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Pre-breeding foraging ecology of three tern species nesting in the Gulf of Maine

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2022
A variety of seabird species migrate annually from wintering grounds in the Southern Hemisphere to the Gulf of Maine, USA to breed and raise their young.
Rachel M. Bratton, Henry D. Legett, Paula Shannon, Keenan C. Yakola, Alexander R. Gerson, Michelle D. Staudinger   +5 more
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Foraging ecology of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Zoology), Massey University, Albany, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2006
This study investigated the foraging ecology of common dolphins (Delphinus sp.) in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park, off the east coast of Auckland. New Zealand.
Burgess, Elizabeth A
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Foraging activity by the southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus) as a mechanism for soil turnover [PDF]

, 2012
Mammals that forage for food by biopedturbation can alter the biotic and abiotic characteristics of their habitat, influencing ecosystem structure and function.
Anderson, H., Fleming, P.A., Hardy, G.E.St.J., Valentine, L.E.   +3 more
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Adult Sex Ratio as a Demographic Feedback Linking Mating Systems, Parental Care, and Evolution

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Breeding systems are some of the most diverse social behavior, and our team is investigation the evolutionary causes of this diversity. This review summarises our research carried out at the University of Bath. We argue that demographic components of wild populations, especially the adult sex ratio, plays a key role driving breeding system variation ...
Tamás Székely, Oscar G. Miranda
wiley   +1 more source

Why do many animals move with a predominance of roughly forward directions? [PDF]

, 2010
Animal movements can influence their ecology and demographics. Animal movements are often characterized by path structures with directional persistence.
Kevin Duffy
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Does the waggle dance help honey bees to forage at greater distances than expected for their body size? [PDF]

, 2015
A honey bee colony has been likened to an oil company. Some members of the company or colony prospect for valuable liquid resources. When these are discovered other group members can be recruited to exploit the resource. The recruitment of nestmates to a
Beekman, Beekman, Beekman, Beekman, Beutler, Biesmeijer, Biesmeijer, Couvillon, Couvillon, Couvillon, Czaczkes, Donaldson-Matasci, Dornhaus, Dornhaus, Dramstad, Dyer, Greenleaf, Grüter, Haskell, Heinrich, Heinrich, Janzen, Jarau, Kuhn-Neto, Lindauer, Lindauer, Maynard Smith, Maynard Smith, Nieh, Nieh, Nieh, Nieh, Nieh, Oldroyd, Osborne, Ratnieks, Ratnieks, Schneider, Schürch, Schürch, Seeley, Seeley, Seeley, Seeley, Sherman, van Nieuwstadt, Visscher, von Frisch, Wilson, Zurbuchen   +49 more
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Optimal Grazing Exclusion Duration to Enhance Soil Carbon Sequestration in Degraded Grasslands

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Across China, grazing exclusion reaches the national mean soil organic carbon recovery benchmark sooner in high‐MAP regions (> 500 mm), but recovery is much slower where MAP < 300 mm. Scaling this strategy to 70% of China's degraded grasslands would sequester about 1.52 Pg of soil carbon over 10 years—roughly 17% of annual global fossil‐fuel emissions.
Bin Zhang, Chongzhi Sun, Dongmei Xue, Paul Christiaan Struik, Tongrui Zhang, Jiayue Liu, Tingting Xing, Ziyang Liu, Shiming Tang, Ke Jin   +9 more
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A Comparative Analysis of the Diets of a Genus of Freshwater Turtles across Africa

Diversity, 2021
Pelusios (Testudines: Pleurodira) is an Afrotropical endemic genus of freshwater turtles that have adapted to a variety of habitats, with savannahs and forests being their two main habitat types.
Luca Luiselli, Gift Simon Demaya, John Sebit Benansio, Fabio Petrozzi, Godfrey C. Akani, Edem A. Eniang, Stephanie N. Ajong, Massimiliano Di Vittorio, NioKing Amadi, Daniele Dendi   +9 more
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Decision ecology: Foraging and the ecology of animal decision making [PDF]

Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 2008
In this article, I review the approach taken by behavioral ecologists to the study of animal foraging behavior and explore connections with general analyses of decision making. I use the example of patch exploitation decisions in this article in order to develop several key points about the properties of naturally occurring foraging decisions. First, I
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source