Cicada as a food for mammals: a global review and implications for mammal behaviour and populations
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) are among the most important insect prey for many vertebrate predators, including birds and mammals, owing to their large size and high nutritional value. Although the ecological roles of cicadas as prey for birds have been well documented, the interactions between mammals and cicadas are relatively unknown.
Kanzi M. Tomita
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30 years of climate related phenological research: themes and trends. [PDF]
Int J BiometeorolHickinbotham EJ +3 more
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Quantifying microhabitat selection of snowshoe hares using forest metrics from UAS‐based LiDAR
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Identifying the spatial and temporal scale at which animals select resources is critical for predicting how populations respond to changes in the environment. The spatial distribution of fine‐scale resources (e.g. patches of dense vegetation) are often linked with critical life‐history requirements such as denning and feeding sites.
Alexej P. K. Sirén +7 more
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Stomatal regulation, leaf water relations, and leaf phenology are coordinated in tree species from the Sonoran Desert. [PDF]
AoB PlantsFernández-Molano GE +4 more
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Wildlife Letters, EarlyView.Spectacled flying‐fox Pteropus conspicillatus populations have declined so seriously over two decades that they are now endangered. Inaction has allowed threats to increase. Extreme heat events are now a lethal reality, habitat loss continues almost unabated, and pressure to disperse roosts is ever‐present. Obtaining resources and taking action to help
Noel Preece
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Community phylogenetic diversity drives flowering synchrony among coexisting plant species even under drought conditions. [PDF]
Sci RepLuzuriaga AL +3 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Pollination is a key tenet of ecosystem sustainability and food security, but it is threatened by climate change. While many studies investigated the response of plant‐pollination traits to temperature, few attempted multifactorial and integrative approaches with ...
Mathieu A. J. Leclerc +2 more
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A mechanistic model explains variation in larval tick questing phenology along an elevation gradient. [PDF]
R Soc Open SciAllen D.
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New opportunities for grassland species in warming temperate winters
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Temperate winters are getting warmer, the length of the growing season is increasing and mid‐winter fluctuations of warm and freezing temperatures are more frequent. Although typically winter dormant, some herbaceous perennials can maintain or grow green leaves during ...
F. Curtis Lubbe +3 more
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Evaluation of the Global White Lupin Collection Reveals Significant Associations Between Homologous <i>FLOWERING LOCUS T</i> Indels and Flowering Time, Providing Validated Markers for Tracking Spring Ecotypes Within a Large Gene Pool. [PDF]
Int J Mol SciBielski W +3 more
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