During the dry season four billion African and European granivorous birds in the Sahel
consume, by grand average, 15 g seeds/ha/day, equivalent to an average annual …

The chemical senses generally fall into three categories: chemesthesis (irritation and pain),
olfaction (smell), and gustation (taste). Traditionally, the emphasis in describing …

Abstract Effects of pesticides on non-target organisms have been studied in several taxa at
different levels of biological organization, from enzymatic to behavioral responses. Although …

Seed preferences of wild birds may be a result of factors such as bill and seed morphology,
handling time, nutritional content of the seed, and foraging behavior of the bird. To examine …

Eastern Box Turtles (Terrapene carolina) are diet generalists and as such are predicted to
have diverse diets in which familiar, low-quality foods are eaten consistently at low levels …

Habitat degradation caused by cattle grazing may be a serious threat for seed-eating birds
because the availability of beneficial seeds usually diminishes in grazed areas. Ecologically …

Among the many changes associated with the urbanization process, changes in resource
availability can directly impact local wildlife populations. Urban areas suppress native …

The neophobia threshold hypothesis (NTH) suggests that the acquisition and maintenance
of a high behavioral and ecological flexibility in the evolutionary and adaptive history of a …

We assessed experimentally if the main granivorous bird species that feed on the ground in
the central Monte desert are able to detect and consume seeds buried in the soil or trapped …

ABSTRACT The Yellow Cardinal is a globally endangered species endemic of southern
South America. Knowledge of its general biology has increased in recent years, but its …