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Risk-takers breed earlier

Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)2021-12-11T11:39:19+00:0016 Dec 2021|breeding biology, breeding success, competition, forest birds, islands, life history, personality|

But does early breeding also provide any benefits?

Do forest owls respond differently to prey shortages?

Urška Ratajc2021-12-14T12:27:27+00:0013 Dec 2021|birds of prey, community ecology, diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, machine learning, nocturnal birds, population dynamics, populations, predator-prey interactions, territoriality|

Machine learning approaches identified mice population cycles as key parameter

#BOUdiversityBlog

Natalia Zielonka2021-12-09T12:57:42+00:009 Dec 2021|BOU, Community, Diversity Blog, equality and diversity|

A bumpy long-haul flight into ornithology

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 Ottenburghs (he/him)2021-11-30T10:24:33+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 Ottenburghs (he/him)2021-11-18T10:17:25+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