Nesting is easily measured in the home cages of mice, particularly with the advent of pressed cotton materials. The mice first shred the tightly packed material, then arrange it into a nest. Published studies have often used materials such as hay, twine or tissues, sometimes preshredded, and ...
In this study, we investigate the environmental and genetic drivers of fungal GM variation in a natural population of the Seychelles warbler. We also investigate the relationship between fungal GM differences and host survival; to our knowledge, this is the first time this has been characterised in...
laboratory nesting conditions between P7 and P14 [72]. For example, the core temperature of neonatal rodents was shown to be affected by the amount and composition of nesting material, position in the nest, huddling, distance from the dam, and the time since the last period of suckling [72...
Matrix lichens play many general ecological roles: Habitat for insect populations in the canopy; nest decorating materials for hummingbirds, bushtits and other birds; and foraging habitat for insectivorous birds and predatory invertebrates [102]. For those species with specific ecological roles and ...
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