Age, brood fate, and territory quality affect nest-site fidelity in white stork Ciconia ciconia
A particular type of site fidelity is faithfulness to the nest site, where birds are not only reoccupying breeding territories but also reusing nests built in previous breeding seasons. Staying faithful to the... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 21, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Joanna T. Bialas, Joachim Siekiera, Artur Siekiera, Wies ław Chromik, Łukasz Dylewski and Marcin Tobolka Tags: Research Source Type: research
Evolutionary trade-off between innate and acquired immune defences in birds
The development, maintenance, and use of immune defences are costly. Therefore, animals face trade-offs in terms of resource allocation within their immune system and between their immune system and other phys... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 8, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Piotr Minias, Wei-Xuan V. -H. Peng and Kevin D. Matson Tags: Research Source Type: research
Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species
The African Great Lakes have long been recognized as an excellent location to study speciation. Most famously, cichlid fishes have radiated in Lake Tanganyika and subsequently spread into Lake Malawi and Lake ... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - September 5, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Jeremias N. Brand Tags: Research Source Type: research
Food patch use of Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) varies with personality traits
The classic optimal foraging theory (OFT) predicts animals ’ food patch use assuming that individuals in a population use the same strategy while foraging. However, due to the existence of animal personality, i... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 31, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Chunlin Li, Xinyu Zhang, Lin Cheng, Baowei Zhang and Feng Zhang Tags: Research Source Type: research
Minimal resin embedding of SBF-SEM samples reduces charging and facilitates finding a surface-linked region of interest
For decoding the mechanism of how cells and organs function information on their ultrastructure is essential. High-resolution 3D imaging has revolutionized morphology. Serial block face scanning electron micro... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 29, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Barbora Konopov á and Jiří Týč Tags: Methodology Source Type: research
Body mass is associated with hibernation length, body temperature, and heart rate in free-ranging brown bears
Despite centuries of research, debate remains on the scaling of metabolic rate to mass especially for intraspecific cases. The high variation of body mass within brown bears presents a unique opportunity to st... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 17, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Alina L. Evans, Boris Fuchs, Navinder J. Singh, Alexandra Thiel, Sylvain Giroud, Stephane Blanc, Timothy G. Laske, Ole Frobert, Andrea Friebe, Jon E. Swenson and Jon M. Arnemo Tags: Research Source Type: research
Third-party intervention and post-conflict behaviour in agonistic encounters of pigs (Sus scrofa)
Third-party interference in agonistic contests entails a deliberate intervention in an ongoing fight by a bystanding individual (third party) and may be followed by post-conflict social behaviour to provide su... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 17, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Nicole Maffezzini, Simon P. Turner, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis, Gareth Arnott and Irene Camerlink Tags: Research Source Type: research
Terebra steering in chalcidoid wasps
Various chalcidoid wasps can actively steer their terebra (= ovipositor shaft) in diverse directions, despite the lack of terebral intrinsic musculature. To investigate the mechanisms of these bending and rota... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - August 8, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Benjamin Eggs, Stefan Fischer, Michael Csader, Istv án Mikó, Alexander Rack and Oliver Betz Tags: Research Source Type: research
Age-related mating rates among ecologically distinct lineages of bedbugs, Cimex lectularius
Understanding how many mates an animal has in its lifetime is a critical factor in sexual selection. At the same time, differences in an organism's ecology, such as the quantity and quality of food, could be r... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - July 28, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Tom áš Bartonička, Jana Křemenová, Ondřej Balvín, Zdeněk Šimek and Oliver Otti Tags: Research Source Type: research
Effects of meteorological conditions on brood care in cooperatively breeding carrion crow and consequences on reproductive success
Meteorological stressors (e.g., temperature and rain shortage) constrain brood provisioning in some bird species, but the consequences on reproductive success have been rarely quantified. Here we show, in a co... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - July 24, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Eva Trapote, Daniela Canestrari and Vittorio Baglione Tags: Research Source Type: research
Variations in small-scale movements of, Rousettus aegyptiacus, a Marburg virus reservoir across a seasonal gradient
Bats are increasingly being recognized as important hosts for viruses, some of which are zoonotic and carry the potential for spillover within human and livestock populations. Biosurveillance studies focused o... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - July 18, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Matthew R. Wood, J. Low de Vries, Jonathan H. Epstein and Wanda Markotter Tags: Research Source Type: research
First 3-D reconstruction of copulation in Lepidoptera: interaction of genitalia in Tortrix viridana (Tortricidae)
The process of copulation in Lepidoptera is understudied and poorly understood from a functional perspective. The purpose of the present paper is to study the interaction of the male and female genitalia of Tortr... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - July 11, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Boyan Zlatkov, Vladislav Vergilov, Jos é Vicente Pérez Santa-Rita and Joaquín Baixeras Tags: Research Source Type: research
Proteins from toad ’s parotoid macroglands: do they play a role in gland functioning and chemical defence?
Parotoid gland secretion of bufonid toads is a rich source of toxic molecules that are used against predators, parasites and pathogens. Bufadienolides and biogenic amines are the principal compounds responsibl... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - June 16, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Krzysztof Kowalski, Pawe ł Marciniak and Leszek Rychlik Tags: Research Source Type: research
Interactions between carnivore species: limited spatiotemporal partitioning between apex predator and smaller carnivores in a Mediterranean protected area
There is need of information on ecological interactions that keystone species such as apex predators establish in ecosystems recently recolonised. Interactions among carnivore species have the potential to inf... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 25, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Francesco Ferretti, Raquel Oliveira, Mariana Rossa, Irene Belardi, Giada Pacini, Sara Mugnai, Niccol ò Fattorini and Lorenzo Lazzeri Tags: Research Source Type: research
Food availability positively affects the survival and somatic maintenance of hibernating garden dormice (Eliomys quercinus)
Torpor is an energy saving strategy achieved by substantial reductions of metabolic rate and body temperature that enables animals to survive periods of low resource availability. During hibernation (multiday ... (Source: Frontiers in Zoology)
Source: Frontiers in Zoology - May 24, 2023 Category: Zoology Authors: Sylvain Giroud, Marie-Therese Ragger, Am élie Baille, Franz Hoelzl, Steve Smith, Julia Nowack and Thomas Ruf Tags: Research Source Type: research
