Fish protein fertilizer serves as a sustainable alternative, improving soil properties, bamboo growth and shoots yield in Lei bamboo forests by Jiancheng Zhao, Huijing Ni, Bo Wang, Zhenya Yang

“…Overall, amino acid fertilizer can promote microbial growth through supplying carbon sources and nitrogen sources, enhance soil enzyme activity, thus promote phosphorus activation and increase soil phosphorus effectiveness, and then expand the scale of root foraging and ultimately improve nutrients absorption and increase bamboo shoot yield.…”
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Leafcutter Ant Nests Inhibit Low-Intensity Fire Spread in the Understory of Transitional Forests at the Amazon's Forest-Savanna Boundary by Karine S. Carvalho, Ane Alencar, Jennifer Balch, Paulo Moutinho

“…Leaf-cutter ants (Atta spp.) remove leaf litter and woody debris—potential fuels—in and around their nests and foraging trails. We conducted single and three annual experimental fires to determine the effects of this leaf-cutter ant activity on the behavior of low-intensity, slow-moving fires. …”
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Bird Utilisation of Vertical Space in Urban Environments by Annalise J. Re, Andrew M. Rogers, Hugh P. Possingham, Salit Kark

“…., whether an urban avoider, adapter, or exploiter) and foraging level helped explain why some species could utilise certain height profiles across the urban structural gradient where others could not. …”
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The repeatability of behavioural laterality during nest building in zebra finches by Andrés Camacho-Alpízar, Jessica Hewitt, Cailyn Poole, Tristan Eckersley, Benjamin A. Whittaker, Julia L. Self, Lauren M. Guillette

“…Behavioural laterality occurs in several contexts, including foraging, mate selection, predator detection and tool manufacture. …”
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Social demonstration of colour preference improves the learning of associated demonstrated actions by Noam Zurek, Na’ama Aljadeff, Donya Khoury, Lucy M. Aplin, Arnon Lotem

“…Abstract We studied how different types of social demonstration improve house sparrows' (Passer domesticus) success in solving a foraging task that requires both operant learning (opening covers) and discrimination learning (preferring covers of the rewarding colour). …”
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Sown wildflower fields and hedgerows synergistically promote insectivorous bats by Franziska Peter, Rebecca Bleumer, Christina Martinez Christophersen, Sally Matern, Tim Diekötter

“…We showed that synergies of hedgerows and wildflower fields promote benefits of the latter for both edge‐ and open‐space foraging bats, particularly in homogeneous and structurally poor agricultural landscapes. …”
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Impervious surface cover and number of restaurants shape diet variation in an urban carnivore by Tal Caspi, Monica G. Serrano, Stevi L. Vanderzwan, Janet Kessler, Christopher J. Schell, Benjamin N. Sacks

“…Abstract In the past decade, studies have demonstrated that urban and nonurban wildlife populations exhibit differences in foraging behavior and diet. However, little is known about how environmental heterogeneity shapes dietary variation of organisms within cities. …”
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Assessing the impacts of satellite tagging on growth rates of immature hawksbill turtles by Holly J. Stokes, Kimberley L. Stokes, Jeanne A. Mortimer, Jacques‐Olivier Laloë, Nicole Esteban, Graeme C. Hays

“…We assessed the impact of satellite tagging on sea turtles at a foraging site in the Indian Ocean. Hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) were captured, and satellite tags (Fastloc‐GPS Argos) attached to 25 individuals between 2018 and 2021, with a mean straight carapace length (SCLn‐t) of 55.3 ± 6.9 cm (range = 47.9–69.5 cm; N = 21). …”
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Habitat conservation enhances the resilience of the lizard Liolaemus cuyumhue to high summer temperatures by María Victoria Brizio, Facundo Cabezas-Cartes, Luciano Javier Avila, Jorgelina Mariela Boretto

“…Abstract Habitat degradation from human activities affects essential microhabitats, threatening ecological processes like foraging, mating, locomotion, predator evasion, and competition among reptiles. …”
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Ready, set, yellow! color preference of Indian free-ranging dogs by Anamitra Roy, Aesha Lahiri, Srijaya Nandi, Aayush Manchalwar, S. Siddharth, J. V. R. Abishek, Indira Bulhan, Shouvanik Sengupta, Sandeep Kumar, Tushnim Chakravarty, Anindita Bhadra

“…Color preference has previously been investigated in many other animals and has implications for behaviors like mate choice and foraging. Our study provides a new perspective into the ecology of Indian FRDs and might have implications for companion dogs as well, if they too show this preference.…”
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The Penha Garcia Ichnological Park at Naturtejo UNESCO Global Geopark (Portugal): a Geotourism Destination in the Footprint of the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event by Carlos Neto de Carvalho, Andrea Baucon, Aram Bayet-Goll, João Belo

“…Most famous among 21 ichnotaxa is Cruziana, interpreted as foraging burrows of trilobites, present in high abundance and excellent preservation. …”
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Episodic Gregariousness Leads to Level‐Dependent Core Habitats: A Case Study in Eastern Copperheads (Agkistrodon contortrix) by Tyler C. Christensen, Robert Kwait, Michael Van Clef, Brooke Maslo

“…Population‐level use was greatest in rocky, forested habitats associated with winter brumation and spring basking, whereas individual‐level use was greatest in open habitats with woody debris associated with foraging and reproductive behaviors. Male core habitats were open and thickly vegetated while those of females were moderately forested, with gravid female core habitats containing ample woody debris. …”
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Natural and anthropogenic noise shape bat activity and sonar behavior by Ryan Vosbigian, Ryan Wardle, Hannah S. Rempel, Ellie Brauer, Michael Huggins, Samantha West, Joshua S. Willems, Clinton D. Francis

“…We also observed that T. brasiliensis modified call duration and frequency in response to river playbacks in a manner consistent with a behavioral switch from foraging to navigating. Overall, we found evidence that temporal patterning of noise may strongly influence bat activity and that signaling in noise may involve trade‐offs among call features.…”
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Wood Chip Incorporation in Almond Orchard Planting Berms Increased Gravimetric Water Content, Soil CO2 Efflux, and Fine Root Length Density by Hana You, Paul Martinez, Mae Culumber, Brent Holtz, Astrid Volder

“…Thus, although root foraging was increased in planting berms with WCs incorporated, this was not due to a change in root architectural traits.…”
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Dual‐fluorescence imaging and automated trophallaxis detection for studying multi‐nutrient regulation in superorganisms by Lior Baltiansky, Einav Sarafian‐Tamam, Efrat Greenwald, Ofer Feinerman

“…Yet, the mechanisms behind this colony‐level regulation are not fully understood. Although foraging behaviour in social insects has been studied extensively, not much is known on its relation with feeding processes that occur within the nest. …”
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Evaluation of Entomopathogenic Nematode Isolates against Subterranean Termites under Laboratory and Field Conditions [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservatio... by Fikremariam Yimer, Teshale Daba Dinka, Tariku Tesfaye Edosa, Belay Feyisa, Belay Abate Gutema, Dawit Melisie Achlehum

“…Mortality of insect, damaged root, stem, cob, damage severity, foraging termites, and yield of the crop data were collected. …”
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Seasonal coastal residency and large-scale migration of two grey mullet species in temperate European waters by Jena E. Edwards, Anthonie D. Buijse, Hendrik V. Winter, Allert I. Bijleveld

“…These findings highlight the importance of the Wadden Sea as a seasonal foraging ground and provide insights into the migratory patterns of grey mullets.…”
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Identifying the snake: First scoping review on practices of communities and healthcare providers confronted with snakebite across the world. by Isabelle Bolon, Andrew M Durso, Sara Botero Mesa, Nicolas Ray, Gabriel Alcoba, François Chappuis, Rafael Ruiz de Castañeda

“…This practice occurred in 30 countries with both fast-moving, active-foraging as well as more secretive snake species. Methods for identifying biting snakes included snake body examination, victim/bystander biting snake description, interpretation of clinical features, and laboratory tests. …”
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Metabarcoding the night sky: Monitoring landscape-scale insect diversity through bat diet by Cynthia Tobisch, Svenja Dege, Bernd Panassiti, Julian Treffler, Christoph Moning

“…Insectivorous bats provide a feasible means to tackle this challenge, as they feed opportunistically on a wide variety of insects and other arthropods, while foraging in various habitats and thereby covering large distances between their roosts and hunting places. …”
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Contrasting Seasonal Distribution Patterns of Two Boreal Aerial Hawking Bat Species in Finland by Piia Lundberg, Miika Kotila, Katarina Meramo, Kati M. Suominen, Miina Suutari, Tia‐Marie Pietikäinen, Ville Vasko, Thomas M. Lilley

“…Despite initial expectations of overlap given their similar foraging behaviour and habitat preferences, the limited activity and coastal association of P. nathusii suggest low competitive interaction with E. nilssonii. …”
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