Sex differences in foraging ecology of a zooplanktivorous little auk Alle alle during the pre-laying period: insights from remote sensing and animal-tracking
Energy and time allocation in seabirds differ between consecutive stages of breeding given various requirements of particular phases of the reproductive period. Theses allocations may also be sex-specific cons... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - April 17, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Dariusz Jakubas, Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas and Lech Marek Iliszko Tags: Research Source Type: research
What frog gill resorption brings: loss of function, cell death, and metabolic reorganization
Anuran metamorphosis, which is driven by thyroid hormone (TH)-mediated processes, orchestrates intricate morphological and functional transformations for the transition from aquatic tadpoles to terrestrial lif... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - April 16, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Liming Chang, Wei Zhu and Jianping Jiang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Fine-grained image classification on bats using VGG16-CBAM: a practical example with 7 horseshoe bats taxa (CHIROPTERA: Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus) from Southern China
Rapid identification and classification of bats are critical for practical applications. However, species identification of bats is a typically detrimental and time-consuming manual task that depends on taxono... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - April 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Zhong Cao, Kunhui Wang, Jiawei Wen, Chuxian Li, Yi Wu, Xiaoyun Wang and Wenhua Yu Tags: Research Source Type: research
Molecular analysis of scats revealed diet and prey choice of grey wolves and Eurasian lynx in the contact zone between the Dinaric Mountains and the Alps
A comprehensive understanding of the dietary habits of carnivores is essential to get ecological insights into their role in the ecosystem, potential competition with other carnivorous species, and their effec... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - March 19, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Elena Buzan, Hubert Poto čnik, Boštjan Pokorny, Sandra Potušek, Laura Iacolina, Urška Gerič, Felicita Urzi and Ivan Kos Tags: Research Source Type: research
Updated single cell reference atlas for the starlet anemone Nematostella vectensis
The recent combination of genomics and single cell transcriptomics has allowed to assess a variety of non-conventional model organisms in much more depth. Single cell transcriptomes can uncover hidden cellular... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - March 18, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Alison G. Cole, Julia Steger, Julia Hagauer, Andreas Denner, Patricio Ferrer Murguia, Paul Knabl, Sanjay Narayanaswamy, Brittney Wick, Juan D. Montenegro and Ulrich Technau Tags: Research Source Type: research
Obituary: Claus Nielsen 1938 –2024
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Source: Frontiers in Zoology - March 12, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: J ürgen Heinze and Ulrich Technau Tags: Obituary Source Type: research
Rediscovering the unusual, solitary bryozoan Monobryozoon ambulans Remane, 1936: first molecular and new morphological data clarify its phylogenetic position
One of the most peculiar groups of the mostly colonial phylum Bryozoa is the taxon Monobryozoon, whose name already implies non-colonial members of the phylum. Its peculiarity and highly unusual lifestyle as a me... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - March 5, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Thomas Schwaha, Sebastian H. Decker, Christian Baranyi and Ahmed J. Saadi Tags: Research Source Type: research
Correction: Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species
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Source: Frontiers in Zoology - March 5, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Jeremias N. Brand Tags: Correction Source Type: research
Fat accumulation in striped hamsters (Cricetulus barabensis) reflects the temperature of prior cold acclimation
Proper adjustments of metabolic thermogenesis play an important role in thermoregulation in endotherm to cope with cold and/or warm ambient temperatures, however its roles in energy balance and fat accumulatio... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - February 13, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Kaiyuan Zhang, Jing Cao and Zhijun Zhao Tags: Research Source Type: research
Differences in spatial niche of terrestrial mammals when facing extreme snowfall: the case in east Asian forests
This study focused on extreme snowfall and intended to discuss the vulnerability of temperate mammals against it through interspecies comparisons of... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - February 1, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Hiroto Enari, Haruka S. Enari, Tatsuhito Sekiguchi, Motohisa Tanaka and Sohsuke Suzuki Tags: Research Source Type: research
New insights into mesoderm and endoderm development, and the nature of the onychophoran blastopore
Early during onychophoran development and prior to the formation of the germ band, a posterior tissue thickening forms the posterior pit. Anterior to this thickening forms a groove, the embryonic slit, that... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - January 25, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Ralf Janssen and Graham E. Budd Tags: Research Source Type: research
Wide-spread dispersal in a deep-sea brooding polychaete: the role of natural history collections in assessing the distribution in quill worms (Onuphidae, Annelida)
Modern integrative taxonomy-based annelid species descriptions are detailed combining morphological data and, since the last decades, also molecular information. Historic species descriptions are often compara... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - January 18, 2024 Category: Zoology Authors: Nataliya Budaeva, Stefanie Agne, Pedro A. Ribeiro, Nicolas Straube, Michaela Preick and Michael Hofreiter Tags: Research Source Type: research
MicroRNA ame-let-7 targets Amdop2 to increase sucrose sensitivity in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
As an important catecholamine neurotransmitter in invertebrates and vertebrates, dopamine plays multiple roles in the life of the honey bee. Dopamine receptors (DA), which specifically bind to dopamine to acti... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 18, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Fang Liu, Hongxia Zhao, Qiang Li, Lixian Wu, Dainan Cao, Yuan Zhang and Zachary Y. Huang Tags: Research Source Type: research
The oral sensory organs in Bathochordaeus stygius (Tunicata Appendicularia) are unique in structure and homologous to the coronal organ
Appendicularia consists of approximately 70 purely marine species that belong to Tunicata the probable sister taxon to Craniota. Therefore, Appendicularia plays a pivotal role for our understanding of chordate... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 15, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Mai-Lee Van Le, Lisa-Marie M üller and Thomas Stach Tags: Research Source Type: research
Frequency jumps and subharmonic components in calls of female Odorrana tormota differentially affect the vocal behaviors of male frogs
Studies have demonstrated that the sounds of animals from many taxa with nonlinear phenomena (NLP) —caused by nonlinear characteristics of vocal organ dynamics that lead to nonlinear vocal phenomena—can influen... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - December 8, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Yatao Wu, Xiuli Luo, Pan Chen and Fang Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
