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The Effects of Supplementary Food on the Breeding Performance of Eurasian Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Implications for Climate Change Impacts.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Understanding the mechanisms by which climate variation can drive population changes requires information linking climate, local conditions, trophic resources, behaviour and demography.
James O Vafidis, Ian P Vaughan, T Hefin Jones, Richard J Facey, Rob Parry, Robert J Thomas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prey removal in cotton crops next to woodland reveals periodic diurnal and nocturnal invertebrate predation gradients from the crop edge by birds and bats

Scientific Reports, 2021
Factors influencing the efficacy of insectivorous vertebrates in providing natural pest control services inside crops at increasing distances from the crop edge are poorly understood.
Heidi L. Kolkert, Rhiannon Smith, Romina Rader, Nick Reid   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Presence of insectivorous birds in the forest area of Istanbul University, Turkey

, 2021
Facilitation insectivorous birds life which is among the significant predators of insects in the forest is extremely important in terms of maintaining an intact natural ecosystem, biological variety and biological fight against over-reproducing harmful ...
Arslangundogdu, Zeynel
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Urban‐driven homogenization of aquatic subsidy size structure cascades to riparian predator communities

Oikos, EarlyView.
The export of emergent aquatic insects is a critical energy subsidy for terrestrial food webs. While urbanization is known to alter stream communities, its effects on the size structure of these insect subsidies and the subsequent consequences for riparian predators remain poorly understood.
Charles Gagnon, Louis‐Philippe Beauchamp, Eric Harvey   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finding food in a changing world: Small‐scale foraging habitat preferences of an insectivorous passerine in the Alps

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Organisms living in high‐elevation habitats are usually habitat specialists who occupy a narrow ecological niche. To envision the response of alpine species to a changing environment, it is fundamental to understand their habitat preferences on multiple ...
Thomas M. Müller, Christoph M. Meier, Florian Knaus, Pius Korner, Barbara Helm, Valentin Amrhein, Yann Rime   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thinking with Birds: Mary Elizabeth Barber’s Advocacy for Gender Equality in Ornithology [PDF]

, 2015
This article explores parts of the first South African woman ornithologist’s life and work. It concerns itself with the micro-politics of Mary Elizabeth Barber’s knowledge of birds from the 1860s to the mid-1880s.
Hammel, Tanja
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Data from: Maize-field complexity and farming system influence insectivorous birds’ contribution to arthropod herbivore regulation

, 2019
The contribution of insectivorous birds to reducing crop damage through suppression of herbivory remains underappreciated, despite their role as cropland arthropod predators.
Otieno, Nickson Erick, Jacobs, Shayne Martin, Pryke, James Stephen   +2 more
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Area‐restricted search under realistic constraints

Oikos, EarlyView.
Abstract Area‐restricted search (ARS) is one of the most influential and widely used concepts in foraging theory, capturing a simple rule by which animals intensify local search following a resource encounter. Because ARS performs well in many spatially structured environments, it serves as a basic model for interpreting movement patterns across taxa ...
Inon Scharf, Arik Dorfman
wiley   +1 more source

Appendix A. A table containing a species list of insectivorous birds recorded from the study site, and a table showing abundance, population density, and species richness of insectivorous birds in each of the eight experimental plots.

, 2016
A table containing a species list of insectivorous birds recorded from the study site, and a table showing abundance, population density, and species richness of insectivorous birds in each of the eight experimental ...
Lian Pin Koh (272483)
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Balancing risk and reward—Perceptions of bats and their ecological role in Reunion island

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Context: Bats provide vital ecosystem services but can also generate disservices or sanitary concerns, particularly where human–bat interactions are frequent. Understanding public perceptions of bats is essential for effective conservation and risk communication.
Rachel Leong, Anne Atlan, Camille Lebarbenchon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source