Aerial insectivores are highly mobile predators that feed on diverse prey items that have highly variable distributions. As such, investigating the diet, prey selection and prey …
SR Davies, IP Vaughan, RJ Thomas… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The diet of an individual animal is subject to change over time, both in response to short‐ term food fluctuations and over longer time scales as an individual ages and meets different …
Insectivores gain macronutrients and elements from consuming arthropod prey, but must also deal with indigestible components (ie, exoskeleton) of prey. For example, avian chicks …
The tamarisk beetle (Diorhabda spp.), a non-native biocontrol agent, has been introduced to eradicate tamarisk (Tamarix spp.), a genus of non-native tree that has become a dominant …
The intensification of modern agriculture may impact amphibian populations through habitat loss and the direct and indirect effects of the pesticides upon which it relies. The increased …
Animals that possess extreme sensory structures are predicted to have a related extreme behavioural function. This study focuses on one such extreme sensory structure—the …
J Zurdo, D Bustillo-de la Rosa, A Barrero… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
A species' diet is highly dependent on the availability of food resources in space and time, as well as on intrinsic factors such as sex or age. Accurate assessments of variations in the …
Non-native plants can impact riparian ecosystem function through diverse terrestrial and aquatic pathways, with cascading effects on food webs. Invasion-mediated vegetation …
R Bangert, SM Ferrier, L Evans, K Kennedy… - Restoration …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
As part of a restoration project, multiple genotypes of two tree species, Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii) and Goodding's willow (Salix gooddingii), and one shrub species …