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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Laura E. D'Acunto, Leonard Pearlstine, Stephanie S. Romanach
Summary: The restoration of the Florida Everglades is one of the largest ongoing ecosystem restoration projects in the world, with decision-makers relying on ecological models to predict wildlife response to changes in water management. By using a joint species distribution model, researchers were able to improve the accuracy and applicability of wading bird distribution models in the Everglades, considering the impact of annual hydrologic conditions and landscape characteristics on multiple species simultaneously.
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Environmental Sciences
Chan Li, Kang Luo, Yuxiao Shao, Xiaohang Xu, Zhuo Chen, Tao Liang, Zhidong Xu, Xian Dong, Hongdong Wang, Guangle Qiu
Summary: This study detected mercury levels in the feathers of nocturnal migratory birds in Mount Ailao, Southwest China, and found significant variations among different species. Waterbirds had higher mercury levels, with piscivorous species having significantly higher levels than other foraging types. Foraging guilds and behaviors had significant effects on mercury accumulation. Approximately 7% of birds were at risk of mercury exposure.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Mauricio Cantor, Damien R. Farine, Susan Alberts
Summary: Interactions between humans and nature often have negative consequences, and behavioral and environmental changes can turn cooperative interactions into conflicts, threatening the survival of both species involved. A study of artisanal fishers and wild dolphins targeting migratory mullets reveals that foraging synchrony is crucial for the success of both predators. The dolphins herd the mullet schools towards the fishers' nets, providing them with more prey, while the fishers' casting behavior must match the dolphins' foraging cues. However, declines in mullet availability are jeopardizing this cooperation and pushing it towards extinction.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kelsey R. Moreno, Maya Weinberg, Lee Harten, Valeria B. Salinas Ramos, L. Gerardo Herrera M., Gabor a. Czirjak, Yossi Yovel
Summary: This study found that sick-like bats exhibited an enhanced immune response and engaged in behaviors that reduce pathogen transmission, such as perching alone and isolating themselves from social clusters. These sickness behaviors help promote recovery of infected individuals while reducing the risk of pathogen transmission.
ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
(2021)
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Mathematical & Computational Biology
Hyo Won Lee, Donald L. DeAngelis, Simeon Yurek, Stephen Tennenbaum
Summary: This mathematical modeling study examines the impact of foraging strategies on the total energetic intake of wading birds over the course of a day. The results show how the assumptions of prey distribution among patches affect the total intake, and provide insights for understanding the foraging behavior of wading birds and wetland management.
MATHEMATICAL BIOSCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
(2022)
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Behavioral Sciences
Shi-Fen Zhou, Song-Ji Li, Tian-Shu Zhao, Yu Liu, Chang-Qi Li, Yan-Hui Cui, Fang Li
Summary: This study observed food foraging decision-making in female rats under different social situations and found that female rats preferred to forage food from male rats or from the no-rat storage side rather than from female rats. Moreover, female rats were more likely to forage food from familiar males than from unfamiliar ones. These results suggest that the opposite sex influences food foraging decision-making in female rats.
BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH
(2023)
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Ecology
Cassie N. Speakman, Sebastian T. Lloyd, Elodie C. M. Camprasse, Andrew J. Hoskins, Mark A. Hindell, Daniel P. Costa, John P. Y. Arnould
Summary: Variation in foraging strategies can exist within populations, with individual consistency playing a key role in benthic diving activities. Consistency in foraging behavior contributes to individual success and efficiency during feeding activities.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Mariana Pedernera, Alejandra Vulliez, Juan J. Villalba
Summary: This study investigated the impact of dietary experiences on the subsequent ingestive responses of lambs to novel feeds and flavors. The results showed that prior negative experiences with novel feeds increased neophobia and constrained dietary diversity during exposure to novel feeds.
APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE
(2022)
Review
Ecology
Jonah S. Dominguez, Mark E. Hauber, Corey E. Tarwater, Emily Williams, Sean MacDonald, Bridget Strejc, Henry S. Pollock
Summary: Species interactions, specifically disturbance foraging, play a crucial role in linking animal behavior to community structure and macroecological patterns of biodiversity. Through a comprehensive literature review, this study found that avian disturbance foraging is geographically ubiquitous, occurring in both aquatic and terrestrial habitats across six continents and four oceans. The behavior is also conserved phylogenetically, clustered within suboscine landbirds in terrestrial environments and seabirds in aquatic environments. Disturbers were dominated by swarm-raiding ants in terrestrial environments and cetaceans in aquatic environments. Diet and body mass were important predictors of disturbance foraging associations. This study highlights the importance of geography, phylogeny, and ecology in shaping disturbance foraging behavior, providing a foundation for future research and management considerations.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Julian Cabello-Vergel, Andrea Soriano-Redondo, Auxiliadora Villegas, Jose A. Masero, Juan M. Sanchez Guzman, Jorge S. Gutierrez
Summary: Behavioral thermoregulation, such as urohidrosis in storks, can help vertebrates cope with the impacts of climate warming. Factors such as high temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and low wind speed promote the use of urohidrosis across species. Storks that forage in open landscapes show a more pronounced use of urohidrosis than those mainly foraging in waterbodies. Substantial interspecific variation in temperature thresholds for urohidrosis prevalence indicates different species vulnerabilities to high temperatures.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Ecology
Pedro G. Blendinger, Tobias N. Rojas, Andres F. Ramirez-Mejia, Irene M. A. Bender, Silvia Lomascolo, Julieta Magro, M. Gabriela Nunez Montellano, Roman A. Ruggera, Mariana Valoy, Mariano Ordano
Summary: This article examines the diet regulation strategies of fruit-eating birds and finds that they primarily balance multiple nutrients to achieve a nutritional intake target, rather than maximizing energy intake. Fruit-handling behavior affects energy acquisition efficiency but not the ability to reach a nutritional target.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Food Science & Technology
Meike Rombach, David L. Dean
Summary: This study aims to explore the key factors driving food foraging behavior in the U.S. The results indicate that nature and food attitudes predict attitudes toward urban foraging. Leaving food behind is crucial for sustainable foraging practices and promotes fairness in foraging communities.
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Ecology
Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, Shannon Whelan, Justine Ammendolia, Scott A. Hatch, Kyle H. Elliott, Shoshanah Jacobs
Summary: Breeding animals must balance maximizing energy output for increasing offspring number with conserving energy for their own survival, influenced by both external environmental factors and internal physiological factors. In this study on black-legged kittiwakes, we discovered that supplementally feeding the birds reduced their energy expenditure, but did not raise their energy expenditure ceiling. Low-quality individuals expended less energy while high-quality individuals showed the highest energy consumption during foraging. Fluctuating marine environments may necessitate changes in foraging behaviors for maintaining the balance between reproduction and survival.
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Biology
Ilias Berberi, Eliot T. Miller, Roslyn Dakin
Summary: Sociality can have both positive and negative effects on competition in ecological networks, depending on the context. In this study, we used a large dataset of bird interactions at backyard feeders to examine the relationship between sociality and dominance hierarchies. We found that solitary species are more likely to displace opponents in one-on-one contests, but social species gain a competitive advantage when in the presence of conspecifics. Additionally, social species have fewer dominance interactions with heterospecifics and more with conspecifics.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Patricia Beltrao, Ana Cristina R. Gomes, Goncalo C. Cardoso
Summary: Collective foraging has advantages and disadvantages. Social information is most beneficial in challenging ecological conditions. Experimental results show that reducing food sources intensifies competition, fragments the social network, and reduces foraging efficiency. However, this behavior may function adaptively in exploring alternative foraging locations.
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Evolutionary Biology
Claudia Szumik, Veronica V. Pereyra, M. Dolores Casagranda
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Biodiversity Conservation
Nicholas M. A. Crouch, Joao M. G. Capurucho, Shannon J. Hackett, John M. Bates
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Ornithology
Roxiris A. Azuaje-Rodriguez, Jason D. Weckstein, Janice H. Dispoto, Swati Patel, Joseph A. Cacioppo, John M. Bates, Sofia Marques Silva, Alexandre Aleixo
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Biodiversity Conservation
Felipe Ennes Silva, Hani Rocha El Bizri, Jonas R. Goncalves, Lisley Pereira Lemos, Rodrigo Costa Araujo, Ivan J. Lima, Aline Tavares Santos, Marcelo Ismar Santana, Caetano L. B. Franco, Jean P. Boubli
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Biodiversity Conservation
Rafael M. Rabelo, Jonas R. Goncalves, Felipe E. Silva, Daniel G. Rocha, Gustavo R. Canale, Christine S. S. Bernardo, Jean P. Boubli
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Evolutionary Biology
Lincoln Carneiro, Gustavo A. Bravo, Alexandre Aleixo
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Zoology
Dayana Valencia-Cuellar, Carlos Perafan, Roberto J. Guerrero, Jose Paulo Leite Guadanucci
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Zoology
Muhsen Hammoud, Joao Paulo Gois, Daubian Santos, Stephanie Sampronha, Charles Morphy D. Santos
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marc G. Chevrette, Caitlin M. Carlson, Humberto E. Ortega, Chris Thomas, Gene E. Ananiev, Kenneth J. Barns, Adam J. Book, Julian Cagnazzo, Camila Carlos, Will Flanigan, Kirk J. Grubbs, Heidi A. Horn, F. Michael Hoffmann, Jonathan L. Klassen, Jennifer J. Knack, Gina R. Lewin, Bradon R. McDonald, Laura Muller, Weilan G. P. Melo, Adrian A. Pinto-Tomas, Amber Schmitz, Evelyn Wendt-Pienkowski, Scott Wildman, Miao Zhao, Fan Zhang, Tim S. Bugni, David R. Andes, Monica T. Pupo, Cameron R. Currie
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Article
Ecology
Leila Meyer, Jose Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho, Lucia G. Lohmann, Joaquin Hortal, Elisa Barreto, Thiago Rangel, W. Daniel Kissling
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2020)
Review
Zoology
Murilo N. L. Pastana, Flavio A. Bockmann, Alessio Datovo
ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2020)
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Biochemical Research Methods
Ana Maria Costa-Leonardo, Iago Bueno da Silva, Silvana Beani Poiani, Jose Roberto Aparecido dos Santos-Pinto, Franciele Grego Esteves, Luiza Helena Bueno da Silva, Mario Sergio Palma
JOURNAL OF PROTEOMICS
(2020)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Luciano M. Verdade, Rafael A. Moral, Adriane Calaboni, Marcus V. S. G. do Amaral, Paula S. Martin, Luana S. Amorim, Carla Gheler-Costa, Carlos Pina
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2020)
Article
Ecology
Carla Gheler-Costa, Gilberto Sabino-Santos Jr, Luis Miguel Rosalino, Luana Santos Amorim, Felipe Goncalves M. Maia, Rafael de Andrade Moral, Iuri E. P. Ferreira, Luiz-Thadeu M. Figueiredo, Carlos Pina, Luciano M. Verdade
Summary: The use of pre-harvest fire in sugarcane fields increases the abundance of Sigmodontinae rodents, which may carry hantavirus. However, fire suspension leads to a decline in rodents. A high prevalence of hantavirus is found in small rodents at lower population density, but apparently higher population growth rate. Male rodents have a higher prevalence rate, possibly due to their dispersal pattern and antagonistic interactions.
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Zoology
Ana Beatriz de Almeida, Marcelo Magioli, Carla Gheler-Costa, Luciano Martins Verdade, Thiago Simon Marques, Leticia de Cassia Gilli de Lima, Thomas Puttker
Summary: In order to coexist long-term, species need to differentiate at least one of the three main dimensions of the ecological niche (temporal, spatial, or trophic dimension). This study investigated whether mammalian predators follow the prediction of trophic niche partitioning, and found that it does not seem to be crucial for the coexistence of carnivores in the study area. The study provided detailed information on trophic resource use of sympatric carnivores.
