Search Results - "Titulaer, Mieke"

Prior territorial responses and home range size predict territory defense in radio-tagged great tits by Naguib, Marc, Titulaer, Mieke, Waas, Joseph R., van Oers, Kees, Sprau, Philipp, Snijders, Lysanne

“…Territorial animals often use signals to advertise territorial occupancy within their larger home ranges. Songbirds are among the best-studied territorial…”
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Post-mortem ultrasound and freezing of rabbit meat: Effects on the physicochemical quality and weight loss by Carrillo-Lopez, Luis M., Robledo, Danely, Martínez, Viridiana, Huerta-Jimenez, Mariana, Titulaer, Mieke, Alarcon-Rojo, Alma D., Chavez-Martinez, America, Luna-Rodriguez, Lorena, Garcia-Flores, Luis R.

“…[Display omitted] •High-intensity ultrasound (HIU) before freezing produced intense and bright yellow-orange tones.•The post-freezing application of HIU…”
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Activity patterns during food provisioning are affected by artificial light in free living great tits (Parus major) by Titulaer, Mieke, Spoelstra, Kamiel, Lange, Cynthia Y M J G, Visser, Marcel E

“…Artificial light may have severe ecological consequences but there is limited experimental work to assess these consequences. We carried out an experimental…”
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Molecular analysis of stomach contents reveals important grass seeds in the winter diet of Baird's and Grasshopper sparrows, two declining grassland bird species by Titulaer, Mieke, Melgoza-Castillo, Alicia, Panjabi, Arvind O, Sanchez-Flores, Alejandro, Martínez-Guerrero, José Hugo, Macías-Duarte, Alberto, Fernandez, Jesús A

“…We analyzed the diet of Baird's Sparrow (Ammodramus bairdii) and Grasshopper Sparrow (A. savannarum) in three different sites and sampling periods across the…”
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Influence of Distance, Environmental Factors, and Native Vegetation on Honeybee ( Apis mellifera ) Foraging in Arid Shrublands and Grasslands by Baez-Gonzalez, Alma Delia, Royo-Marquez, Mario Humberto, Perez-Quintana, Carlos Alejandro, Hernández-Bernal, Adrián Isaac, Melgoza-Castillo, Alicia, Titulaer, Mieke, Vega-Mares, Jose Humberto

“…This study determined the influence of foraging distance, environmental factors, and native vegetation on honeybee ( ) foraging in arid shrublands and…”
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The role of temperature and microclimate in the survival of wintering grassland birds by Pérez-Ordoñez, Denis J., Titulaer, Mieke, Correll, Maureen D., Strasser, Erin H., Baeza-Tarin, Fabiola, Martin, Russell L., Harveson, Louis A.

“…Over the past 40 years, grassland birds have declined steeply in North America, necessitating the study of limiting factors throughout their full annual cycle…”
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Exploration of Microencapsulation of Arginine in Carnauba Wax ( Copernicia prunifera ) and Its Dietary Effect on the Quality of Beef by Contreras-Lopez, German, Garcia-Galicia, Ivan A, Carrillo-Lopez, Luis Manuel, Corral-Luna, Agustin, Buenabad-Carrasco, Lorenzo, Titulaer, Mieke, Villarreal-Balderrama, José A, Alarcon-Rojo, Alma D

“…The objective of this exploratory study was to assess if microencapsulated arginine influences the physicochemical quality of beef. The study included three…”
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Winter Bird Diversity and Community Structure in Relation to Shrub Cover and Invasive Exotic Natal Grass in Two Livestock Ranches in the Chihuahuan Desert, Mexico by Titulaer, Mieke, Aragón Gurrola, Cielo Marisol, Melgoza Castillo, Alicia, Camargo-Sanabria, Angela A., Hernández-Quiroz, Nathalie S.

“…Grasslands are one of the most threatened terrestrial biomes leading to a loss of grassland biodiversity, including birds. Here, we studied the wintering…”
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Personality affects learning performance in difficult tasks in a sex-dependent way by Titulaer, Mieke, van Oers, Kees, Naguib, Marc

“…Animals constantly need to cope with changes in their environment. Coping with changes in cues that are associated with the location and abundance of food is…”
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Cross sectional study comparing behavioural, cognitive and physiological indicators of welfare between short and long term kennelled domestic dogs by Titulaer, Mieke, Blackwell, Emily J., Mendl, Michael, Casey, Rachel A.

“…Affective states are an integral part of animal welfare but are difficult to assess using traditional welfare measurements. It has previously been shown that…”
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Review of Conservation Challenges and Possible Solutions for Grassland Birds of the North American Great Plains by Bernath-Plaisted, Jacy S., Correll, Maureen D., Somershoe, Scott G., Dwyer, Angela M., Bankert, Andy, Beh, Adam, Berlanga, Humberto, Boyle, W. Alice, Cruz-Romo, J. Lizardo, George, T. Luke, Herkert, James, Koper, Nicola, Macías-Duarte, Alberto, Panjabi, Arvind O., Ramírez-Flores, Oscar M., Robinson, Barry, Ruvalcaba-Ortega, Irene, Sibbing, Julie, Strasser, Erin H., Titulaer, Mieke, Van Pelt, William E., VerCauteren, Tammy

“…North America's grassland birds remain in crisis despite decades of conservation efforts. This review provides an overview of factors contributing to these…”
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Seed size, bill morphology, and handling time influence preferences for native vs. nonnative grass seeds in three declining sparrows by Titulaer, Mieke, Melgoza-Castillo, Alicia, Macías-Duarte, Alberto, Panjabi, Arvind O.

“…The invasion of exotic grasses is a potential threat to the winter habitat of migratory grassland birds by reducing native sources of seed food. We compared…”
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Seed size, bill morphology, and handling time influence preferences for native vs. nonnative grass seeds in three declining sparrows / Tamano de semilla, morfologia del pico y tiempo de manipulacion influyen sobre las preferencias de semillas de pastos nativos vs. exoticos en tres gorriones en derive by Titulaer, Mieke, Melgoza-Castillo, Alicia, Macias-Duarte, Alberto, Panjabi, Arvind O

“…The invasion of exotic grasses is a potential threat to the winter habitat of migratory grassland birds by reducing native sources of seed food. We compared…”
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Relative abundance, habitat selection, and diet of the coyote in northern México by Álvarez-Córdova, Fernando, Fernández, Jesus A., Camargo-Sanabria, Angela A., Ontiveros, Juan C., Titulaer, Mieke

“…The coyote (Canis latrans) is a widespread predator with a high degree of adaptation to different ecosystems. The objective of this study was to estimate the…”
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