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Spatial and temporal resource partitioning in a mixed‐species colony of avian echolocators
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Resource partitioning may facilitate the coexistence of sympatric species with similar ecological requirements. Here, we study a colony of unusual echolocating birds called swiftlets, which nest underground on an island off the coast of Singapore.
Keren R. Sadanandan +8 more
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Reproductive parameters in the critically endangered Blue-throated Macaw: limits to the recovery of a parrot under intensive management. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Rediscovered in the wild twenty years ago, the breeding biology of wild Blue-throated Macaws remains largely unexplored, yet is essential to its effective conservation and recovery.
Igor Berkunsky +6 more
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Animals, 2023 The development of human society often interferes with wild animals and their natural habitats. Interference during resource exploitation is mostly negative; however, in some cases, it can be positive and even have significance for some species.
Canchao Yang +4 more
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Stingless bee nesting biology [PDF]
Apidologie, 2006 Par rapport au genre Apis, les abeilles sans aiguillon (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) sont des sources variees et uniques de miel, avec 50 fois plus d'especes et une origine qui remonte au Cretace. Les reines s'accouplent une fois, les ouvrieres n'ont pas d'aiguillon, les mâles butinent, la cire n'est pas le materiau primaire pour la construction et
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Nesting biology of Trypoxylon petiolatum Smith, 1858 (Crabronidae), a cavity-nesting solitary wasp new to Europe [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2022 We report on the discovery of the spider-hunting wasp Trypoxylon petiolatum (Crabronidae) nesting in three localities in the Province of Girona (Catalonia, NE Spain) in 2019 and 2021.
Narcís Vicens +3 more
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Sociobiology, 2015 Nest reuse has rarely been observed in Polistes wasps. I observed reuse of an old nest in P. chinensis antennalis in Takamatsu, Shikoku Isl. western Japan.
Fuminori Ito
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Increase of nesting habitat suitability for green turtles in a warming Mediterranean Sea
Scientific Reports, 2023 Climate change is reshaping global ecosystems at an unprecedented rate, with major impacts on biodiversity. Therefore, understanding how organisms can withstand change is key to identify priority conservation objectives.
Chiara Mancino +2 more
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Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 2017 The osmiine bee species Hoplitis mucida is considered to consist of two subspecies with H. mucida mucida (Dours, 1873) ranging from northwestern Africa to Israel and Jordan and H.
Andreas Müller +2 more
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Sociobiology, 2020 Refurbishing the old nest in order to prepare it for a new breeding season cycle has already been observed in few species of paper wasps. When future foundresses emerge from hibernacula they have choose between building a new nest or reusing an old one ...
Piotr Łączyński
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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1987 A trap-nesting program in northern Spain undertaken in cooperation with Dr. Enrique Asensio (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valladolid) over the past few years has resulted in numerous nests of megachilids.
Terry Griswold, Frank D. Parker
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