Abstract In the present study we performed a comparative dietary analysis of two predatory birds, Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) and Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in district Lviv city. We found that are typical small mammal specialists within urban ecosystem. Considering abundance biomass prey, mammals comprise 98.4% Owl’s diet. The species composition coincides almost 50% food intake compari...

The task of an organism to extract information about the external environment from sensory signals is based entirely on the analysis of ongoing afferent spike activity provided by the sense organs. We investigate the processing of auditory stimuli by an acoustic interneuron of insects. In contrast to most previous work we do this by using stimuli and neurophysiological recordings directly in th...

Three new types of traps designed and made by farmers were evaluated for capture of Idiarthron subquadratum Saussure & Pictet. Bag, sack, and fabric traps were compared with previously used bamboo internode traps. A participatory methodology was used involving farmer interviews and workshops to design and make the traps. Farmer participation was useful for obtaining information on perceptions, ...

Psorodonotus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) includes 11 species distributed in Caucasus, Anatolia and Balkans. Although its present taxonomy is problematic, mainly three species groups can be distinguished; (i) The Specularis Group, (ii) The Caucasicus Group and (iii) The Venosus Group. Our recent studies on the genus have revealed presence of two new species in the last species group. Morphology ...

The present paper deals with the description of eleven katydids of the tettigonid subfamily Phaneropterinae (Tettigoniidae). The katydids of more common occurrence in different parts of India include: Phaneroptera gracilis Burmeister, Ducetia japonica (Thunberg), Himertula pallisignata Ingrisch and Shishodia, Isopsera peducnulata Brunner von Wattenwyl, and Trigonocorypha unicolor Stal; while th...

Mecopoda elongata: behaviour, neuroethology, simulation and biorobotics D i s s e r t a t i o n zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines doctor rerum naturalium Contents 1 General introduction 1 2 Masking noise and its effect on acoustic communication in Mecopoda: neuronal and behavioural masking 9 2. 4 Reliable coding of small, behaviourally relevant interaural intensity differences in a pa...