Affinities between Cutifilaria (Nematoda: Filarioidea), parasites of deer, and Mansonella as seen in a new onchocercid, M. (C.) perforata n. sp., from Japan by Uni S., Bain O., Takaoka H.

“…The host range of Mansonella was extended to ungulates by the addition of Cutifilaria, which appears to be derived from Tupainema, parasitic in Tupaioidea (insectivores), because of the similarity in their right spicules ; Cutifilaria seems to have an Asiatic origin. …”
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Artificial light at night alters life history in a nocturnal orb-web spider by Nikolas J. Willmott, Jessica Henneken, Caitlin J. Selleck, Therésa M. Jones

“…Future research will need to consider the detrimental effects of ALAN combined with foraging benefits when studying nocturnal insectivores that forage around artificial lights.…”
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Material Properties and Morphology of Prestomal Teeth in Relation to the Feeding Habits of Diptera (Brachycera) by Matthew S. Lehnert, Lauren A. Tarver, Jiansheng Feng

“…Hardness and elastic modulus were explored with nanoindentation and showed that the insectivorous <i>Scathophaga stercoraria</i> had the hardest prestomal teeth and the highest modulus. …”
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Adaptive evolution of Leptin in heterothermic bats. by Lihong Yuan, Xudong Zhao, Benfu Lin, Stephen J Rossiter, Lingjiang He, Xueguo Zuo, Guimei He, Gareth Jones, Fritz Geiser, Shuyi Zhang

“…The two tropical fruit bats examined here were homeothermic; in contrast, the two tropical insectivorous bats were clearly heterothermic. Molecular evolutionary analyses of the Leptin gene revealed positive selection in the ancestors of all bats, which was maintained or further enhanced the lineages comprising mostly heterothermic species. …”
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Two Novel Iflaviruses Discovered in Bat Samples in Washington State by Kate B. Juergens, John Huckabee, Alexander L. Greninger

“…Arthropods are integral to ecosystem equilibrium, serving as both a food source for insectivores and supporting plant reproduction. Members of the <i>Iflaviridae</i> family in the order <i>Picornavirales</i> are frequently found in RNA sequenced from arthropods, who serve as their hosts. …”
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Comparative analysis of stereotypical behavior with hunting in small mammals as an example by Y.V. Levenets, S.N. Panteleeva, J.I. Reznikova

“…Reactions towards live prey (cockroaches) were investigated in rodents possessing different feeding specialization, in comparison with the insectivorous common shrew. Quantitative analysis was used, and Markov chains were constructed to generate schemes of stereotypes of hunting behavior in different species. …”
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Effects of consumer interactions on benthic resources and ecosystem processes in a neotropical stream. by Michael C Marshall, Andrew J Binderup, Eugenia Zandonà, Sandra Goutte, Ronald D Bassar, Rana W El-Sabaawi, Steven A Thomas, Alexander S Flecker, Susan S Kilham, David N Reznick, Cathy M Pringle

“…Concurrently, we assessed visits to (non-electrified) control frames by the three most common large consumers-primarily insectivorous killifish (Rivulus hartii), omnivorous guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and omnivorous crabs (Eudaniela garmani). …”
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Urban tolerance is phylogenetically constrained and mediated by pre‐adaptations in African bats by Genevieve E. Marsden, Dalene Vosloo, M. Corrie Schoeman

“…Therefore, we collated data on urban presence, phylogenetic relationship, and ecological traits of 54 insectivorous bats in Africa from available literature to test if their response to urbanization was phylogenetically and/or ecologically driven. …”
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Subcutaneous Basidiobolomycosis in an Immunocompetent Child by Kiran Aggarwal, Aruna Chhikara, Taru Garg

“…It is present in soil, decaying vegetable matter, intestines of amphibians, reptiles, fish and insectivorous bats. In humans, it presents generally as a subcutaneous infection involving trunk and limbs in immunocompetent hosts from endemic areas. …”
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Biomass, abundances, and abundance and geographical range size relationship of birds along a rainforest elevational gradient in Papua New Guinea by Katerina Sam, Bonny Koane

“…The total abundances of the assemblage showed a hump-shaped pattern along the elevational gradient, with passerine birds, namely passerine insectivores, driving the observed pattern. In contrast to abundances, the mean biomass of the bird assemblages decreased with increasing elevation. …”
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Foraging strata and dietary preferences of fifteen species of babblers in Sarawak, Malaysia by Mohd Azlan, Jayasilan, Sapian, Attiqqah Fadziliah, Tuen, Andrew Alek, Puan, Chong Leong

“…Babblers are the primary insectivorous birds of the tropical forests in southeastern Asia which have shown to be affected by forest disturbance. …”

Swiftlets and edible bird's nest industry in Asia by Looi, Qi Hao, Omar, Abdul Rahman

“…Swiftlets are small insectivorous birds which breed throughout Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. …”
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Lipid signaling pathways genes expression level in HEPG2 cells supplemented with exogenous lipid and edible bird nest (EBN) extract by Tawai, Darreen

“…“Caviar of the East” or better known as Edible-Bird Nest (EBN) is a highly valuable product composed from solidified salivary secretion of a few insectivorous swiftlet species. Swiftlets falls under the family Apodidae and the two main genera with the highest commercial values are Aerodramus (echolating swiftlets) and Collocalia (non-echolating swiftlets). …”
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Assessment of a Rabies Virus Rapid Diagnostic Test for the Detection of Australian Bat Lyssavirus by Andrea Certoma, Ross A. Lunt, Wilna Vosloo, Ina Smith, Axel Colling, David T. Williams, Thao Tran, Stuart D. Blacksell

“…The virus is maintained in enzootic circulation within fruit bats (Pteropid spp.) and at least one insectivorous bat variety (Saccolaimus flaviventris). …”
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Habitat heterogeneity rather than the limits of protected areas influence bird communities in an Andean biosphere reserve by Jimmy S. Barros Quito, Pedro X. Astudillo, Boris O. Landázuri, Paul Porras, David C. Siddons, Steven C. Latta

“…Particularly, increasingly heterogeneous páramo grassland with greater woody plant cover and less intervention explained a greater presence and abundance of more specialized trophic guilds such as nectarivores in shrubs and aerial insectivores in trees and shrubs. We conclude that there are heterogeneous páramo habitats in buffer zones that should be considered in more formal conservation planning to maintain the diversity of specialized birds and therefore functionality of the páramo grassland ecosystem. …”
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Investigating the Circulation of Ebola Viruses in Bats during the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks in the Equateur and North Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 20... by Audrey Lacroix, Placide Mbala Kingebeni, Simon Pierre Ndimbo Kumugo, Guy Lempu, Christelle Butel, Laetitia Serrano, Nicole Vidal, Guillaume Thaurignac, Amandine Esteban, Daniel Mukadi Bamuleka, Jacques Likofata, Eric Delaporte, Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum, Ahidjo Ayouba, Martine Peeters, Steve Ahuka Mundeke

“…Between 2018 and 2020, 892 (88.6%) frugivorous and 115 (11.4%) insectivorous bats were collected. Overall, 11/925 (1.2%) to 100/925 (10.8%) bats showed antibodies to at least one Ebolavirus antigen depending on the positivity criteria. …”
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Influence of age and body condition on astrovirus infection of bats in Singapore: An evolutionary and epidemiological analysis by Ian H. Mendenhall, Maggie M. Skiles, Erica Sena Neves, Sophie A. Borthwick, Dolyce H.W. Low, Benjamin Liang, Benjamin P.Y.-H. Lee, Yvonne C.F. Su, Gavin J.D. Smith

“…This study highlights the diversity of astroviruses in nectivorous and insectivorous bats in Singapore and provides a predictive framework for understanding astrovirus infection in these bats. …”
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The <i>Myotis chiloensis</i> Guano Virome: Viral Nucleic Acid Enrichments for High-Resolution Virome Elucidation and Full Alphacoronavirus Genome Assembly by Sebastian Aguilar Pierlé, Gabriel Zamora, Gonzalo Ossa, Aldo Gaggero, Gonzalo P. Barriga

“…To gain knowledge on the viral community of a widely distributed insectivorous bat species, we characterized the guano virome of a native Chilean bat species (<i>Myotis chiloensis</i> (Waterhouse, 1840)). …”
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Surface-active arthropod community response to juniper removal and its implications for avian conservation in sagebrush ecosystems by Kimberly A. Haab, Christian A. Hagen, Sandra J. DeBano, Bryan A. Endress, Kate H. Yates, Timothy S. Bowden

“…Our results suggest that juniper treatments that increase arthropod abundance or diversity may benefit insectivorous sagebrush wildlife by increasing food availability, including for species of conservation concern such as the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus).…”
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Pest control services on farms vary among bird species on diversified, low-intensity farms by Samuel J. Mayne, David I. King, Jeremy C. Andersen, Joseph S. Elkinton

“…Although we observed a lower frequency of pest consumption than observed in previous comparable research, growers can likely improve pest control by songbirds by promoting the woody, non-crop habitat types preferred by insectivorous species, in our system specifically Gray Catbirds and Common Yellowthroats.…”
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