Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

AM Potapov, F Beaulieu, K Birkhofer… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing
nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground …

Thermoregulatory behavior and high thermal preference buffer impact of climate change in a Namib Desert lizard

S Kirchhof, RS Hetem, HM Lease, DB Miles… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Knowledge of the thermal ecology of a species can improve model predictions for
temperature‐induced population collapse, which in light of climate change is increasingly …

Namib Desert primary productivity is driven by cryptic microbial community N-fixation

JB Ramond, S Woodborne, G Hall, M Seely… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Carbon exchange in drylands is typically low, but during significant rainfall events (wet
anomalies) drylands act as a C sink. During these anomalies the limitation on C uptake …

Spatio-Temporal Niche of Sympatric Tufted Deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) and Sambar (Rusa unicolor) Based on Camera Traps in the Gongga Mountain National …

Z You, B Lu, B Du, W Liu, Y Jiang, G Ruan, N Yang - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The broad adoption of camera traps in wildlife monitoring leads to a better
understanding of the distribution and activity patterns of wild animals. In this study, two …

Comparative analysis of trophic niche using stable isotopes provides insight into resource use of giant pandas

W Lei, WEI Wei, D Pu, S Qubi, H Zhou… - Integrative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trophic niche is the result of the long‐term evolution of species and can reflect the pressures
they experience in habitats. The whole‐genome sequencing of giant pandas (Ailuropoda …

DNA metabarcoding provides insights into seasonal diet variations in Chinese mole shrew (Anourosorex squamipes) with potential implications for evaluating crop …

K Tang, F Xie, H Liu, Y Pu, D Chen, B Qin… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diet analysis of potential small mammals pest species is important for understanding
feeding ecology and evaluating their impact on crops and stored foods. Chinese mole shrew …

DNA metabarcoding diet analysis in a generalist omnivore: feeding trials reveal the efficacy of extraction kits and a multi‐locus approach for identifying diverse diets

K Thongjued, K Garcia, D Scott, DJ Gonthier… - Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Metabarcoding‐based diet analysis is a valuable tool for understanding the feeding
behavior of a wide range of species. However, many studies using these methods for wild …

Distinctive diet‐tissue isotopic discrimination factors derived from the exclusive bamboo‐eating giant panda

HAN Han, WEI Wei, Y Nie, W Zhou, Y Hu… - Integrative …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is very useful in animal ecology, especially in diet reconstruction and
trophic studies. Differences in isotope ratios between consumers and their diet, termed …

Feasibility of Species Origin Traceability by Hydrogen Stable Isotopes: Sample Case of Lymantria dispar L. (Lepidoptera: Erebidae)

Z Qin, J Shi - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lymantria dispar L.(Lepidoptera: Erebidae) is an international quarantine pest with many
hosts, widely distributed in Asia, Europe, and America. L. dispar is distributed mainly in the …

Building a reference indicator model using co‐kriging interpolation to determine the geographical origin of the flighted spongy moth complex in China

Z Qin, Y Cao, Y Wang, J Ding, W Xia, J Shi - Insect Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using stable isotopes to detect and analyze the geographical origin of insects represents an
important traceability technology, which requires a rich isotope database. In this study, we …