supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[grant nos.32171528 and 31700468];the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Province[grant nos.BK2017636 and BK20221180];the Key Subject of Ecology of the Jiangsu Province[SUJIAOYANHAN,2022,No.2].
Species functional traits can influence seed dispersal processes and consequently affect species’role in the mutualistic network.Although the effect of animal traits on the structure of the seed dispersal network is ...
During the 20th century,there has been an ongoing agricultural expansion and global warming,two of the main determinants influencing biodiversity changes in Argentina.The red hocicudo mouse(Oxymycterus rufus)inhabits ...
an FPU scholarship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science(grant number:AP2008-03430).
Wild populations are continuously subjected to changes in environmental factors that pose different challenges.Body condition and hormones have been commonly used as health indicators due to their potential correlatio...
funded by the Rufford Small Grants Foundation(14669-2);the FONDECYT project 3140528(FEF).
Habitat structure determines species occurrence and behavior.However,human activities are altering natural habitat structure,potentially hampering native species due to the loss of nesting cavities,shelter or movement...
funded by US National Science Foundation Grant SBR0948283 to PSU.
Dental microwear textures have proven to be a valuable tool for reconstructing the diets of a wide assortment of fossil vertebrates.Nevertheless,some studies have recently questioned the efficacy of this approach,sugg...
financially supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.30560023,30860050,31172122);the Guangxi Nature Science Foundation(2012GXNSFAA053039);the Monitoring and Conservation of Langur Project of the National Forestry Administration of China.
We collected data on habitat use and locomotion of the François’langur(Trachypithecus francoisi)between August 2003 and July 2004 at Nonggang Nature Reserve,China.A total of 739 h of behavioral data were collected du...
This study is sponsored by the National Nature Science Foundation of China(No.39960015,30560023,30860050);the Chinese Academy of Sciences 100 Talent Program,the Monitoring and Conservation of Langur Project of the National Forestry Administration of China,the Guangxi Science Foundation(0991095)and the Project of the Creative Team from Colleges and Universities in Guangxi.We thank the Guangxi Forestry Bureau and the Nonggang Nature Reserve Administration Bureau.
Ranging behavior is an important aspect of animal behavior that researchers use to investigate ecological influences on individual behavior.We collected data on the ranging behavior of one group of François’langurs(T...
We investigated host and flea species composition across different habitats during dry and rainy seasons in the Western Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.During both seasons,similarity in flea species composition increas...