The critical role of coastal protected areas in buffering impacts of extreme climatic conditions on bird diversity and their ecosystem services' provisioning in the Eastern Cape Pr... by Thabiso Michael Mokotjomela, Loyd Rodney Vukeya, Lwandiso Pamla, Zimbini Scott

“…A significant effect that insectivores and carrions displayed in MCA plots, suggest the availability of indirect pollination services. …”
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LONG TERM CIRCULATION OF SARS-COV-2 RELATED LINEAGES IN BATS IN CAMBODIA by T.P. Ou, E. Karlsson, J. Guillebaud, H. Auerswald, P. Dussart, E. Simon-Lorière, J. Cappelle, V. Duong

“…Intro: Recent evidence shows the Greater Mekong Subregion to be a hotspot for Sarbecoviruses in bats, especially insectivorous Horseshoe bats (genus Rhinolophus). However, prevalence, maintenance, and evolution of these viruses in Rhinolophids is still poorly understood. …”
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Mapping the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Bovine Rabies in Colombia, 2005–2019 by D. Katterine Bonilla-Aldana, S. Daniela Jimenez-Diaz, Joshuan J. Barboza, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales

“…Hematophagous, fructivorous, and insectivorous bats have become the main reservoir of sylvatic rabies in Latin America. …”
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<title language="eng">Ontogenic changes in the feeding habits of the fishes Agonostomus monticola (Mugilidae) and Brycon behreae (Characidae), Térraba River, Costa Rica by Thiago Cotta-Ribeiro, Helena Molina-Ureña

“…As it grew, A. monticola modified its diet from insectivorous towards a higher consumption of vegetables, which was accompanied by an increase in relative length of the intestine. …”
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Ecosystems Services Provided by Bats Are at Risk in Brazil by Lais A. M. Brasileiro, Lais A. M. Brasileiro, Ricardo B. Machado, Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar

“…We classify all species into 10 different groups, which resulted from a combination of three body sizes and four predominant trophic guilds (i.e., frugivores, insectivores, nectarivores, and carnivores). The guilds were associated with services of seed dispersion, pest control, pollination, and animal control. …”
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Mineral lick visitation by bats : a study in Bornean tropical rainforest, Deramakot forestry district, Sabah by Lawrence Alan Bansa

“…There was low evidence to support that insectivorous bats were the significant user to mineral licks based on the lower species occurrence at mineral lick and lower concentration of earthly materials, Al and Si at their faeces. …”
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Assessing bat roosts using the LiDAR system at Wind Cave Nature Reserve in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo by Shazali, N., Chew, T. H., Shamsir, M. S., Tingga, R. C. T., Mohd. Ridwan, A. R., Khan, F. A. A.

“…Through LiDAR images, bats in Wind Cave consisted of about 979 individuals of P. lucasi and 1,907 individuals of insectivorous bats from nine species representing four families. …”

Molecular characterization of non-aureus staphylococci and Mammaliicoccus from Hipposideros bats in Southwest Nigeria by Tomiwa O. Adesoji, Uwem E. George, Taofiq A. Sulayman, Jessica N. Uwanibe, Idowu B. Olawoye, Joseph O. Igbokwe, Tobi G. Olanipekun, Richard A. Adeleke, Akintayo I. Akindoyin, Temitope J. Famakinwa, Andrew M. Adamu, Christabel A. Terkuma, Grace O. Ezekiel, Philomena E. Eromon, Anise N. Happi, Taiwo O. Fadare, Adebayo O. Shittu, Christian T. Happi

“…Pharyngeal samples (n = 23) of the insectivorous bats were analyzed, and the presumptive non-aureus staphylococcal and Mammaliicoccus isolates were confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). …”
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White-Toothed Shrews (Genus <i>Crocidura</i>): Potential Reservoirs for Zoonotic <i>Leptospira</i> spp. and Arthropod-Borne Pathogens? by Viola Haring, Jens Jacob, Bernd Walther, Martin Trost, Michael Stubbe, Katja Mertens-Scholz, Falk Melzer, Nelly Scuda, Michaela Gentil, Wolfdieter Sixl, Tanja Schäfer, Michal Stanko, Ronny Wolf, Martin Pfeffer, Rainer G. Ulrich, Anna Obiegala

“…West European hedgehogs (<i>Erinaceus europaeus</i>) were added to compare the presence of pathogens in co-occurring insectivores. <i>Crocidura russula</i> were distributed mainly in western and <i>C. suaveolens</i> mainly in north-eastern Germany. …”
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Identification of volatile organic compounds and formulation of white-nest swiftlet (aerodramus fuciphagus) aroma attractant by Nik Fatin Nabilah, Muhammad Nordin

“…Swiftlets (Aerodramus fuciphagus) are small insectivorous birds that breed throughout Southeast Asia and can produce edible birds' nest (EBN) from the secreted saliva. …”
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Questioning the proverb ‘more haste, less speed’: classic versus metabarcoding approaches for the diet study of a remote island endemic gecko by Vanessa Gil, Catarina J. Pinho, Carlos A.S. Aguiar, Carolina Jardim, Rui Rebelo, Raquel Vasconcelos

“…Little is known about this gecko’s ecology and dietary habits, but it is assumed to be exclusively insectivorous. The diet of the continental Tarentola species was already studied using classical methods. …”
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Riqueza y abundancia de aves en bosques ribereños de diferentes anchos en la microcuenca del río Sesesmiles, Copán, Honduras by Inty T Arcos, Francisco Jiménez, Célia A Harvey, Fernando Casanoves

“…Bird diversity was significantly correlated to the breadth of the riparian belts, with a greater number of species and individuals in belts 50 m wide or wider. Insectivorous and nectarivorous birds were the most abundant guilds. …”
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Helminths of <em>Erinaceus roumanicus</em> (Eulipotyphla, Erinaceidae) in Mordovia (Russia) with an Overview of Helminth Fauna of <em>Erinaceus</em> spp. Inhabiting the Palaearctic... by Alexander A. Kirillov, Nadezhda Yu. Kirillova, Alexander B. Ruchin

“…The comparative analysis of the helminth faunas of <i>Erinaceus</i> spp. from various regions showed, on the one hand, the originality of the helminth fauna of each hedgehog species and, on the other, the similarity of the helminth fauna of these insectivores from various countries of the Palaearctic. …”
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Toxoplasma gondii in small mammals in Romania: the influence of host, season and sampling location by Zsuzsa Kalmár, Attila D. Sándor, Anamaria Balea, Silvia-Diana Borşan, Ioana Adriana Matei, Angela Monica Ionică, Călin Mircea Gherman, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Anamaria Cozma-Petruț, Viorica Mircean, Adriana Györke

“…Small rodents and insectivores play an important role in the epidemiology of T. gondii and may serve as a source of infection for both, domestic and wild definitive felid hosts. …”
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Bird Assemblages in Coffee Agroforestry Systems and Other Human Modified Habitats in Indonesia by Muhammad Ali Imron, Marco Campera, Dennis Al Bihad, Farah Dini Rachmawati, Febrian Edi Nugroho, Budiadi Budiadi, K. Fajar Wianti, Edi Suprapto, Vincent Nijman, K.A.I. Nekaris

“…Coffee agroforestry systems have a higher proportion of nectarivores, insectivores, and frugivores than other systems that can sustain high diversity and richness of birds such as paddy fields that mainly have granivores and carnivores. …”
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<i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Sensu Lato in Wild Small Mammals in Three Moravian Localities of the Czech Republic by Alena Žákovská, František Treml, Helena Nejezchlebová, Jiří Nepeřený, Marie Budíková, Eva Bártová

“…Antibodies to <i>Leptospira</i> sp. were detected in 6.1% (52/855) of animals, with a prevalence of 6.4% (51/801) and 1.9% (1/54) in rodents and insectivores, respectively. The only statistically significant difference (<i>p</i> ≤ 0.05) was in prevalence between individual species (0–33%), while there were no differences in sex (6.7% in females and 5.1% in males), locality (1.8–8%) and year of trapping (0–8.4%). …”
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Leptospira Seropositivity in Humans, Livestock and Wild Animals in a Semi-Arid Area of Tanzania by Georgies F. Mgode, Ginethon G. Mhamphi, Apia W. Massawe, Robert S. Machang’u

“…Methods: Humans, sheep, goats, rodents and shrews (insectivores) were sampled from Bahi district, a semi-arid area in central Tanzania. …”
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Alimentación y reproducción de Creagrutus brevipinnis (Pisces: Characidae) en Alto Cauca, Colombia by César Román-Valencia

“…<br>Stomach contents and reproduction were studied in characid fish (C. brevipinnis)collected in the Vieja River Basin, Alto Cauca, Colombia (July 1995 and December 1996); the temperature in the region was 21.7 °C (18.70-24.40 °C), pH was neutral and water oxygen content high (8 ppm); C . brevipinnis is nonmigratory and sympatric with other 30 fish species; The fish is insectivorous and specializes on Diptera (Simuliidae) and Ephemeroptera; being a third level predator in the trophic web; it feeds from 06:00-18:00 hr ; the results indicate seasonal variation in feeding activity (F= 19.04 P< 0.0001) and a negative correlation between stomach weight and voracity indexes; in the reproductive season food in take is low; the ovaries mature primarily between May and January ; fecundity is low (613 oocytes) and the eggs are of small (diameter 0.6254 mm) ; the sex ratio is 1:1 (X²= 2.56 P< 0.1 df = 1) and the mean size at maturity is 4.0 cm (standard length).…”
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Plant conformable electrode for mimosa soft robotics by Cai, Lingfeng

“…Nevertheless, there are still some plants demonstrating fast movements, such as insectivorous flytrap trapping down small bugs and “shy” mimosa folding its leaves upon touch. …”
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Urban habitat for bird species in major parks of Putrajaya, Malaysia by Abd. Aziz, Hazlinda

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