Species interactions regulate the collapse of biodiversity and ecosystem function in tropical forest fragments. by Bregman, T, Lees, A, Seddon, N, Macgregor, H, Darski, B, Aleixo, A, Bonsall, M, Tobias, J

“…Here, we use phylogenetic and functional trait data to test whether communities of two ecologically important guilds of tropical birds (frugivores and insectivores) are structured by species interactions in a fragmented Amazonian forest landscape. …”

Altered structure of bat–prey interaction networks in logged tropical forests revealed by metabarcoding by Hemprich-Bennett, DR, Kemp, VA, Blackman, J, Struebig, MJ, Lewis, OT, Rossiter, SJ, Clare, EL

“…To examine how rainforest degradation alters trophic interaction networks, we applied DNA metabarcoding to construct interaction networks linking forest-dwelling insectivorous bat species and their prey, comparing old-growth forest and forest degraded by logging in Sabah, Borneo. …”

Musteloid sociality: the grass-roots of society by Macdonald, D, Newman, C

“…In-turn the dispersion of these food types dictated socio-spatial geometries, allowing insectivorous, piscivorous and frugivorous species to congregate with varying degrees of social cohesion, often unified within subterranean burrows – a basis to group-living distinct from the pack-hunting felids and canids. …”

Species interactions regulate the collapse of biodiversity and ecosystem function in tropical forest fragments. by Bregman, T, Lees, A, Seddon, N, Macgregor, H, Darski, B, Aleixo, A, Bonsall, M, Tobias, J

“…Here, we use phylogenetic and functional trait data to test whether communities of two ecologically important guilds of tropical birds (frugivores and insectivores) are structured by species interactions in a fragmented Amazonian forest landscape. …”

Rensching Cats and Dogs: Feeding ecology and fecundity trends explain variation in the allometry of sexual size dimorphism by Johnson, P, Noonan, M, Kitchener, A, Harrington, L, Newman, C, Macdonald, D

“…Similarly, carnivorous canids are more sexually dimorphic than insectivores and omnivores, but carnivory does not contribute to a Rensch effect as dietary variation occurs across the mass spectrum. …”

Environmental stability and the evolution of cooperative breeding in hornbills. by Gonzalez, J, Sheldon, B, Tobias, J

“…A recent global analysis suggested that cooperative breeding in birds is a 'bet-hedging' strategy associated with climatic uncertainty, but it is unclear whether this mechanism applies generally or is restricted to the insectivorous passerines that predominate as cooperative breeders at the global scale. …”

TO HANTAVIRUS INFECTION IN PEOPLE AND SMALL MAMMALS IN BAIKAL AREA by T. V. Tunik, E. V. Arbatskaya, A. V. Lyapunov, M. A. Khasnatinov, I. V. Petrova, E. L. Manzarova, L. N. Yashina, G. A. Danchinova

“…Hantavirus antigens weren't found in researched lung samples of mouse-like rodent and insectivores from Angarsk, Irkutsk, Zalari and Ust-Kut districts of Irkutsk region and Tunkinsky district of Republic of Buryatia.…”
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Evolutionary activation of acidic chitinase in herbivores through the H128R mutation in ruminant livestock by Eri Tabata, Ikuto Kobayashi, Takuya Morikawa, Akinori Kashimura, Peter O. Bauer, Fumitaka Oyama

“…Summary: Placental mammals' ancestors were insectivores, suggesting that modern mammals may have inherited the ability to digest insects. …”
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Rabies in chozna ‘Potus flavus’: a warning of a potential threat to public and animal health by Fatima Concha-Velasco, Edwards Aguirre, Lizzie Ortiz-Cam, Heber Quispe-Jihuallancca, Luz Bernable-Villasante, Ruben Bascope, María Arizabal, Eduardo Vargas-Luna, A. Espinoza-Culupú, Carina Mantari, Ricardo Lopez –Ingunza

“…AbstractWe reported an outbreak of wild rabies in Potus flavus (choznas), a carnivorous mammal associated with insectivorous bats in Kosñipata, Cusco, Peru, from February 2021 to October 2022. …”
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Tolerance and Persistence of Ebola Virus in Primary Cells from <i>Mops condylurus</i>, a Potential Ebola Virus Reservoir by Marcel Bokelmann, Uwe Vogel, Franka Debeljak, Ariane Düx, Silke Riesle-Sbarbaro, Angelika Lander, Annette Wahlbrink, Nicole Kromarek, Stuart Neil, Emmanuel Couacy-Hymann, Joseph Prescott, Andreas Kurth

“…Recent studies provide evidence that the Angolan free-tailed bat (<i>Mops condylurus</i>), an insectivorous microbat, is a possible ebolavirus reservoir. …”
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Hantavirus Replication Cycle—An Updated Structural Virology Perspective by Kristina Meier, Sigurdur R. Thorkelsson, Emmanuelle R. J. Quemin, Maria Rosenthal

“…Hantaviruses infect a wide range of hosts including insectivores and rodents and can also cause zoonotic infections in humans, which can lead to severe disease with possible fatal outcomes. …”
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Rapid ecological assessment of mammals from a locality of middle basin at Palmar River, Zulia state, Venezuela by Belkis A. Rivas, Arnaldo Ferrer, Olga L. Herrera-Trujillo, David A. Prieto-Torres

“…Orders Chiroptera, Rodentia and Carnivora represented the most diverse and abundant taxa. Insectivores and carnivores were the most diverse trophic groups. …”
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Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review by Luchang Zhang, Xingjian Ma, Zhiyu Chen, Chunying Wang, Zicheng Liu, Xiang Li, Xiaoying Xing

“…Artificial nest boxes are placed to attract birds to nest and breed in a specific location, and they are widely used in avian ecology research and in the attraction of insectivorous birds. There is evidence that artificial nest boxes can adversely affect breeding fitness but no great focus has been placed on this issue by researchers. …”
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Bat fauna from the Sooretama Biological Reserve, southeastern Brazil by Carina Maria Vela-Ulian, João Paulo Maires Hoppe, Albert David Ditchfield

“…Phyllostomidae was the family with the highest number of species registered, and a majority of species belongs to the aerial insectivorous trophic guild. Four species are registered as “Vulnerable” in state and federal conservation books. …”
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A new derorhynchid (Mammalia, Metatheria) from the early Eocene Itaboraí fauna of Brazil with comments on its affinities by ÉDISON VICENTE OLIVEIRA, LEONARDO M. CARNEIRO, FRANCISCO J. GOIN

“…The combination of very small size (~13-20g), sharp crests, tall and slender cuspids, broad talonid basins, as well as trigonid taller than the talonid is suggestive of an insectivorous diet for the new taxon.…”
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Hologenomic adaptations underlying the evolution of sanguivory in the common vampire bat by Zepeda Mendoza, M, Xiong, Z, Escalera-Zamudio, M, Runge, A, Thézé, J, Streicker, D, Frank, H, Loza-Rubio, E, Liu, S, Ryder, O, Samaniego Castruita, J, Katzourakis, A, Pacheco, G, Taboada, B, Löber, U, Pybus, O, Li, Y, Rojas-Anaya, E, Bohmann, K, Carmona Baez, A, Arias, C, Liu, S, Greenwood, A, Bertelsen, M, White, N, Bunce, M, Zhang, G, Sicheritz-Pontén, T, Gilbert, M

“…Specifically, we assembled its high-quality reference genome (scaffold N50 = 26.9 Mb, contig N50 = 36.6 kb) and gut metagenome, and compared them against those of insectivorous, frugivorous and carnivorous bats. Our analyses showed a particular common vampire bat genomic landscape regarding integrated viral elements, a dietary and phylogenetic influence on gut microbiome taxonomic and functional profiles, and that both genetic elements harbour key traits related to the nutritional (for example, vitamin and lipid shortage) and non-nutritional (for example, nitrogen waste and osmotic homeostasis) challenges of sanguivory. …”

Feeding ecology of stream-dwelling Characidae (Osteichthyes: Characiformes) from the upper Tocantins River, Brazil by Maíra Moraes, Carla Ferreira Rezende, Rosana Mazzoni

“…The first group was composed of insectivorous and the second by omnivorous species. The overlap in food items consumed by the four species studied was high. …”
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Bird assemblage mist-netted in an Atlantic Forest area: a comparison between vertically-mobile and ground-level nets by MB Vecchi, MAS Alves

“…Ground-level nets recorded less species, and they comparatively overestimated mainly Suboscine insectivores and underestimated frugivores and nectarivores. …”
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Assessment of potentially toxic metals in water, sediment, and the tissues of seven important fish species from neotropical brazilian river by Karla Fernanda Sanches Rodrigues, Welber Senteio Smith

“…The trophic group that presented the highest contamination was the iliophages, followed by insectivores. There were no significant differences between the trophic groups in the absorption of the analyzed metals except for Zn and Hg in fish gills. …”
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Hyper abundant mesopredators and bird extinction in an Atlantic forest island by Mauro Galetti, Ricardo S. Bovendorp, Rodrigo F. Fadini, Carlos O. A. Gussoni, Marcos Rodrigues, Ariane D. Alvarez, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr, Kaiser Alves

“…All guilds were affected negatively, but "opportunist insectivorous/omnivorous". Experiments using artificial nests showed a predation of 73% of nests on the floor while only 26% on the mainland. …”
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