funded by FCT with grants to JSC(SFRH/BD/113580/2015);JAA(SFRH/BPD/91527/2012);also benefited from financial support to CESAM(UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+LA/P/0094/2020);through national funds(FCT/MCTES).
Insectivorous Palaearctic bird species associated with open habitats rely on high prey abundances,which are currently declining due to habitat loss and intensive agricultural practices.The European Bee-eater(Merops ap...
The diet of Bryconalestes tholloni from Mafoubou River, Sous-affluent of Niari River was studied by examining the stomach contents of 75 specimens captured using the cast nets. This study is the first realized on the ...
supported by Agencia Nacional de Promocion Científica y Tecnologica,Grant[PICT-2014-3347].
Nestling growth of birds can be affected by weather fluctuations.In general,it is expected that higher temper-atures favor growth by improving food availability and nestling metabolism,while rain hinders it by reducin...
P.M.was financially supported by"the National Science Centre"grant no.DEC-2013/09/B/NZ8/03321;A.C.was partially financially supported by grant FSE-REACT EU,DM 10/08/2021 n.1062;Field data collected in Spain was funded by research projects of the Junta de Andalucia(P12-RNM-2144).
According to classical prediction of aerodynamic theory,birds and other powered fliers that migrate over long distances should have longer and more pointed wings than those that migrate less.However,the association be...
financially supported by The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(No.2019QZKK0501);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31772478,31501851)。
Gut microbiota and host interactions co-evolve and develop into stably adapted microbial communities and play vital roles in maintaining the health of organisms.Diet is supposed to be an important driver of difference...
Camel crickets (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) are a group of wingless and humpbacked Orthopteran insects. They are closed relatives to katydids and crickets;they were called spider crickets somewhere because of their ...
This study was supported by British Ecological Society(SEPG#1841);UNISINOS and FAPERGS(0112763);While conducting this research work EM Vieira received a personal research grant from the Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa-CNPq(300286/99-6).All the methods used here comply with the current Brazilian laws on wildlife studies.
Being active in the same environment at different times exposes animals to the effects of very different environmental factors,both biotic and abiotic.In the present study,we used live traps equipped with timing devic...