Observations of nectarivorous birds and potential biological control agents in berry orchards by Karen C. B. S. Santos, Abby E. Davis, Maurizio Rocchetti, Brad Hocking, Bar Shermeister, Romina Rader

“…However, we report observations of this species as both a nectarivore and insectivore in blueberry crops and as an insectivore in raspberry crops. …”
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Edge responses of birds in an isolated lowland tropical rainforest in Peninsular Malaysia by Moradi, Hossein Varasteh, Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, Rosli, Zamri

“…Among the five trophic guilds, the Insectivore/Frugivore guild showed a significant decrease from the forest edge to the interior, while the Insectivore guild showed a significant increase from edge to the interior. …”
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Hantavirus Infections in Turkey by Güven ÇELEBİ, Mustafa SÖZEN

“…Hantaviruses are carried by some species of rodents and insectivores. Turkey has a great biological diversity with 66 species of rodents and 18 species of insectivores. …”
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Fauna of the protected area "University City" in Banja Luka and opportunities for biocontrol of pest species by Sjeničić Jovica, Gašić Branislav, Pašić Jasmin, Đurić Gordana

“…The mammals have been 44% insectivore species that feed on pests, and 6% of them were carnivores. …”
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Bird species richness and diversity responses to land use change in the Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya by Simon M. Mugatha, Joseph O. Ogutu, Hans-Peter Piepho, Joseph M. Maitima

“…Guilds had significantly more species in natural than in disturbed areas. The insectivore/granivore and insectivore/wax feeder guilds occurred only in natural areas. …”
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Assessing an artificial wetland in Putrajaya, Malaysia, as an alternate habitat for waterbirds by Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz, Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria

“…The community structure of resident birds was the most diverse and rich compared to migrants, resident-migrants and vagrants. Frugivore/insectivore (1.04 ± 0.20 birds ha-1) was the most dominant feeding guild for migrants, nectarivore/insectivore (0.64 ± 0.04 birds ha-1) for residents and omnivore (0.28 ± 0.03 birds ha-1) for resident-migrants. …”
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Species Diversity and Feeding Guilds of Birds in Paya Indah Wetland Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia by Zakaria, Mohamed, Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz, Sajap, Ahmad Said

“…Feeding guilds indicated that insectivore was the most dominant group (37%), while Carnivore/Insectivore and Granivore were the least dominant groups (3% each) in all five habitats. …”
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Range extension of Diclidurus scutatus (Chiroptera, Emballonuridae) to southwestern Amazonia by Roberto Leonan Morim NOVAES, Vinícius Cardoso CLÁUDIO, Adriana Akemi KUNIY

“…ABSTRACT Diclidurus scutatus is an aerial insectivore bat endemic of South America and considered rare throughout its distribution range. …”
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The fundamental role of endothelial cells in hantavirus pathogenesis by Jussi eHepojoki, Antti eVaheri, Tomas eStrandin

“…Hantavirus, a genus of rodent- and insectivore-borne viruses in the family Bunyaviridae, is a group of emerging zoonotic pathogens. …”
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Bird species composition and feeding guilds based on point count and mist netting methods at the Paya Indah Wetland Reserve, Peninsular Malaysia by Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz

“…In contrast, Carnivore/Insectivore was the rarest feeding guild found using the point count method (2%), and Carnivore and Nectarivore/Insectivore were the rarest feeding guilds found using the mist netting method (3.08%). …”
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Avifauna Composition and its habitat in the Paya Indah Freshwater Wetland Ecosystem, Malaysia by Rajpar, Muhammad Nawaz

“…Meanwhile, the point count results showed that Carnivore/Piscivore/Insectivore was the most dominant guilds (1.48 ± 0.13 birds/ha) and Insectivore was the rarest guild (0.42 ± 0.27 birds/ha) for waterbirds. …”
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Diversity of birds in Tranum Forest Reserve, Pahang by Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, Tuan Ibrahim, Tuan Marina

“…The most dominant species observed during the survey was Pycnonotus melanicterus. The insectivore feeding guild has the highest diversity (H'= 2.68) compared to the frugivores feeding guild (H' = 1.79). …”
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Effects of distance from forest edge on upper storey birds in Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve, Malaysia by Rosli, Zamri

“…Feeding guild analysis indicated that sallying insectivore, arboreal foliage gleaning frugivore and arboreal foliage gleaning insectivore/frugivore showed a significant difference at different distances from the forest edge. …”
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The effect of habitat changes along the urbanization gradient for breeding birds: an example from the Xiong’an New Area by Shilin Xie, Yuebo Su, Weihua Xu, Wenbo Cai, Xiaoke Wang, Fei Lu, Zhiyun Ouyang

“…Results of this study showed more resident, passenger and insectivore species, and a higher density of breeding insectivore and omnivore individuals appear in the urban fringe than in the other areas. …”
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Confirming the presence of Lasiurus frantzii (Peters, 1870) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in South America: more questions than answers by Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, Alexandra Cardona-Giraldo, Paula A. Ossa-López, Héctor Fabio Arias Monsalve, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez, Darwin M. Morales-Martínez

“…The western or desert red bat, Lasiurus frantzii, is a cryptic insectivore species distributed in the Neotropics from Mexico south through Central America to Panama. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genome of the Hainan Island Shrew, Crocidura wuchihensis by Feiyun Tu, Xiaodan Hou, Yi Wang

“…The Hainan Island Shrew Crocidura wuchihensis is a small-bodied insectivore species belonging to the Soricidae family. …”
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Bird Species Composition in Ayer Hitam Forest, Puchong, Selangor by Mohamed Zakaria, Abdul Rahim

“…The forest is dominated by insectivore/frugivore group which is represented by mainly colonising secondary species. …”
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Revising the diversity within the Dwarf Dog-faced Bat, Molossops temminckii (Chiroptera, Molossidae), with the revalidation of the endangered Molossops griseiventer by Héctor E. Ramírez-Chaves, Darwin M. Morales-Martínez, Daniela Martínez-Medina, Paula A. Ossa-López, Fredy A. Rivera-Páez

“…The genus Molossops includes two monotypic species of insectivore bats distributed in South America: Molossops neglectus and Molossops temminckii. …”
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Food spectrum and trophic structure of the ichthyofauna of Corumbá reservoir, Paraná river Basin, Brazil by Karla D. G. Luz-Agostinho, Luis M. Bini, Rosemara Fugi, Angelo A. Agostinho, Horácio F. Júlio Jr.

“…K-means present satisfactory results, identifying nine trophic groups (detritivores, herbivore-piscivores, insectivore-herbivores, omnivores, invertivores, aquatic insectivores, piscivore-insectivores, piscivores and herbivores).…”
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Impacts of inundation on bird assemblages in forests in and around a Hydrodam in Terengganu, Malaysia by Farah Shafawati Mohd-Taib, Siti Nabilah Ishak, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Shukor Md-Nor

“…Using point count and mist-netting techniques, we recorded a total of 64 species (Shannon Index (H’) = 3.827) in the dam area and 91 species (H’=3.99) in historically-logged forests. Insectivore species richness was significantly higher in the historically-logged forests (Mann-Whitney: Z=4.339, N=205, p<0.005). …”
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