Arthropod Foraging in a Temperate Mountain Hummingbird Ensemble DOI Creative Commons
Omar Maya-García, Elisa Maya‐Elizarrarás, Carlos Lara

et al.

Birds, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(4), P. 774 - 797

Published: Dec. 2, 2024

Arthropods are hummingbirds’ principal source of nitrogen, fatty acids, and micronutrients. Despite the nutritional importance arthropods for hummingbirds, our understanding factors influencing their consumption relative role as an energy remains limited. Here, we aimed to describe use by a hummingbird ensemble in seasonal temperate mountain ecosystem West Mexico during one annual cycle. We compared arthropod capture attempt rates among six different humming species. Also, investigated impact variation food availability on White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis), sole species observed foraging all seasons. found that hummingbirds ingested from orders (Araneae, Hemiptera, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera), with varying wildly The showed significant positive correlation availability, peaking warm-dry season when floral nectar was scarce high. Our data show ingestion is crucial some species, mainly limited or absent environment.

Language: Английский

Methods for measuring fine-scale social proximity in small mammals DOI
Mena Davidson, Nancy G. Solomon, Brian Keane

et al.

Journal of Mammalogy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: May 7, 2025

Abstract There are barriers to directly observing animals that cryptic or live in environments inaccessible humans. Biologgers, animal-attached devices designed collect data on without a human researcher present, have become useful tools for studying species cannot be observed. The use of biologgers has been size-limited until recent efforts miniaturize the technology opened up possibility using them small animals. In this study, we packaged and deployed proximity logging (“ProxLogs” model) small, socially monogamous, semifossorial mammal, Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster), as means high-resolution fine-scale spatial between conspecifics. First, evaluated multiple packaging options found UV-curing epoxy resin containing grit (sand) was most durable material. ProxLogs recorded voles when they were within 6 cm each other. We compared resolution social collected by patterns through livetrapping and, expected, generated significantly higher-resolution than livetrapping. also predicted ProxLogs. Our findings provide proof concept loggers, with resin, reliable, method 24-h mammals otherwise difficult observe.

Language: Английский

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Arthropod Foraging in a Temperate Mountain Hummingbird Ensemble DOI Creative Commons
Omar Maya-García, Elisa Maya‐Elizarrarás, Carlos Lara

et al.

Birds, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(4), P. 774 - 797

Published: Dec. 2, 2024

Arthropods are hummingbirds’ principal source of nitrogen, fatty acids, and micronutrients. Despite the nutritional importance arthropods for hummingbirds, our understanding factors influencing their consumption relative role as an energy remains limited. Here, we aimed to describe use by a hummingbird ensemble in seasonal temperate mountain ecosystem West Mexico during one annual cycle. We compared arthropod capture attempt rates among six different humming species. Also, investigated impact variation food availability on White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis), sole species observed foraging all seasons. found that hummingbirds ingested from orders (Araneae, Hemiptera, Psocoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera), with varying wildly The showed significant positive correlation availability, peaking warm-dry season when floral nectar was scarce high. Our data show ingestion is crucial some species, mainly limited or absent environment.

Language: Английский

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