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Diet of tropical insectivorous birds in lowland Malaysian rainforest
Mohammad Saiful Mansor,Nurul Ashikin Abdullah,Muhammad Rasul Abdullah Halim,Shukor Md. Nor,Rosli Ramli +4 more
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This study successfully discerned more details on the diets of insectivorous birds inhabiting Malaysian forests, providing a foundation for future studies on the ecology and biology of understorey birds.Abstract:
Despite the importance of diet in avian ecology, knowledge of bird diet in tropical regions, particularly South-East Asia, is limited. Assessing predator–prey relationships of how energy flows acro...read more
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How important is aerial leaf litter for insectivorous birds foraging in a Malaysian tropical forest
Mohammad Saiful Mansor,Fasihah Zarifah Rozali,Nurul Ashikin Abdullah,Shukor Md. Nor,Rosli Ramli +4 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that aerial leaf litter could serve as a vital foraging resource for most gleaning forest babblers in Malaysian rainforests and the importance of maintaining undergrowth vegetation that can intercept aerial leaf leaf litter to provide important foraging opportunities for forest bird species is highlighted.
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Morphological traits influence prey selection by coexisting species of New World warblers (Parulidae)
TL;DR: The results indicate that food and foraging have likely played an integral role in the morphological diversification and coexistence of species in the family Parulidae, and document prey selection relevant to multiple subtle morphological differences among coexisting species.
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High-throughput sequencing reveals dietary segregation in Malaysian babblers
TL;DR: The great diversity of prey consumed revealed the presence of dietary flexibility among the sympatric insectivorous birds, thus reducing any active dietary competition and facilitating the coexistence through niche partitioning.
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Impacts of selective logging on the oxidative status of tropical understorey birds.
Simone Messina,David Edwards,Hamada AbdElgawad,Hamada AbdElgawad,Gerrit T.S. Beemster,Suzanne Tomassi,Suzan Benedick,Marcel Eens,David Costantini +8 more
TL;DR: There was no long-term effect of logging on the oxidative status of understory bird species, and correlative results point to a potential negative association between some antioxidants and population abundance irrespective of forest type.
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The diet of Malagasy dry forest understory birds based on faecal samples
TL;DR: The various bird species showed statistical differences in the families of Insecta represented in their diet, some displaying the dietary regime of specialists and others are generalists.
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