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A Review on the Kleptoparasitic Skuas of the Islands

open access: yesG-Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2014
The Skuas are one of the World’s rare birds. They are very important part of the Iceland biodiversity and most of the scientists and researchers talk about Penguin but only few people know about Skuas who are the kleptoparasite and they eat eggs of fulmarine petrel and penguin.
Amita Kanaujia   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Endothelin neurotransmitter signalling controls zebrafish social behaviour

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2019
The formation of social groups is an adaptive behaviour that can provide protection from predators, improve foraging and facilitate social learning. However, the costs of proximity can include competition for resources, aggression and kleptoparasitism ...
Héctor Carreño Gutiérrez   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The ecological and behavioral significance of short-term food caching in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

open access: yesArctic Science, 2020
The paucity of observations of wild polar bears (Ursus maritimus) caching of food (including hoarding, i.e., burying and remaining with a kill for up to a few days) has led to the conclusion that such behavior does not occur or is negligible in this ...
Ian Stirling   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using video surveillance to monitor feeding behaviour and kleptoparasitism at Eurasian lynx kill sites

open access: yesFolia zoologica (Brno), 2019
. Recent technological developments in non-invasive methods facilitate study of the behaviour of elusive predators. We used two types of automatic digital video surveillance systems in combination with GPS telemetry to record feeding behaviour of wild ...
M. Krofel   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Where Is My Food? Brazilian Flower Fly Steals Prey from Carnivorous Sundews in a Newly Discovered Plant-Animal Interaction.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
A new interaction between insects and carnivorous plants is reported from Brazil. Larvae of the predatory flower fly Toxomerus basalis (Diptera: Syrphidae: Syrphinae) have been found scavenging on the sticky leaves of several carnivorous sundew species ...
Andreas Fleischmann   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding strategies of <em>Rattus norvegicus</em>: a review / Una sintesi di alcuni aspetti della strategia alimentare del ratto <em>Rattus norvegicus</em>

open access: yesHystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1987
<strong>Abstract</strong> Some of the most relevant aspects of the feeding behaviour of the rat (<em>Rattus norvegicus</em>, Berkenhout, 1769) were examined with particular interest in the data collected on wild rats and in ...
Mara Cagnin
doaj   +1 more source

Kleptoparasitism between bonefish and pelicans [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 2021
Katherine E Doyle, Cameron McGregor
openaire   +1 more source

Comportamiento social y de forrajeo en aves de la familia laridae y fregatidae en las playas de Anconcito

open access: yesRevista Científica y Tecnológica UPSE, 2016
Se realizó la observación in situ del comportamiento social y de forrajeo en aves de la familia Laridae y Fregatidae en tres zonas delimitadas en el Puerto Pesquero Artesanal de Anconcito entre mayo y julio de 2016, identificándose como especies ...
Fabian Acosta Campoverde   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Invertebrates outcompete vertebrate facultative scavengers in simulated lynx kills in the Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany [PDF]

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2014
Understanding the role of scavengers in ecosystems is important for species conservation and wildlife management. We used road–killed animals, 15 in summer 2003 (June–August) and nine in winter 2003/2004 (from November to January), to test the following ...
Ray, R.–R., Seibold, H., Heurich, M.
doaj  

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