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Mammals as Paleoenvironmental Proxies
Mammals can be defined as the least inclusive clade containing Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw in Nat Miscellany 10(118):7, 1799) and Homo sapiens...
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Neolithic dental calculi provide evidence for environmental proxies and consumption of wild edible fruits and herbs in central Apennines
Looking for a biological fingerprint relative to new aspects of the relationship between humans and natural environment during prehistoric times is...
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Diet of Mesozoic toothed birds (Longipterygidae) inferred from quantitative analysis of extant avian diet proxies
BackgroundBirds are key indicator species in extant ecosystems, and thus we would expect extinct birds to provide insights into the nature of ancient...
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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...
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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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Rapamycin not dietary restriction improves resilience against pathogens: a meta-analysis
Dietary restriction (DR) and rapamycin both increase lifespan across a number of taxa. Despite this positive effect on lifespan and other aspects of...
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Dietary strategies of Pleistocene Pongo sp. and Homo erectus on Java (Indonesia)
During the Early to Middle Pleistocene, Java was inhabited by hominid taxa of great diversity. However, their seasonal dietary strategies have never...
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Genetic analysis of dietary intake identifies new loci and functional links with metabolic traits
Dietary intake is a major contributor to the global obesity epidemic and represents a complex behavioural phenotype that is partially affected by...
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The remoulding of dietary effects on the fecundity / longevity trade-off in a social insect
BackgroundIn many organisms increased reproductive effort is associated with a shortened life span. This trade-off is reflected in conserved...
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Dietary L-Methionine modulates the gut microbiota and improves the expression of tight junctions in an in vitro model of the chicken gastrointestinal tract
BackgroundThe poultry industry encounters a number of factors that affect growth performance and productivity; nutrition is essential for sustaining...
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Dietary shifts and social interactions drive temporal fluctuations of the gut microbiome from wild redfronted lemurs
Animals living in highly seasonal environments adapt their diets accordingly to changes in food availability. The gut microbiome as an active...
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Stable Isotope Values in South American Fur Seal Pup Whiskers as Proxies of Year-round Maternal Foraging Ecology
Natural selection should favour strategies that maximise reproductive success. Females may use different resources during progressive stages of...
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Widespread loss of mammalian lineage and dietary diversity in the early Oligocene of Afro-Arabia
Diverse lines of geological and geochemical evidence indicate that the Eocene-Oligocene transition (EOT) marked the onset of a global cooling phase,...
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Isotopic evidence of high reliance on plant food among Later Stone Age hunter-gatherers at Taforalt, Morocco
The transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture stands as one of the most important dietary revolutions in human history. Yet, due to a scarcity...
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Linkages between dietary diversity and indicators of agricultural biodiversity in Burkina Faso
This paper assesses the relationships between women’s dietary diversity and various indicators of agricultural biodiversity in farms of the...
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Iodine content of fish otoliths in species found in diverse habitats
Expansion of aquatic deoxygenation has altered the quality and availability of habitats and worsened body condition for many fish species through...
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Optimizing the dietary concentration of marine microalgae Nannochloropsis salina and Chaetoceros calcitrans for the enhancement of productivity and nutritional composition of the rotifer Brachionus rotundiformis (Tschugunoff, 1921)
The marine microalgae Nannochloropsis salina and Chaetoceros calcitrans are commonly used to mass culture and enrich the S-type rotifer, Brachionus...
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Sex matters? Association between foraging behaviour, diet, and physiology in Magellanic penguins
Ecological segregation has been documented between males and females in different populations of seabirds. Moreover, foraging behaviour and diet have...
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Zinc isotopes from archaeological bones provide reliable trophic level information for marine mammals
In marine ecology, dietary interpretations of faunal assemblages often rely on nitrogen isotopes as the main or only applicable trophic level tracer....
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Diet and habitat as determinants of intestine length in fishes
Fish biologists have long assumed a link between intestinal length and diet, and relative gut length or Zihler’s index are often used to classify...
