adaptation Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Shale gas development affects the epigenetic patterns in Louisiana Waterthrushes

By Jente Ottenburghs|2021-01-14T07:58:01+00:0014 Jan 2021|adaptation, Disturbance, Genetics|

Males and females react differently to this environmental disturbance.

Glowing horns in a secretive seabird

By Bradley Wilkinson|2020-10-12T16:02:25+00:0026 Feb 2019|adaptation, biofluorescence, Breeding, Fluorescence, ornamentation, reproductive signalling, Seabirds, ultraviolet light|

Rhinoceros Auklets found to have fluorescent bill structures during breeding season

Embryonic hypothermia tolerance: adaptation to disturbance?

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-08-07T07:30:06+00:007 Aug 2017|adaptation, Disturbance, incubation, nesting|

Unusual incubation behaviour and embryonic tolerance of hypothermia in the Sichuan Partridge

The point of a Guillemot’s egg

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-05-02T07:30:10+00:002 May 2017|adaptation, eggs|

Why did the Common Guillemot's egg evolve its pear-like shape?

Nest building in a changing climate

By Christina Ieronymidou|2017-02-27T07:30:12+00:0027 Feb 2017|adaptation, behaviour, climate change, nesting, phenology|

Predicting the effects of climate change on the nesting behaviour of birds and other animals

Snowfinch population structure in western Europe

By Steve Dudley|2020-09-22T13:49:59+00:0020 Feb 2017|adaptation, adult survival, alpine birds, Genetics, movements, population dynamics, Science|

Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer Snowfinch population’s connectivity

Avian camouflage really does hinder predators

By Steve Dudley|2016-03-07T07:30:30+00:007 Mar 2016|adaptation, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, cryptic, eggs, evolution, habitat|

Camouflage does protect nesting birds from being eaten

New insights into the effects of climate change on Europe’s breeding birds

By Steve Dudley|2020-09-22T13:36:26+00:007 Dec 2015|adaptation, bird communities, Breeding, climate change, ecology, migrant, phenology, Science|

Effects of changing seasonal weather conditions

Puffins have an eye for small fry

By Steve Dudley|2015-10-05T07:21:23+00:005 Oct 2015|adaptation, behaviour, evolution, foraging, Science, Seabirds|

Visual fields in auks

Mark My Bird: understanding the evolution of birds and bills

By Steve Dudley|2015-09-21T07:21:56+00:0021 Sep 2015|adaptation, behaviour, biodiversity, crowd-sourcing, diversification, evolution, morphology, Science|

Why birds diversified