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Dietary Niche Variation in an Invasive Omnivore: The Effects of Habitat on Feral Pig Resource Use in Hawai‘i

Ecology and Evolution
Invasive omnivores may have profound impacts on ecological communities through diet selection, particularly when their functional roles differ from those in their native range.
Michael S. Peyton, Kealohanuiopuna M. Kinney, Sarah Knox, Grace Tredennick, Sara Hotchkiss   +4 more
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Shorebird Community and Guild in Trisik Beach, Yogyakarta

Media Konservasi, 2019
Pantai Trisik merupakan area lahan basah yang terletak di bagian selatan Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta. Kawasan Pantai Trisik berperan penting bagi kehidupan burung pantai.
Nova Ika Rakhmawati Sumartono, Jarwadi Budi Hernowo, Nyoto Santoso   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Length-weight relationship and the diets of Clarias lazera (Cuvier and Valenciennes), family Clariidae (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes) in Zaria, Nigeria [PDF]

, 1986
The length-weight relationship and the diets of Clarias lazera were investigated between July 1981 and June 1982. About 450 specimens were examined. The standard lengths of the fish ranged from 8.5 cm to 42.2 cm.
Olatunde, A.A.
core  

Subsistence harvest for food and pets associated with declining global mammal populations

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Subsistence harvest can have substantial impacts on mammalian biodiversity, yet its effects on the conservation status of mammal species are poorly understood. We analyzed trade and use data in species accounts from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List to examine the effects of subsistence harvest on the conservation ...
Jacob E Hill, Kenneth F Kellner, Jerrold L Belant   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecological Niche Characteristics of the Diets of Three Sympatric Rodents in the Meili Snow Mountain, Yunnan

Animals
Understanding the dietary preferences and ecological niche characteristics of mammals not only reveals their adaptive strategies under environmental changes but also reveals the interspecific relationships and coexistence mechanisms among sympatric ...
Feng Qin, Mengru Xie, Jichao Ding, Yongyuan Li, Wenyu Song   +4 more
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Longitudinal patterns in an Arkansas River Valley stream: an Application of the River Continuum Concept [PDF]

, 2017
The River Continuum Concept (RCC) provides the framework for studying how lotic ecosystems vary from headwater streams to large rivers. The RCC was developed in streams in eastern deciduous forests of North America, but watershed characteristics and land
Adams, S. R., Burgad, A. A., Clark, S. T., Furr, M. E., Lenard, A. N., Polett, M. E., Robinson, C. D., Sherwood, C. R., Spooner, G. L., Stoughton, S. J.   +9 more
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A 2 year retrospective study of vegan patients and their pregnancy outcomes in a tertiary level Irish hospital

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Recent previous studies have revealed outcomes of higher risk of low birth weight, small for gestational age, and pre‐eclampsia for vegan pregnant women compared to other diets. This review examined if patients with vegan diet in our tertiary hospital had similar outcomes.
Mona Abdelrahman, Siofra Maher, Stephen W. Lindow, Michael P. O'Connell   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Food after deprivation rewards the earlier eating [PDF]

, 2005
Food intake can be increased by learning to anticipate the omission of subsequent meals. We present here a new theory that such anticipatory eating depends on an associative process of instrumental reinforcement by the nutritional repletion that occurs ...
David A. Booth, Soghra Jarvandi, Louise Thibault, Abizaid, Ackroff, Ackroff, Baker, Baker, Baker, Balleine, Berridge, Birch, Blair, Boggiano, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Booth, Brunstrom, Brunstrom, Cameron, Cohen, Conner, Dibsdall, Epstein, Garcia, Garrow, Gerozissis, Gibson, Greenwood, Grice, Herman, Herman, Holman, Jarvandi, Jarvandi, Jarvandi, Jarvandi, Le Magnen, Le Magnen, Mather, Miller, Miller, Nachman, Newman, Olszewski, Pliner, Polivy, Revusky, Revusky, Sclafani, Sclafani, Sclafani, Sclafani, Simmons, Simson, Simson, Stice, Stice, Thibault, Thomas, Tomiyama, Wang, Wansink, Weingarten, White, WHO, Wickelgren, Wise, Woods, Zentall   +76 more
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Turning Down Mum's Cooking: The Ethics of Dietary Difference within Families

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although food ethicists have called for greater attention to the relational context of eating for over a decade, the context of ‘eating with family’ remains largely ignored. But the family is both a morally specific relational context and one within which many people do most of their eating.
Megan A. Dean
wiley   +1 more source

Smag, livsstil og madmagasiner

MedieKultur: Journal of Media and Communication Research, 2007
Madmagasiner er som andre specialmagasiner i vækst. Med udgangspunkt i en tekstanalyse af de to nyeste danske madmagasiner Spis Bedre og Gastro problematiseres enkle livsstilsmodeller.
Karen Klitgaard Povlsen
doaj   +3 more sources