Comparison of resident bird communities in mangrove forest and oil palm plantations in Selangor, Malaysia by Mohamad Amir Hamzah, Aainaa Syazwani

“…However, both habitats shared the same bird species with a relatively high percentage (74% similarities; 66 species) with omnivorous, insectivorous and carnivorous were the three most feeding guilds recorded in both habitats. …”
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Measuring pest control services provided by biodiversity in multiple agricultural landscapes by Denan @ Adnan, Nuradilah

“…In fruit orchards and rubber tree plantations, mammal’s predation was considerably higher likely due to the landscape ability to support higher abundances of insectivorous mammals. The second framework was conducted in Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang Selangor to determine the predation on artificial caterpillar using variables comprising height and coverage of understory vegetation, elevation and, canopy cover from the edge and interior location of three different oil palm age stand. …”
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Urban habitat for bird species in major parks of Putrajaya, Malaysia by Abd. Aziz, Hazlinda

“…Accordingly, main diet guild, frugivores and insectivores were increased in higher complexity level of patch but became lower in the more open patch with a higher level of anthropogenic disturbances. …”
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Bird Communities Vary under Different Urbanization Types—A Case Study in Mountain Parks of Fuzhou, China by Weizhen Xu, Weicong Fu, Jiaying Dong, Jiao Yu, Peilin Huang, Dulai Zheng, Ziru Chen, Zhipeng Zhu, Guochang Ding

“…Moreover, compared to insectivorous or omnivorous guilds, most carnivorous and herbivorous guilds may not be suitable for monitoring the negative effects of urbanization in mountain parks. …”
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Weather and nest cavity characteristics influence fecundity in mountain chickadees by Andrea R. Norris, Kathy Martin, Kristina L. Cockle

“…We examine how the fecundity of the mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli), a secondary cavity-nesting, insectivorous bird, varied in relation to factors at three scales: regional weather conditions, regional- and site-level food availability, site-level community dynamics, and nest-level cavity characteristics. …”
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Nathusius’ bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, bypass mating opportunities of their own species, but respond to foraging heterospecifics on migratory transit flights by Lara C. Marggraf, Lara C. Marggraf, Oliver Lindecke, Oliver Lindecke, Oliver Lindecke, Christian C. Voigt, Christian C. Voigt, Gunārs Pētersons, Silke L. Voigt-Heucke, Silke L. Voigt-Heucke

“…However, the observed increase of activity in response to simulated feeding of N. noctula, suggests that P. nathusii individuals may be eavesdropping on other aerial hawking insectivorous species during migration, especially if these occupy a slightly different foraging niche.…”
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Reservoir dan Kasus Leptospirosis di Wilayah Kejadian Luar Biasa by Tri Ramadhani, Bambang Yunianto

“…Species of mice that become Leptospira sp. reservoir found were Rattus tanezumi, Tiomanicus rattus, Mus musculus, N fluvescens, insectivores Suncus murinus type was also found. Trap success by 6.9% outside home and 5.5% in house. …”
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Energetics, thermoregulation and torpor in the Chilean mouse-opossum Thylamys elegans (Didelphidae) Energética, termorregulación y sopor en la yaca Thylamys elegans (Didelphidae) by Francisco Bozinovic, Gricelda RuÍz, Arturo CortÉs, Mario Rosenmann

“…The higher mass-independent BMR of the Chilean mouse-opossum may be explained by its insectivorous food habits and its low Cm by its temperate habitats. …”
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The impacts of host traits on parasite infection of montane birds in southwestern China by Xia Zhan, Xia Zhan, Xi Huang, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Emilio Pagani-Núñez, Qindong Tang, Heiman Ho, Wenjun Zhou, Yang Liu, Dan Liang

“…Larger bird species were more likely to be infected than smaller bird species, and omnivore species showed lower susceptibility than those with other diets such as insectivores and herbivores. In contrast, foraging strata, nest type, and participation in mixed-species flocks of host species did not affect infection probability. …”
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Morphometrics of selected forest babbler species and genetic variations of Black-capped Babbler [Pellorneum capistratum, (Temminck, 1823)] in Peninsular Malaysia by Abdl Jalil, Norehan

“…Babblers is one of the largest groups of insectivorous birds in Malaysian tropical rainforest with a high level of sympatry and morphological variations. …”
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The use of salt licks by birds in Peninsular Malaysia by Nor Bazilah Razali, Mohammad Saiful Mansor, Nor Adibah Ismail, Pazil Abdul Patah, Shahril Mod Husin, Mohamed Shah Redza Hussein, Shukor Md Nor

“…Most salt lick users were resident carnivores and insectivores. The Asian Emerald Dove (Chalcophaps indica) and Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus) were the most frequent birds at salt licks. …”
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Os morcegos e a raiva na região oeste do Estado de São Paulo The bats and rabies in the Western region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil by Avelino Albas, Edson Aroldo Novaes de Souza, Miléia Ricci Picolo, Silvana Regina Favoretto, Adriana Ruckert da Gama, Miriam Martos Sodré

“…RESULTS: The laboratory received 1,113 nonhematophagous bats for rabies diagnosis, 11 (1%) of which were positives, and among the positive samples, 5 (45.5%) presented antigenic variant 3 (from the bat Desmodus rotundus) and 4 (36.5%) were compatible with samples derived from Brazilian insectivorous bats. Sixteen vampire bat shelters were investigated and observation confirmed the presence of another 3 species of nonhematophagous bats coexisting with them. …”
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El pez Trachelyopterus striatulus (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) como herramienta de muestreo de la entomofauna en un embalse tropical by Alejandra Filippo Gonzalez Neves dos Santos, Francisco Racca-Filho, Luciano Neves dos Santos, Francisco Gerson Araújo

“…The study of aquatic environments is sometimes difficult to do with normal sampling methods that use gears. Insectivorous fishes represent good users of these ecosystems and analyzing the aquatic organisms present in fish stomachs, is an alternative way to determine resource abundance and utilization. …”
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Riqueza, composição e distribuição espacial da comunidade de aves em um fragmento florestal urbano em Maringá, Norte do Estado do Paraná, Brasil = Richness, composition and spatial... by André Beal Galina, Márcio Rodrigo Gimenes

“…A total of 86 bird species were registered on the forest fragment, being the insectivores and omnivores, respectively, the guilds with larger number of species. …”
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Bird richness and composition in a Cerrado fragment in the State of São Paulo Riqueza e composição da avifauna em um fragmento de Cerrado no estado de São Paulo by LT Manica, M Telles, MM Dias

“…Most of the species had low frequency of occurrence in all vegetation forms. Insectivores were the major trophic category (46.9%), which is typical in tropical regions, and it is also related to resource availability. …”
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Ecología trófica y reproductiva de Trichomycterus caliense y Astroblepus cyclopus (Pisces: Siluriformes) en el río Quindio, Alto Cauca, Colombia by César Román-Valencia

“…The mean size at maturity is 8.3 cm (standard length) in T. caliense and 6.0 cm (standard length) in A. cyclopus; the sex ratio is 1:1 in T. caliense (X=3.4, P>0.05) and in A. cyclopus (X²=1.44, P>0.1); the fecundity is low (191 and 113 oocytes respectively) and the eggs are small (1.5 and 2.39 mm respectively). The fishes are insectivorous and specialize in Coleoptera, Diptera and Trichoptera; Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficients (rs=0.464) indicated that there are differences (T= 2.5148, P<0.01) between their diets; both taxa did not agree with the expected trophic habits for sympatric species that are morphologically similar and related in the same trophic level.…”
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Food Web Structure and Trophic Dynamics of a Fish Community in an Ephemeral Floodplain Lake by Richard A. Peel, Richard A. Peel, Richard A. Peel, Jaclyn M. Hill, Jaclyn M. Hill, Geraldine C. Taylor, Geraldine C. Taylor, Olaf L. F. Weyl, Olaf L. F. Weyl

“…A combination of dietary overlap (amongst piscivores/predators, amongst insectivores), dietary specialization (tilapiine cichlids, alestids), the integration of multiple food chains and behavioral adaptation to changing dietary resources underpins the ability of Lake Liambezi's fish community to thrive under the stochastic nature of ephemeral lake ecosystems.…”
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Host susceptibility and structural and immunological insight of S proteins of two SARS-CoV-2 closely related bat coronaviruses by Xiuyuan Ou, Ge Xu, Pei Li, Yan Liu, Fuwen Zan, Pan Liu, Jiaxin Hu, Xing Lu, Siwen Dong, Yao Zhou, Zhixia Mu, Zhiqiang Wu, Jianwei Wang, Qi Jin, Pinghuang Liu, Jian Lu, Xiangxi Wang, Zhaohui Qian

“…Removal of the glycosylation at N370 by a T372A substitution substantially enhances virus infectivity but becomes highly sensitive to trypsin digestion at pH 5.5, a condition roughly mimicking the insectivorous bat’s stomach digestion. In contrast, WT S proteins of SC2r-CoVs showed considerable resistance to trypsin digestion at pH 5.5, indicating that the highly conserved T372 in bat CoVs might result from the selective advantages in stability during the fecal-oral transmission over A372. …”
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Metagenomics uncovers dietary adaptations for chitin digestion in the gut microbiota of convergent myrmecophagous mammals by Sophie Teullet, Marie-Ka Tilak, Amandine Magdeleine, Roxane Schaub, Nora M. Weyer, Wendy Panaino, Andrea Fuller, W. J. Loughry, Nico L. Avenant, Benoit de Thoisy, Guillaume Borrel, Frédéric Delsuc

“…Using long- and short-read sequencing of fecal samples, we generated 29 gut metagenomes from nine myrmecophagous and closely related insectivorous species sampled in French Guiana, South Africa, and the United States. …”
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Molecular evidence of Borrelia spp. in bats from Córdoba Department, northwest Colombia by Yesica López, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Caty Martínez, Camilo Guzmán, Alfonso Calderón, Jairo Martínez, Ketty Galeano, Marina Muñoz, Juan David Ramírez, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Salim Mattar

“…The DNA of Borrelia spp. was detected in the insectivorous and fruit bats Artibeus lituratus, Carollia perspicillata, Glossophaga soricina, Phyllostomus discolor, and Uroderma sp. …”
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