Inter- and intra-annual differences in foraging ecology of the chick-rearing Brünnich’s guillemots (Uria lomvia) breeding in the High Arctic [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceThe foraging ecology of seabirds depends on both external and internal factors. Seabirds can modify their feeding strategy depending on current food availability to maintain optimal energy levels provisioned to the offspring. Here, we investigated inter-
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Foraging ecology drives social information reliance in an avian eavesdropping community [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Vertebrates obtain social information about predation risk by eavesdropping on the alarm calls of sympatric species. In the Holarctic, birds in the family Paridae function as sentinel species; however, factors shaping eavesdroppers' reliance on their ...
Harrison H. Jones, Kathryn E. Sieving
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Sex differences in foraging ecology of the chick rearing Brünnich’s Guillemots (Uria lomvia) breeding in a High Arctic colony [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSome seabirds, such as alcids exhibit sexual monomorphism, often displaying intersexual variation in parental investment and breeding ecology. In the Brünnich’s Guillemot (Uria lomvia), both sexes contribute to incubation and chick rearing.
Karolina Cieślińska +5 more
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Laboratory studies examining aspects of scent marking, traplining and remote detection of reward in the foraging bumblebee. [PDF]
, 2007 PhDEnergy from food is essential for the survival of all animals. For decades, bumblebees have been used as model organisms for studying animal foraging strategies.
Saleh, Nehal
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Foraging under uniform risk from different types of predators [PDF]
, 2008 Liesenjohann T, Eccard JA. Foraging under uniform risk from different types of predators. BMC Ecology. 2008;8(1): 19.BACKGROUND: Many animals live in environments where different types of predators pose a permanent threat and call for predator specific ...
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The foraging behaviour of hummingbirds through space and time [PDF]
, 2015 Central place foragers, such as territorial hummingbirds, feed from resources that tend to be constant in space and to replenish with time (e.g. nectar in flowers).
Tello Ramos, Maria Cristina
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Endangered Species Research, 2021 Predicting habitat suitability and understanding habitat utilization are important to inform and orient conservation and management decisions for the recovery of endangered species.
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The Effect of nest Size and Species Identity on Plant Selection in Acromyrmex Leaf-Cutting Ants
Sociobiology, 2018 Leaf-cutting ants are key organisms because their role as primary consumers and potential agricultural pests. However, their foraging ecology was mostly studied as response of extrinsic factors such as climate and plant species traits.
Laura Elizabeth Jofre +3 more
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Foraging dives of sperm whales in the north-western Mediterranean Sea [PDF]
, 2012 Oceanic odontocetes rely on echolocation to forage on pelagic or benthic prey, but their feeding ecology is difficult to study. We studied sperm whale foraging dives during summer in the north-western Mediterranean, using visual and passive acoustic ...
Gannier, Alexandre +3 more
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Grassland ecology in China: perspectives and challenges [PDF]
Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering, 2018 During the last few decades, there have been an increasing number of studies on grassland ecology in China, involving the classic ecology concepts or theories and the applicable ecological principles of grassland conservation or management.
Deli WANG, Ling WANG, Jushan LIU, Hui ZHU, Zhiwei ZHONG
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