supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.32271561 and 32071492);the Natural Science Foundation of Sichuan Province(Grant No.2022NSFSC1761);the Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China(Grant Nos.S202210638071 and 202310638011).
Artificial light at night has been considered an emerging threat to global biodiversity.However,the impacts of artificial light on foraging behavior in most wild animals remain largely unclear.Here,we aimed to assess ...
We thank the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(31970393);the Key Project of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province(22NSFSC0011)for supporting our study.
Dear Editor,Selective pressures emerging from the environmental complexity can drive variation in vertebrate brain size(Sol et al.2005;Sayol et al.2016).It is generally agreed that larger brains can confer better cogn...
The experiments were performed in accordance with the ethical standards of each institution at which the studies were conducted,with Costa Rica animal welfare law n°7451/1994 and with the Spanish Government RD 53/2013.
Over the past decades,empirical evidence has been accumulated indicating that olfactory information plays a fundamental role in bird life history.Nonetheless,many aspects of avian olfaction remain poorly understood.Ou...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971444 and 32171533).
Scatter-hoarding rodents play a crucial role in seed survival and seed dispersal.As one of the most important seed traits,seed size and its effect on rodent–seed interaction attract lots of attention.Current studies ...
the project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872236);the Science and Technology Planning Project of Yunnan Science and Technology Department(2018FB038);the Opening Fund of Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research(Jiangxi Normal University),Ministry of Education(grant no.PK2018005).
Neighborhood effects on seed predation and dispersal processes are usually seed-characteristic-dependent;however,how seeds with certain characteristics affect the foraging behavior of rodents in relation to other seed...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31770429,31370411 and 31670390);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2412016KJ045);the Overseas Famous Experts Project of the Ministry of Education of China(Grant No.MS2011DBSF023);the Program for Introducing Talents to Universities(Grant No.B16011);a grant for“1000 Talent Plan for High-Level Foreign Experts”from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee(Grant No.WQ20142200259).
Acoustic signals play a crucial role in transmitting information and maintaining social stability in gregarious animals,especially in echolocating bats,which rely primarily on biological sonar for navigating in the d...
The foraging technique and prey-handling time of the black-necked stork(Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)was stud-ied in Dudhwa National Park,India,from January 1996 to June 1997.The habitat in which the storks foraged play...