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Intraspecific differences in short- and long-term foraging strategies of reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) in the Chagos Archipelago

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Assessing the foraging ecology of a threatened species is necessary to understand their movement behaviour and habitat use patterns, which are essential for developing effective protection strategies. Here, the foraging ecology of reef manta rays (Mobula
Joanna L. Harris, Clare B. Embling, Genevieve Alexander, David Curnick, Ronan Roche, Niv Froman, Marleen Stuhr, Elaine S. Fileman, Simon Hilbourne, Rebecca Carter, Annie Murray, Jessica Savage, Guy M.W. Stevens   +12 more
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Foraging movements of breeding Kelp Gulls in South Africa

Movement Ecology, 2020
Background Kelp Gulls Larus dominicanus are one of the most abundant gulls in the Southern Hemisphere and can play an important role in their ecosystem.
Katharina Reusch, Nicolás Suárez, Peter G. Ryan, Lorien Pichegru   +3 more
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A glimpse into the foraging and movement behaviour of Nyctalus aviator; a complementary study by acoustic recording and GPS tracking

Royal Society Open Science, 2023
Species of open-space bats that are relatively large, such as bats from the genus Nyctalus, are considered as high-risk species for collisions with wind turbines (WTs).
Yoshifumi Niga, Emyo Fujioka, Olga Heim, Akito Nomi, Dai Fukui, Shizuko Hiryu   +5 more
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Spatial ecology of endangered roseate terns and foraging habitat suitability around a colony in the western North Atlantic

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.
I Pratte, RA Ronconi, SR Craik, J McKnight   +3 more
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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, Ana Irene Medina, Alejandro Gustavo Farji-Brener, Marta Matilde Moglia   +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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Identifying Space Use at Foraging Arena Scale within the Home Ranges of Large Herbivores.

PLoS ONE, 2015
An intermediate spatiotemporal scale of food procurement by large herbivores is evident within annual or seasonal home ranges. It takes the form of settlement periods spanning several days or weeks during which foraging activity is confined to spatially ...
Norman Owen-Smith, Jodie Martin
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Multidimensional nutritional ecology and urban birds

Ecosphere, 2018
There is growing interest in the question of how urbanization affects the ecology of birds, across timescales from relatively short‐term physiological responses to long‐term evolutionary adaptation.
Sean C. P. Coogan, David Raubenheimer, Simon P. Zantis, Gabriel E. Machovsky‐Capuska   +3 more
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Correlated evolution of wing morphology and echolocation calls in bats

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
IntroductionFlight and echolocation are two crucial behaviors associated with niche expansion in bats. Previous researches have attempted to explain the interspecific divergence in flight morphology and echolocation vocalizations in some bat groups from ...
Wenyu Zou, Haiying Liang, Pan Wu, Bo Luo, Bo Luo, Daying Zhou, Wenqin Liu, Jiashu Wu, Linjie Fang, Yudie Lei, Jiang Feng, Jiang Feng   +11 more
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Fine-scale foraging ecology of leatherback turtles

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2015
Remote tracking of migratory species and statistical modeling of behaviors have enabled identification of areas that are of high ecological value to these widely distributed taxa.
Bryan P Wallace, Bryan P Wallace, Michael eZolkewitz, Michael C James   +3 more
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