune, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Ursula Siebert, Thomas M. Kaiser   +5 more
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Agent‐based modeling may help to merge research traditions in foraging ecology in Europe and North America

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017
Although ducks have long been popular research subjects in both North America and Europe, geographical divergences in research orientation have developed during the past several decades for studying foraging ecology.
Matthieu Guillemain, Johan Elmberg, Claire A. Pernollet, Celine Arzel, John M. Eadie   +4 more
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Krill-feeding behaviour in a chinstrap penguin compared to fish-eating in Magellanic penguins: a pilot study. [PDF]

, 2004
Inferring feeding activities from undulations in diving depth profiles is widespread in studies of foraging marine predators. This idea, however, has rarely been tested because of practical difficulties in obtaining an independent estimate of feeding ...
Croxall, J. P., Dunn, M. J., Naito, Y., Sato, K., Takahashi, A.., Trathan, P. N., Wilson, Rory P.   +6 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
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Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
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