Bee Tracker—an open‐source machine learning‐based video analysis software for the assessment of nesting and foraging performance of cavity‐nesting solitary bees
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8575
Abstract: Abstract The foraging and nesting performance of bees can provide important information on bee health and is of interest for risk and impact assessment of environmental stressors. While radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology is an efficient… read more here.
Keywords: software; solitary bees; cavity nesting; nesting solitary ... See more keywords
No evidence for environmental filtering of cavity‐nesting solitary bees and wasps by urbanization using trap nests
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9360
Abstract: Abstract Spatial patterns in biodiversity are used to establish conservation priorities and ecosystem management plans. The environmental filtering of communities along urbanization gradients has been used to explain biodiversity patterns but demonstrating filtering requires precise… read more here.
Keywords: bees wasps; evidence environmental; environmental filtering; cavity nesting ... See more keywords
Re-establishment of cavity-nesting bee and wasp communities along a reforestation gradient in southern Amazonia.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04920-z
Abstract: Global initiatives to reforest degraded areas have intensified in recent years, in an attempt to reverse the environmental impacts of habitat loss on species and ecosystem provided by them. However, the effectiveness of such reforestation… read more here.
Keywords: cavity nesting; along reforestation; reforestation gradient; reforestation ... See more keywords
Ecological traps: evidence of a fitness cost in a cavity-nesting bird
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DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-04969-w
Abstract: Habitat quality has direct effects on the evolutionary fitness of breeding organisms, which is why it is believed that animals tend to have an evolved preference for the best possible habitats. However, some animals may… read more here.
Keywords: evidence fitness; traps evidence; cavity nesting; fitness ... See more keywords
Benchmarking nesting aids for cavity-nesting bees and wasps
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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-019-01853-1
Abstract: In urban areas, the diversity and abundance of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera may be restricted due to scarce nesting resources. Artificial nesting sites (nesting aids) are being installed to compensate for this shortage in a growing number… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; cavity nesting; cavity; nesting hymenoptera ... See more keywords
Fitting different visual models to behavioral patterns of parasitic egg rejection along a natural egg color gradient in a cavity-nesting host species
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DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2019.12.007
Abstract: Avian brood parasites lay their eggs in other birds' nests, and hosts can mitigate the fitness cost of raising unrelated offspring by rejecting parasitic eggs. A visually-based cognitive mechanism often thought to be used by… read more here.
Keywords: host species; directional chromatic; rejection; egg ... See more keywords
Nesting strategy shapes territorial aggression but not testosterone: A comparative approach in female and male birds
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DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.104995
Abstract: Our understanding of the proximate and ultimate mechanisms shaping competitive reproductive phenotypes primarily stems from research on male-male competition for mates, even though competition is widespread in both sexes. We evaluate the hypothesis that the… read more here.
Keywords: testosterone; aggression; territorial aggression; cavity nesting ... See more keywords
Evolution of iris colour in relation to cavity nesting and parental care in passerine birds
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0783
Abstract: Strong selection pressures are known to act on animal coloration. Although many animals vary in eye colour, virtually no research has investigated the functional significance of these colour traits. Passeriformes have a range of iris… read more here.
Keywords: parental care; cavity nesting; cavity; passerine birds ... See more keywords
Metabarcoding of trap nests reveals differential impact of urbanization on cavity-nesting bee and wasp communities.
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DOI: 10.1111/mec.16818
Abstract: Urbanization is affecting arthropod communities worldwide, for example by changing the availability of food resources. However, the strength and direction of a community's response is species-specific and depends on species' trophic level. Here, we investigated… read more here.
Keywords: cavity nesting; trap nests; urbanization; bee wasp ... See more keywords
Patterns of co-occurrence in woodpeckers and nocturnal cavity-nesting owls within an Idaho forest
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DOI: 10.5751/ace-01209-130118
Abstract: Few studies have examined the patterns of co-occurrence between diurnal birds such as woodpeckers and nocturnal birds such as owls, which they may facilitate. Flammulated Owls (Psiloscops flammeolus) and Northern Saw-whet Owls (Aegolius acadicus) are… read more here.
Keywords: profils cooccurrence; patterns occurrence; cavity nesting; les pics ... See more keywords
The cloacal microbiome of a cavity-nesting raptor, the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13927
Abstract: Background Microbial communities are found on any part of animal bodies exposed to the environment, and are particularly prominent in the gut, where they play such a major role in the host metabolism and physiology… read more here.
Keywords: cavity nesting; raptor; kestrel falco; lesser kestrel ... See more keywords