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Individual variation in perceived density of conspecifics and its impacts on the realization of ecological niches

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
Animals gather information about their surroundings, including their social environment, using a wide range of sensory modalities. Variation in reception, processing and interpretation of information (cues or signals) can lead to differences in how individuals perceive their local environment. Yet, how individual differences in environmental perception
Ane Liv Berthelsen, Barbara A. Caspers, Nayden Chakarov, Alexandra K. Childs, Angelica Coculla, Melanie Dammhahn, Maria Moiron, Max Mühlenhaupt, Caroline Müller, Jules Petit, Tim M. Rapp, Nora K. E. Schulz, Svenja Stoehr, David L. J. Vendrami   +13 more
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Multi-camera Realtime 3D Tracking of Multiple Flying Animals [PDF]

, 2010
Automated tracking of animal movement allows analyses that would not otherwise be possible by providing great quantities of data. The additional capability of tracking in realtime - with minimal latency - opens up the experimental possibility of ...
Branson, Kristin, Dickinson, Michael H., Neumann, Titus R., Straw, Andrew D.   +3 more
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Sexual Monomorphism and Size‐Related Shape Change in the Beak of the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 3, May 2026.
Adult Greater Flamingos showed no significant sexual dimorphism in beak shape in either dorsal or lateral view. Geometric morphometric analyses revealed broad overlap between sexes, while dorsal beak shape displayed a significant size‐related allometric component.
Ebuderda Günay, Emine İrem Deveci, Nilay Tezsay, Aycan Korkmazcan, Nicoleta Manuta, Oleksii O. Melnyk, Iliana Stefanova Ruzhanova‐Gospodinova, Burak Ünal, Barış Can Güzel   +8 more
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Treating hummingbirds as feathered bees : a case of ethological cross-pollination [PDF]

, 2017
Hummingbirds feed from hundreds of flowers every day. The properties of these flowers provide these birds with a wealth of information about colour, space and time to guide how they forage.
Healy, S. D., Muth, F., Pritchard, D. J., Tello Ramos, M. C.   +3 more
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Climate‐induced shifts in long‐term tropical tree reproductive phenology: Insights from species dependent on and independent of biotic pollination

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1286-1298, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The dependence on biotic pollination may constrain plant phenological responses because flowering time ultimately defines reproductive success. We proposed a local‐scale study combining long‐term phenology and experimental data to evaluate how a key functional trait—the
Amanda Eburneo Martins, Priscilla de Paula de Loiola, Daniel Pareja‐Bonija, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato   +3 more
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Foraging plasticity and physiological adaptations enable hummingbirds to subsist on dilute nectars

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 1475-1490, May 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Hummingbirds frequently feed on small volumes (<30 μL) of sucrose‐rich nectars. Climate change is expected to affect both the abundance and the concentrations of accumulated nectar.
Rosalee L. Elting, Anusha Shankar, Catherine H. Graham, Holger Beck, Alejandro Rico‐Guevara, Donald R. Powers   +5 more
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Effect of artificial feeders on pollen loads of the hummingbirds of Cerro de La Muerte, Costa Rica

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2012
Although sugar-water feeders are commonly used by enthusiasts to attract hummingbirds, little is known about how they affect hummingbird behavior and flower use.
Gerardo Avalos, Alejandra Soto, Willy Alfaro   +2 more
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On traits matching and the modular organization of food web and occurrence networks

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 5, Page 837-850, May 2026.
What mechanisms shape ecological networks? In Paraná River piscivores, species traits and abundance scaling promote modular structures. Our findings reveal how communities self‐organize and highlight the conditions needed to sustain them. Abstract Modularity and nestedness have been observed recurrently across different ecological networks, including ...
Dalmiro Borzone Mas, Pablo A. Scarabotti, Pablo A. Vaschetto, Patricio Alvarenga, Martin Vazquez, Matías Arim   +5 more
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Fall Field Report, August–November 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
To start, a housekeeping item: in the species accounts that follow, whenever I use the term migrant I am referring to fall migration only. Many species, of course, have differing migration strategies and timing in spring and fall. Much of the data used
Silcock, W. Ross
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The Red Queen unveils the sexual and mating strategies of flowers

Journal of Ecology, Volume 114, Issue 5, May 2026.
Although the conventional wisdom is that floral traits of plants evolved in concert with their mutualistic pollinators, here we showed that several key sexual and mating traits of plants, which modulate their outcrossing strategy, evolved in response to the pressure exerted by their antagonistic insect herbivores.
Carlos Roberto Fonseca, Martin Brändle, Martin M. Gossner   +2 more
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