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Dietary priorities and consumers’ views of the healthiness of organic food: purity or flexibility?
Previous studies have shown that belief in the healthiness of organic food is a strong motive for buying organic. Typically, a positive relation...
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Concerted phenotypic flexibility of avian erythrocyte size and number in response to dietary anthocyanin supplementation
BackgroundEndurance flight impose substantial oxidative costs on the avian oxygen delivery system. In particular, the accumulation of irreversible...
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Dietary flexibility of Wood Storks in response to human-induced rapid environmental change
Human-induced rapid environmental change (HIREC) has altered landscape processes and negatively impacted many species globally. Some of the most...
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Trophic Flexibility of Stream-Dwelling Salmonids: Disentangling Common Ontogenetic and Seasonal Patterns
This review synthesises the literature on ontogenetic and seasonal changes in feeding patterns of nine genera of the family Salmonidae (Coregonus,...
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DNA metabarcoding Passerine bird feces at tree-line uncovers little intra- and inter-species dietary overlap
High-elevation insectivorous birds are currently confronted with the reality of a changing climate, land use shifts, and the decline of many prey...
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Food vouchers and dietary diversity: evidence from social protection reform in Indonesia
In-kind food transfers are widely used in many develo** countries to address food insecurity, yet undernutrition remains a key problem. In this...
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Flexibility in the Diet and Feeding Ecology of Nocturnal and Cathemeral Aotus
Current evidence indicates that owl monkeys (Aotus spp.) have species-rich, flexible diets. They can switch resources seasonally, consume ephemeral...
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Metabolic flexibility associated with flight time among combat pilots of the Brazilian air force
IntroductionFighter pilots must support the effects of many stressors, including physical and psychological exertion, circadian disturbance, jet lag,...
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Gut microbiota bridges dietary nutrients and host immunity
Dietary nutrients and the gut microbiota are increasingly recognized to cross-regulate and entrain each other, and thus affect host health and...
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Pest suppression services and dietary niche differentiation of bats in Chinese smallholder farming systems: implications for integrated pest management
Smallholder farming systems make a vital contribution to food security. However, pests pose a significant challenge to the productivity and...
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Activity budget and gut microbiota stability and flexibility across reproductive states in wild capuchin monkeys in a seasonal tropical dry forest
BackgroundEnergy demands associated with pregnancy and lactation are significant forces in mammalian evolution. To mitigate increased energy costs...
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Breeding stage and tissue isotopic consistency suggests colony-level flexibility in niche breadth of an Arctic marine bird
Organisms must overcome environmental limitations to optimize their investment in life history stages to maximize fitness. Human-induced climate...
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Age and dietary restriction modulate mitochondrial quality in quadriceps femoris muscle of male mice
Dietary restriction (DR) is a potential intervention for ameliorating ageing-related damages. Mitochondrial quality control is the key mechanism for...
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Seasonal Ecological Flexibility of a Threatened Bolivian Endemic: Olalla's Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus olallae)
In the face of reduced food availability, primates must choose between expending energy to look for adequate foraging options, or saving energy by...
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Ecological Flexibility of Propithecus edwardsi in Two Forest Habitats with Different Logging Histories in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
In the face of global change, where anthropogenic practices, such as logging, alter the structure and composition of forest habitats and impact...
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Effects of dietary kaffir lime, Citrus hystrix DC, leaf powder on the growth performance, digestive enzyme, hematology, antioxidative response, and disease resistance against Edwardsiella tarda infection in African catfish, Clarias gariepinus
This study evaluated the effects of kaffir lime (KL), Citrus hystrix , leaf powder on growth performance, digestive enzyme activities, blood and...
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Dietary inflammatory impact on NAFLD development in obese vs. lean individuals: an analysis based on NHANES 2003–2018
BackgroundNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), often linked with obesity, can also affect individuals with normal weight, a condition known as...
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Primates in the Urban Mosaic: Terminology, Flexibility, and Management
Continuous human expansion is affecting landscape composition, in particular through urbanisation. Wildlife persistence in the urban mosaic is...
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Fluctuating climate and dietary innovation drove ratcheted evolution of proboscidean dental traits
Identification of the selective forces that shaped adaptive phenotypes generally relies on current habitat and function, but these may differ from...
