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Migratory patterns of Europe’s smallest seabird

Teresa Militão2022-06-16T16:11:55+00:0020 Jun 2022|bio-logging, bird movements, distribution, fieldwork, flight, foraging, geolocator, IBIS, Migration, non-breeding ecology, population dynamics, Seabirds, storm-petrels|

Geolocation reveals that European Storm Petrels from the western Mediterranean migrate to the Atlantic Ocean

The Dead Sea Sparrow: one or two species?

Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2022-06-13T12:27:22+00:0016 Jun 2022|distribution, diversification, DNA sequencing, gene flow, morphology, passerines, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Combining several lines of evidence to reach a solid taxonomic decision.

Nest uses across a changing environment

Anthony Lowney2022-06-10T14:24:20+00:0013 Jun 2022|Africa, arid zone, behaviour, bird communities, Breeding, camara traps, colonial birds, communal, community ecology, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, nesting, passerines|

Sociable Weaver colonies maintain local biodiversity in harsher environments

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Linda Takahashi2022-06-13T16:40:32+00:009 Jun 2022|BOU, Community, Diversity Blog, equality and diversity|

Three things that influenced my flight path

A successful Crested Ibis reintroduction

Yuji Okahisa2022-06-02T15:04:01+00:006 Jun 2022|adult survival, birds of conservation concern, birds of conservation concern, breeding success, Conservation, IBIS, machine learning, monitoring, population recovery, populations, reintroduction|

The Integrated population model and population viability analysis framework allows for comprehensive assessment of a reintroduction program

City birds have fewer feathers

Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2022-06-04T09:01:28+00:002 Jun 2022|adaptation, Breeding, diet, forest birds, heat, nestlings, non-invasive sampling, thermoregulation, Urban birds|

Could it be due to thermoregulation or food quality?

Eagles vs. power lines: attraction or avoidance?

Ana Teresa Marques2022-06-01T10:16:51+00:0030 May 2022|behaviour, bird-human interactions, birds of prey, collision risk, gps tags, movements, raptors, satellite tracking, soaring birds|

Do power lines affect space use by Bonelli’s Eagles?

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara2022-06-06T09:29:12+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker

Snowy days and Tawny Owls

Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2022-05-18T09:43:15+00:0019 May 2022|adult survival, bird vision, camouflage, colour-polymorphism, nocturnal birds, physiology, plumage, predation, raptors, winter|

Are grey colour morphs better protected against predation?

Evaluating the Kentish Plover stronghold

Grant McDonald2022-05-14T20:39:16+00:0016 May 2022|arid zone, climate change, Conservation, distribution, ecology, fieldwork, habitat, IBIS, passive monitoring, populations, shorebirds|

Widespread distribution but low numbers across a presumed species stronghold

All in the genes

Begona Martinez Cruz2022-05-09T10:23:41+00:0012 May 2022|BOU-funded, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, Genetics|

Disentangling the demographic history and adaptation of the imperial eagles

Overlooked diversity in a European context

Manuel Schweizer2022-04-29T15:29:48+00:009 May 2022|cryptic, diversification, diversity, DNA sequencing, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, IBIS, Mediterranean forest, museum collections, phylogeny, population structure, Speciation, Taxonomy|

Genome-wide data uncovers two morphologically cryptic lineages in the Middle Spotted Woodpecker

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Migratory patterns of Europe’s smallest seabird

The Dead Sea Sparrow: one or two species?

Nest uses across a changing environment

#BOUdiversityBlog

A successful Crested Ibis reintroduction

City birds have fewer feathers

Eagles vs. power lines: attraction or avoidance?

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

Snowy days and Tawny Owls

Evaluating the Kentish Plover stronghold

All in the genes

Overlooked diversity in a European context