arid zone Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Nest uses across a changing environment

By Anthony Lowney|2022-06-10T14:24:20+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

Evaluating the Kentish Plover stronghold

By Grant McDonald|2022-05-14T20:39:16+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

Baked eggs in a changing climate

By Simon C. Griffith|2021-08-17T18:59:54+00:0023 Aug 2021|arid zone, behaviour, climate change, eggs, nesting success|

Two species suffer catastrophic embryo mortality in recent heatwaves

Threat of fracking to arid-zone birds

By Alan Lee|2020-10-07T09:55:57+00:0020 Jan 2020|arid zone, biodiversity, endemic, fracking, water quality|

How many species are likely to be affected?

Dealing with cold in an arid-zone endemic passerine

By Ângela Ribeiro|2020-10-11T10:31:44+00:0015 Aug 2019|arid zone, endemic|

How are arid-zone endemic birds solving the challenge of keeping warm in low energy ecosystems?