Stephens' Woodrat, a Dietary Specialist

1982 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Specialist

Is the Florida Sand Skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi) a Dietary Specialist?

Herpetologica ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 432-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl D. McCoy ◽  
Nickolett Ihász ◽  
Eric J. Britt ◽  
Henry R. Mushinsky
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Specialist

Feeding ecology of the long-eared owl (Asio otus) in northern Italy: is it a dietary specialist?

2001 ◽  
Vol 79 (12) ◽  
pp. 2192-2198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandro Bertolino ◽  
Elena Ghiberti ◽  
Aurelio Perrone
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Northern Italy ◽  
Dietary Specialist

Elevated tongue-flicking rate to cricket surface chemicals by the arthropodivorous rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 413-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiment ◽  
Chemical Cues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Potential Prey ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Diet Specialization ◽  
Tongue Flicking ◽  
Tongue Flicks ◽  
Existing Data ◽  
Dietary Specialist

AbstractThe rough green snake Opheodrys aestivus is a dietary specialist on insects and other arthropods. In a laboratory experiment, I tested chemosensory responses to chemical cues from several taxa palatable to other snakes and two control stimuli presented on cotton swabs. The snakes tongue-flicked at significantly higher rates in response to cues from crickets than from any of the other stimuli, and none of the other potential prey types elicited more tongue-flicks than cologne, the control for response to an odorous substance irrelevant to feeding. These findings are consistent with existing data for a few other species of snakes that are prey specialists, suggesting that correlated evolution may occur between diet specialization and chemosensory responsiveness to cues from the specialized prey. Tests of additional species of prey specialists are needed to establish whether this hypothesis is correct.

scholarly journals Genomic comparisons reveal biogeographic and anthropogenic impacts in the koala (Phascolarctos cinereus): a dietary-specialist species distributed across heterogeneous environments

Heredity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 525-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon R. Kjeldsen ◽  
Herman W. Raadsma ◽  
Kellie A. Leigh ◽  
Jennifer R. Tobey ◽  
David Phalen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anthropogenic Impacts ◽  
Heterogeneous Environments ◽  
Phascolarctos Cinereus ◽  
Specialist Species ◽  
Dietary Specialist

The bat-eared fox: A dietary specialist?

2011 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 646-650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unn Klare ◽  
Jan F. Kamler ◽  
David W. Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
Dietary Specialist
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