Sociobiology, 2014 The relationship between Solenopsis invicta nest density and the number of fire ant workers in bait traps and percentages of traps capturing ants were investigated in the waste land of Wuchuan, Guangdong, South China.
Yongyue Lu +4 more
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Nest-site selection and breeding success of passerines in the world’s southernmost forests [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Birds can maximize their reproductive success through careful selection of nest-sites. The ‘total-foliage’ hypothesis predicts that nests concealed in vegetation should have higher survival.
Rocío Fernanda Jara +4 more
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Trap-Nest Bore Diameter Preferences Among Sympatric Passaloecus Spp. (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)
Great Lakes Entomologist, 2017 Five species of Passa/oecus used trap-nests in a study area in southern Michigan. Significant differences in trap-nest bore diameter selection were noted among P. annulatus, P. areo/atus, P. cuspidatus, and P. monilicornis. P. annu/atus and P.
John M Fricke
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Eggs in the freezer: energetic consequences of nest site and nest design in Arctic breeding shorebirds [PDF]
, 2012 Birds construct nests for several reasons. For species that breed in the Arctic, the insulative properties of nests are very important. Incubation is costly there and due to an increasing surface to volume ratio, more so in smaller species. Small species
Tulp, Ingrid +2 more
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Physical cognition : birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material [PDF]
, 2014 This work was supported by the BBSRC (BB/I019502/1) and Roslin Institute Strategic Grant funding from the BBSRC. The APC was paid through RCUK OA block grant funds.It is generally assumed that birds’ choice of structurally suitable materials for nest ...
Meddle, Simone L. +8 more
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From neurons to nests : nest-building behaviour as a model in behavioural and comparative neuroscience [PDF]
, 2015 This work was supported by funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/ I019502/1 to SDH and SLM) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (grant number PGSD3-409582-2011 to ZJH) and Roslin ...
Healy, Susan Denise +8 more
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Planta Tropika: Jurnal Agrosains, 2021 One component of integrated rat management in rice fields is barn owl as biological control. The study was conducted to evaluate the occupancy rate of barn owl nest boxes, the local rat population, and rat damage to rice crops.
Sudarmaji Sudarmaji +5 more
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Preliminary Evaluation of a Nest Usage Sensor to Detect Double Nest Occupations of Laying Hens
Sensors, 2015 Conventional cage systems will be replaced by housing systems that allow hens to move freely. These systems may improve hens’ welfare, but they lead to some disadvantages: disease, bone fractures, cannibalism, piling and lower egg production.
Mauro Zaninelli +5 more
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Trap-nesting biology of an ectoparasitoid spider wasp, Auplopus subaurarius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): the importance of wooded environments for niche generalist species [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2023 The insect group is one of the most diverse on the planet and due to habitat degradation, many of these species are becoming extinct, leaving a lack of information on the basic biology of each one.
J. P. A. Deus +4 more
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A role for nonapeptides and dopamine in nest-building behaviour [PDF]
, 2015 During nest building in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), several regions in the social behaviour network and the dopaminergic reward system, two neural circuits involved in social behaviour, appear to be active in male and female nest-building ...
Healy, Susan Denise +5 more
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