The Genetic Characterization of the First Detected Bat Coronaviruses in Poland Revealed SARS-Related Types and Alphacoronaviruses by Anna Orłowska, Marcin Smreczak, Katarzyna Thor, Magda Niedbalska, Dominika Pawelec, Paweł Trębas, Jerzy Rola

“…We report the first detection of bat coronaviruses (BtCoVs) in insectivorous bats in Poland and highlight SARS-related coronaviruses found in Rhinolophidae bats. …”
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A multidimensional framework to quantify the effects of urbanization on avian breeding fitness by Sihao Chen, Yu Liu, Samantha C. Patrick, Eben Goodale, Rebecca J. Safran, Emilio Pagani‐Núñez

“…We found that urbanization‐induced changes in urban vegetation, habitat quality, spring temperature, resource availability, acoustic environment, nighttime light, and species behaviors (e.g., laying, foraging, and communicating) influence breeding choices, optimal time windows that reduce phenological mismatch, and breeding success. Insectivorous and omnivorous species that are especially sensitive to temperature often experience advanced laying behaviors and smaller clutch sizes in urban areas. …”
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Combining functional diversity of lotic fish communities with river health assessment based on multi-metric chemical pollution and biological integrity index models by Namsrai Jargal, Md Mamun, Chang-Yun Choi, Kwang-Guk An

“…Functional richness and dispersal were significantly reduced in G-III, and their decreases correlated with ecological health and the loss of species that are insectivorous, rheophilic, and sensitive to water pollution. …”
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Mammals of the Dnipro floodplain in Kyiv: current state and changes for the last 100 years by Ivan Parnikoza, Igor Zagorodniuk

“…The degree of synanthropization of a number of floodplain-related bats (for example, mouse-eared bats) and insectivores (for example, moles) is also high. The appearance of new species in the floodplain was due to a radical change in conditions, in particular the cessation of spring floods, which led to hedgehogs, moles, and hares becoming permanent residents. …”
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Competition is a major limiting factor of refueling in migratory passerines during stopover by Sean V. Zimin, Anna Zimin, Darren J. Burns, Rony Livne, Rafi Paz, Yoram Zvik, Eyal Shochat, Ofer Ovadia

“…The analyzed data, collected by us over 13 consecutive years (2009–2022), contain information on seven species of long‐distance migratory insectivorous passerines measured within eight desert‐edge habitats throughout autumn and spring migrations. …”
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Prey size is more representative than prey taxa when measuring dietary overlap in sympatric forest bats by Timothy J. Divoll, Veronica A. Brown, Gary F. McCracken, Joy M. O'Keefe

“…Abstract In temperate forests, insectivorous bats need to use variable hunting strategies as prey availability fluctuates during the growing season. …”
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Correlation and Influence of Seasonal Variation of Diet with Gut Microbiota Diversity and Metabolism Profile of Chipmunk by Wei Teng, Iram Maqsood, Huan Wang, Jianzhang Ma, Ke Rong

“…These results signify the insectivorous nature of the chipmunk in summer and autumn. …”
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Structure of breeding bird assemblages in the city of Windhoek, Namibia by G. Kopij

“…Els frugívors (26 %) van ser més nombrosos que els insectívors (19 %). Els ocells que nien en arbres i/o arbustos van representar dues terceres parts del total d'ocells. …”
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Investigating avian competition for surface water in an arid zone bioregion by Simon E. Votto, Christine Schlesinger, Fiona Dyer, Valerie Caron, Jenny Davis

“…The proportion of individuals drinking for each of four dietary classes (granivores, nectarivores, omnivores, and insectivores) was modelled in relation to their abundance in the immediate waterhole habitat, which informed the potential for competition in each season. …”
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The use of bat houses as day roosts in macadamia orchards, South Africa by Sina M. Weier, Valerie M.G. Linden, Ingo Grass, Teja Tscharntke, Peter J. Taylor

“…In this study we focus on the preference for different artificial roost sites by insectivorous bats in macadamia orchards in northern South Africa. …”
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Mammals show distinct functional gut microbiome dynamics to identical series of environmental stressors by Adam Koziol, Iñaki Odriozola, Aoife Leonard, Raphael Eisenhofer, Carlos San José, Ostaizka Aizpurua, Antton Alberdi

“…We performed a captivity experiment to compare how the taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional microbial dynamics varied across a series of temperature and dietary disturbances in two mammals: the insectivorous-specialist Crocidura russula and the omnivorous-generalist Apodemus sylvaticus. …”
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Geographic Variation in Testicular Morphometrics, Androgen Receptor Expression and Anti-Müllerian Hormone Levels in the Intermediate Roundleaf Bats across Distinct Regions in Thail... by Kongkiat Srisuwatanasagul, Saritvich Panyaboriban, Sunate Karapan, Manita Wittayarat, Sayamon Srisuwatanasagul

“…The <i>hipposideros larvatus</i> (intermediate roundleaf bat) is one of the insectivorous bats which has an agro-ecological role as a controller of the insect population. …”
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Morphometrics and molecular analyses of horseshoe bats (chiroptera: rhinolophidae) in Sabah, Malaysia by Nur Ain Awatif Mohd Kanapiah

“…The horseshoe bats, genus Rhinolophus species, are insectivorous bats that act as pest suppressors as part of their ecological service. …”
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The influence of agricultural system, stand structural complexity and landscape context on foraging birds in oil palm landscapes by Azhar, B., Lindenmayer, David B., Wood, Jeff, Fischer, Joern, Manning, Adrian, Mcelhinny, Chris, Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria

“…Oil palm landscapes supported a lower abundance of insectivorous, granivorous and omnivorous birds than did logged peat swamp forest despite the latter being severely degraded due to intensive timber extraction. …”
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The effect of mangrove restoration on avian assemblages of a coastal lagoon in southern Mexico by Julio Cesar Canales-Delgadillo, Rosela Perez-Ceballos, Mario Arturo Zaldivar-Jimenez, Martin Merino-Ibarra, Gabriela Cardoza, Jose-Gilberto Cardoso-Mohedano

“…Furthermore, some insectivorous bird species, such as the Yellow Warbler and Tropical Kingbird, were found to be similarly abundant in both undisturbed and restored sites, but absent or very low in occurrence at the disturbed site. …”
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Metagenomic of Liver Tissue Identified at Least Two Genera of Totivirus-like Viruses in <i>Molossus molossus</i> Bats by Roseane da Silva Couto, Endrya do Socorro Foro Ramos, Wandercleyson Uchôa Abreu, Luis Reginaldo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Luis Fernando Marinho, Vanessa dos Santos Morais, Fabiola Villanova, Ramendra Pati Pandey, Xutao Deng, Eric Delwart, Antonio Charlys da Costa, Elcio Leal

“…Interestingly, Tianjin totivirus causes cytopathic effects in insect cells but cannot grow in mammalian cells, suggesting that it infects insects consumed by insectivorous bats. In this study, we used next-generation sequencing and identified totivirus-like viruses in liver tissue from <i>Molossus molossus</i> bats in the Amazon region of Brazil. …”
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Bats are sentinels for invasive pest surveillance based on DNA metabarcoding by Yingying Liu, Man Si, Zhenglanyi Huang, Jiang Feng, Tinglei Jiang

“…Our results showed that DNA metabarcoding dietary analysis of generalist insectivorous bats can be an effective, noninvasive, and economically viable tool for invasion pests monitoring to inform management decisions.…”
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3D Geometric Morphometrics Reveals Convergent Character Displacement in the Central European Contact Zone between Two Species of Hedgehogs (Genus <i>Erinaceus</i>) by Barbora Černá Bolfíková, Allowen Evin, Markéta Rozkošná Knitlová, Miroslava Loudová, Anna Sztencel-Jabłonka, Wiesław Bogdanowicz, Pavel Hulva

“…Hedgehogs, as medium-sized plantigrade insectivores with low basal metabolic rates and related defensive anti-predator strategies, are quite sensitive to temperature and ecosystem productivity. …”
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Genetic depletion does not prevent rapid evolution in island‐introduced lizards by Stéphanie Sherpa, Josephine R. Paris, Iolanda Silva‐Rocha, Viola Di Canio, Miguel Angel Carretero, Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Daniele Salvi

“…We dissect the role of these processes in shaping the population differentiation of wall lizards in three Croatian islands (Sušac, Pod Kopište, and Pod Mrčaru), including the islet of Pod Mrčaru, where experimentally introduced lizards underwent rapid (~30 generations) phenotypic changes associated with a shift from an insectivorous to a plant‐based diet. Using a genomic approach (~82,000 ddRAD loci), we confirmed a founder effect during introduction and very low neutral genetic differentiation between the introduced population and its source. …”
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Longitudinal Survey of Astrovirus infection in different bat species in Zimbabwe: Evidence of high genetic Astrovirus diversity by Chidoti, Vimbiso, De Nys, Hélène, Abdi, Malika, Mashura, Getrude, Pinarello, Valérie, Chiweshe, Ngoni, Matope, Gift, Guerrini, Laure, Pfukenyi, Davies, Cappelle, Julien, Mwandiringana, Ellen, Missé, Dorothée, Gori, Elizabeth, Bourgarel, Mathieu, Liégeois, Florian

“…A study on Astrovirus circulation and diversity in different insectivorous and frugivorous chiropteran species roosting in trees, caves and building basements was carried out at 11 different sites across Zimbabwe. …”
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