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Iberian wolf’s diet and its quality during breeding season: exploring the influence of zone, wolf groups, prey availability and individual factors
AbstractLarge predators are essential in maintaining ecosystem functioning, and comprehending how their feeding habits change across natural and...
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Spatial overlap of gray wolves and ungulate prey changes seasonally corresponding to prey migration
BackgroundPrey are more vulnerable during migration due to decreased familiarity with their surroundings and spatially concentrated movements....
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Quantifying the impacts of an invasive weed on habitat quality and prey availability for tiger snakes (Notechis scutatus) in urban wetlands
Invasive plants are a threat to natural ecosystems worldwide, with urban wetlands being some of the most susceptible and highly modified environments...
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Prey killing rate of a generalist predator may be enhanced by macronutrient manipulation
Generalist arthropod predators forage not only to gain energy and nutrients, but also to obtain a balanced intake of macronutrients (the intake...
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Foraging area, diving and prey chase behaviour of a wing-propelled diver under contrasted prey regimes
Marine top predators are expected to adjust their foraging behaviour at multiple time scales concomitantly with changes in forage fish availability....
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Decisions, Decisions, and More Decisions: How Fish-Birds Search for Prey
Penguins have highly specialized “hardware” that allows them to perform at high levels of athleticism to capture their prey. However, judicious...
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Prey size spectra and predator to prey size ratios of southern ocean salps
Salp grazing is important in sha** planktonic food-web structure. However, little is known about the size ranges of their prey in the field or how...
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Cost-effective and efficient factitious prey for mass production of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Acari: Phytoseiidae): assessing its quality compared with natural prey
BackgroundUsing alternative diets for the mass production of phytoseiid predatory mites may facilitate their cost-effective rearing. Factitious prey...
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Dynamics of species-rich predator–prey networks and seasonal alternations of core species
In nature, entangled webs of predator–prey interactions constitute the backbones of ecosystems. Uncovering the network architecture of such trophic...
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Prey ingestion rates revealed by back-mounted accelerometers in Eurasian spoonbills
BackgroundQuantifying foraging success in space and time and among individuals is essential for answering many ecological questions and may guide...
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Morphological size determination of moths in bat faeces opens possibilities to prey quantification
High number of moth species are considered to be agricultural pests in their caterpillar stage. Birds and other arthropods often forage moths, but...
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Larval prey options for the endangered species Dytiscus sharpi (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Dytiscinae) for sustainable ex-situ conservation
Dytiscus sharpi is defined as “Critically Endangered” in the Red List of Japan and designated as a “nationally endangered species of wild fauna and...
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Multi-elemental consumer-driven nutrient cycling when predators feed on different prey
Predators play a fundamental role in cycling nutrients through ecosystems, by altering the amount and compositions of waste products and uneaten prey...
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Effects of intraguild predation and cannibalism in two generalist phytoseiid species on prey density of the pink citrus rust mite in the presence of high-quality food
Intraguild predation (IGP) and cannibalism influence the effectiveness of biological control with generalist predators. In Japanese citrus orchards,...
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Ecological interactions of carnivorous plants: beyond the relationship with their prey
The carnivorous habit has been interpreted as an outstanding adaptation that let some plants the acquisition of mineral nutrients in habitats...
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Are Data on Predators Necessary When Modeling Prey Population Dynamics?
AbstractA new approach is proposed for building a model of the prey population in the “predator–prey” system without using data on the dynamics of...
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Co** with unpredictable environments: fine-tune foraging microhabitat use in relation to prey availability in an alpine species
Microhabitat utilisation holds a pivotal role in sha** a species’ ecological dynamics and stands as a crucial concern for effective conservation...
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Prey-mediated effects of Mpp51Aa2-producing cotton on longevity and reproduction of Orius majusculus
Genetically engineered (GE) cotton event MON 88702, producing Mpp51Aa2 (previously mCry51Aa2) from Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), controls sucking...
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Widow spiders alter web architecture and attractiveness in response to same-sex competition for prey and mates, and predation risk
Female-female competition in animals has rarely been studied. Responses of females that compete context-dependently for mates and prey, and seek...
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Habitat probability prediction of umbrella species in urban ecosystems including habitat suitability of prey species
Habitat management through distribution tracking of umbrella species has been used to improve urban ecosystem health and sustainability to enhance...
