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insectivorous

[in‚sek′tiv·ə·rəs]
(biology)
Feeding on a diet of insects.
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Further, the researchers estimated that insectivorous birds together only have biomasses of about three million tonnes.
Birds eat 400 to 500 million tonnes of insects annually: Study
Then, we digitized 13 landmarks for cranium and 15 for jaw (Appendix II) that were selected based on previous studies on insectivorous bats (Van Cakenberghe, Herrel & Aguirre, 2002; Sztencel-Jablonka et al., 2009; Jansky, 2013) with TpsDig v2.12 (Rohlf, 2008a) and TpsUtil v1.44 (Rohlf, 2009).
Identidad taxonomica de una poblacion insular del murcielago de sacos Saccopteryx (Chiroptera: Emballonuridae)
condylurus bats, like most insectivorous bats, are believed to travel only short distances (8), BOMV is likely to be distributed throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa (7).
Bombali Virus in Mops condylurus Bat, Kenya
Streit and Nagel (1993) reported, in adults of the insectivorous bat Pipistrellus pipistrellus, levels of Pb in the liver between 2.95 and 38.5 mg/g dry mass and Cu levels between 15.7 and 32.0 mg/g dry mass.
ESTIMATION OF HEAVY METALS (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn) FROM SIX SPECIES OF VESPER BATS
A numbat, also known as a banded anteater, is a small insectivorous marsupial native to western Australia.
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"Saproxylic beetles are involved in important ecosystem services such as recycling nutrients, pollination and contribute to forest insect biomass being a feeding source for birds, bats and other insectivorous animals.
IUCN-Med: Why beetle populations are plummeting in the Mediterranean, and why we should worry
Toxic metals are bio-accumulated by insectivorous bats due to their foraging habits and high trophic level.
Short Communication - Detection of Heavy Metals in Three Micro-Bat Species from Central and Northern Punjab
Insectivorous reptiles in captivity have a very limited assortment of commercially bred feeder insects and don't get the variety found in nature.
Getting an Extra Boost
Insectivorous birds are known to be sensitive to changes in habitat structure due to their specialized foraging behaviour.
Foraging behavioural traits of tropical insectivorous birds lead to dissimilar communities in contrasting forest habitats
An environmental measure to make sure beekeepers and insectivorous bird has been included as part of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy for the period 2014-2020, Photiou said.
'Government will continue to support beekeepers'
On May 26, the medical team in its report to the ministry said samples collected from insectivorous bats in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts tested negative.
Bats not ruled out as primary source of Nipah outbreak Health Ministry
As burn frequency and the ratio of dead to live canopy extent increased and as basal area of live trees decreased (i.e., as savanna restoration progressed) there was a guild shift from Insectivorous Air Salliers to Insectivorous Bark Gleaners (Fig.
Savanna Restoration Using Fire Benefits Birds Utilizing Dead Trees, Up to a Point

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