Insectivores

Rimmer C, McFarland K, Evers DC, Taylor T. 2005. Mercury levels in BicknelFs thrush and other insectivorous passerine birds in montane forests of northeastern United States. Ecotoxicology 14 223-240. 

A number of plants can eat insects. These plants are called insectivorous plants. Examples include the Drosera, Dionaeva, Venus-flytrap, pitcher plants, sundew, and blad-derworts. Insectivorous plants are most often found in moist and nutrient-poor habitats. The insects, which the plants trap, provide mineral nutrients. The amazing speeds of electrical impulses are illustrated by the capture of insects by insect-eating plants and during the tropism. Action potentials in the plants not processing motor activity are similar in their characteristics to the action potentials of sensitive plants of the... 

Mimosa pudica and insectivore type, Drosera rotundifolia, Dionaea muscipula, and the cells of algae Nitella and Char a [62,63],... 

Wohrmann-Repenning A. (1977). Comparative study on nasal fossae of Tupaia and four Insectivores. Anat Anz 124, 375-384. 

Birds are comparatively resistant to diflubenzuron, as judged by the ability of the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) to tolerate single oral doses up to 2000 mg/kg BW or dietary loadings up to 4640 mg/kg ration for 8 days (Table 17.6). Poisoning of insectivorous birds by diflubenzuron, after... 

Moved in November 1986 from a highly contaminated area (>20,000 Bq 137Cs/m2) to a less-contaminated area (<3000 Bq/m2) of natural pasture Reindeer muscle 137Cs 1986 (post-Chernobyl) Rodents and insectivores July-August 1986 137Cs Control site, soil... 

Stephan, H., Bauchot, R. and Andy, O.J. (1970) Data on size of the brain and of various brain parts in insectivores and primates. In C. Noback and W. Montagna (Eds.), The Primate Brain, Appleton century Crofts, Newe York, pp. 289-297. 

Labra, A. (2007) The peculiar case of an insectivorous iguanid lizard that detects chemical cues from prey. Chemoecology 17, in press. 

Vomiting is a protective reflex of high complexity and integration involving autonomic and somatic nervous system components which results in an ejection of the gastrointestinal (GI) contents. This reflex is widely distributed among animals, including some insectivores [39], but absent in laboratory rodents [40]. 

Dunbar, R.I.M. Bever, J. (submitted). Neocortex size determines group size in insectivores and carnivores. Ethology... 

Likewise, WoodwelPs prediction" of enhancement of the activity of insect pests and some disease agents (which has been demonstrated in the San Bernardino Mountains forest) could lead to an increase in vertebrate species that feed on invertebrates or utilize dead plants for cover. Birds would be the most likely to increase and, to a lesser extent, such small mammals as deer mice, which are partially insectivorous. 

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