Distinct Fecal Proteolytic Activity in Zoo Animals with Different Feeding Strategies [PDF]
AnimalsImpaired intestinal proteolytic activity can lead to increased intestinal permeability. Differences in dietary protein intake may influence proteolytic activity in the digestive system.
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The Same Microbiota and a Potentially Discriminant Metabolome in the Saliva of Omnivore, Ovo-Lacto-Vegetarian and Vegan Individuals [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The salivary microbiota has been linked to both oral and non-oral diseases. Scant knowledge is available on the effect of environmental factors such as long-term dietary choices on the salivary microbiota and metabolome. This study analyzed the microbial
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Distinguishing diet- and microbe-derived metabolites in the human gut [PDF]
MicrobiomeBackground Human gut microbes metabolize food and host secretions, consuming and producing small molecules that are important to health and homeostasis.
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An omnivorous mesopredator modifies predation of omnivore‐dispersed seeds [PDF]
Ecosphere, 2021 Post‐dispersal seed predation is an important determinant of plant recruitment. Although many plant species are dispersed following consumption by omnivorous vertebrates, the potential for these dispersal agents to indirectly affect seed fate by ...
Savannah L. Bartel, John L. Orrock
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Male Reproductive Traits Display Increased Phenotypic Variation in Response to Resource Quality and Parental Provisioning in a Tropical Rainforest Dung Beetle, Onthophagus c.f. babirussa [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionReproductive traits that mediate differential fitness associated with mate acquisition and fertilisation success are often strongly linked to the overall condition.
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Testing the Omnivore Hypothesis in Russia
Мониторинг общественного мнения: экономические и социальные перемены, 2021 In the last thirty years, a significant shift from the homology to omnivore argument has occurred in musical preference studies. Studies on the omnivore argument mainly come from North and South America, Western and sometimes Eastern Europe.
Юлия Олеговна Папушина
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Fishes, 2023 Since 2017, a fishing moratorium has been enforced in Lake Honghu as part of Chang–Jiang’s biodiversity conservation strategy. However, given that the lake is a semi-closed aquatic ecosystem and no longer serves as a habitat for certain fishes of the mid–
Abelneh Yimer Melaku +3 more
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A Vegetarian Diet Significantly Changes Plasma Kynurenine Concentrations
Biomolecules, 2023 Tryptophan is an essential amino acid and a precursor of a number of physiologically important metabolites, including serotonin, melatonin, tryptamine, and kynurenines.
Anne-Lise Bjørke-Monsen +4 more
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New overwintering location of Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia hypugaea (Molina, 1782) (Strigidae) in Tennessee, USA, with diet assessed through pellets [PDF]
Check List, 2023 Reporting new occurrence records of organisms is key to overcome the Wallacean shortfall. Here, we report the first sighting of a Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782), overwintering on a peninsula in the Tennessee River in Tennessee, USA ...
Scott A. Rush +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 The Mesopotamian spiny‐tailed lizard, Saara loricata, is one of the largest lizard species in the Middle East. Here, we report on the diet of the lizard and their potential role in seed dispersal in Southwestern Iran.
Ali T. Qashqaei +2 more
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