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Wetland bird guilds respond to hurricanes

Mateo Ruiz2021-11-30T18:15:43+00:006 Dec 2021|bird communities, climate, Disturbance, global change, hurricanes, IBIS, natural disasters, Neotropics, populations, weather|

Changes follow when hurricane winds blow, but where and why?

Disappearing tongue spots in Dunnock nestlings

Jente Ottenburghs2021-11-30T10:24:33+00:002 Dec 2021|behaviour, breeding biology, monogamy, nestling provisioning, nestlings, parental care|

What could be the function of these peculiar markings?

Birds of Conservation Concern 5

Steve Dudley2021-12-01T10:59:56+00:001 Dec 2021|Conservation, monitoring, News|

IBIS to adopt additional language abstracts from 1 December 2021

Causes of farmland bird declines revised

Zuzanna Rosin2021-11-30T18:02:58+00:0029 Nov 2021|agriculture, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird-human interactions, Conservation, Farmland birds, habitat degradation, land management, land use|

Rural settlement modernisation may harm birds more than agricultural intensification

#BOUdiversityBlog

Karen Devine2021-11-24T10:38:32+00:0025 Nov 2021|Community, Diversity Blog, ecology, equality and diversity|

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the British Ecological Society

Aposematism in birds

Tim Caro2021-11-21T15:23:11+00:0022 Nov 2021|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, ecology, evolution, IBIS, morphology|

Aposematism and mimicry in birds

Attacking the Common Cuckoo

Jente Ottenburghs2021-11-18T10:17:25+00:0018 Nov 2021|behaviour, brood parasitism, eggs, nest monitoring, reproduction|

Host aggression affects the speed of egg-laying.

The changing sounds of spring

Catriona Morrison2021-11-15T10:32:04+00:0015 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird song, citizen science, communication, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, passerines, sound, vocalisations|

Citizen science data reveals a decline in the quality of soundscapes across two continents.

IBIS – dual language abstracts

Steve Dudley2021-11-18T12:57:48+00:0013 Nov 2021|Community, diversity, IBIS, Journal, News|

IBIS to adopt additional language abstracts from 1 December 2021

Song variation across Neotropical gradients

Edvaldo F. Silva-Jr2021-11-15T10:33:02+00:0011 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, behaviour, bioacoustics, bird song, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, Neotropics, passerines|

Blue-black Grassquit song varies with latitude, climate and species richness

Do occurrence data predict nest sites?

Frank Fogarty2021-11-15T10:34:05+00:008 Nov 2021|Breeding, ecology, grassland, grassland birds, habitat, IBIS, modelling, nesting, occurrence data, passerines, selection, steppe birds|

Occurrence data are easy to collect, but can they provide information about nesting habitat?

The nightly call of the tinamou

Jente Ottenburghs2021-10-30T11:31:25+00:004 Nov 2021|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, breeding biology, communication, habitat, nocturnal birds, territoriality|

Why does the Undulated Tinamou call at night?