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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Although conversion of natural forest to agriculture can negatively impact biodiversity in many ways, some affected species may respond by dispersing across the forest–farmland eco-zone, thereby facilitating functional connections through food-web ...
Nickson Erick Otieno +2 more
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The effects of rainfall and arthropod abundance on breeding season of insectivorous birds, in a semi-arid neotropical environment [PDF]
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2020 Rainfall in tropical semi-arid areas may act as a reliable cue for timing bird reproduction, since it precedes future food supply. With this in mind, we set-up a study to test the reproductive response of insectivorous bird to arthropod abundance and ...
Leonardo Fernandes França +3 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Ability to efficiently localize productive foraging habitat is crucial for nesting success of insectivorous birds. Some bird species can use olfaction to identify caterpillar-infested trees by detection of herbivore induced plant volatiles (HIPVs), but ...
Diana Rubene +3 more
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Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2021 A good supply of insects in the diet of birds is vital for survival. Insects provide a high and easily assimilated source of protein essential to avian species life process.
L.G. Turshak, G.S. Mwansat
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Consequences of arthropod community structure for an at-risk insectivorous bird
PLOS ONE, 2023 Global declines in bird and arthropod abundance highlights the importance of understanding the role of food limitation and arthropod community composition for the performance of insectivorous birds. In this study, we link data on nestling diet, arthropod availability and nesting performance for the Coastal Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus ...
Cee S. Nell +7 more
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Optimizing sampling design to deal with mist-net avoidance in Amazonian birds and bats [PDF]
, 2013 Mist netting is a widely used technique to sample bird and bat assemblages. However, captures often decline with time because animals learn and avoid the locations of nets. This avoidance or net shyness can substantially decrease sampling efficiency.
Marques, Joao Tiago +20 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Cross-boundary prey subsidies can propagate the effects of human impacts from streams to terrestrial ecosystems, but effects during winter are poorly known. Here I focused on this season and investigated the effects of pollution due to a sewage treatment
Fabio Lepori
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Do birds select habitat or food resources? Nearctic-neotropic migrants in northeastern Costa Rica. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Nearctic-neotropic migrant birds need to replenish energy reserves during stopover periods to successfully complete their semiannual movements. In this study we used linear models to examine the habitat use of 11 migrant species in northeastern Costa ...
Jared D Wolfe +2 more
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Within-guild dietary discrimination from 3-D textural analysis of tooth microwear in insectivorous mammals [PDF]
, 2013 Resource exploitation and competition for food are important selective pressures in animal evolution. A number of recent investigations have focused on linkages between diversification, trophic morphology and diet in bats, partly because their roosting ...
Mark A. Purnell (3197436) +14 more
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Nonnative plants reduce population growth of an insectivorous bird [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 Human-dominated landscapes represent one of the most rapidly expanding and least-understood ecosystems on earth. Yet, we know little about which features in these landscapes promote sustainable wildlife populations. Historically, in urban areas, landowners have converted native plant communities into habitats dominated by nonnative species that are not
Desirée L. Narango +2 more
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