| blood sources of mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban environments in eastern australia with species-specific molecular analysis of avian blood meals. | to identify the hosts of mosquitoes collected from urban and peri-urban habitats in eastern australia, 1,180 blood fed mosquitoes representing 15 species were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and molecular techniques. four common and epidemiologically important species could be classified according to their host-feeding patterns: aedes aegypti was anthropophilic, ae. vigilax was mammalophilic, culex quinquefasciatus was ornithophilic, and cx. annulirostris was opportunistic, readily ... | 2009 | 19861621 |
| functional variation among frugivorous birds: implications for rainforest seed dispersal in a fragmented subtropical landscape. | seed dispersal plays a critical role in rainforest regeneration patterns, hence loss of avian seed dispersers in fragmented landscapes may disrupt forest regeneration dynamics. to predict whether or not a plant will be dispersed in fragmented forests, it is necessary to have information about frugivorous bird distribution and dietary composition. however, specific dietary information for frugivorous birds is often limited. in such cases, information on the seed-crushing behaviour, gape width and ... | 2004 | 15309614 |