bird communities Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Competition for food in artificial mixed colonies

By João Gameiro|2022-04-15T11:26:17+00:0018 Apr 2022|adaptation, bird assemblages, bird communities, communal, community ecology, diet, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, nest monitoring, nesting, nestlings, niche overlap, population structure, stable isotopes|

Do birds in artificial mixed colonies overlap in their diet?

Promoting hummingbird conservation through demographic analyses

By Simon English|2022-03-31T13:24:45+00:004 Apr 2022|avian biology, bird communities, Breeding, climate change, colour ringing/banding, Conservation, demography, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hummingbirds, population dynamics, population structure, ringing|

What survival rates can tell us about population declines

Decline of the double-mutualists

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-03-06T13:21:25+00:0010 Mar 2022|bird communities, community ecology, endemic, island birds, seed dispersal, species interactions|

Loss of native bird species affects plant reproduction in New Zealand.

Surviving in the colonies

By Guy Beauchamp|2022-02-18T09:35:06+00:0017 Feb 2022|bird communities, breeding biology, colonial birds, communal, cooperative breeding, ecology, IBIS, island birds, life history, longevity, parental care, scavengers, Seabirds|

How does breeding in colonies influence annual survival in birds?

Wetland bird guilds respond to hurricanes

By Mateo Ruiz|2021-11-30T18:15:43+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?

Causes of farmland bird declines revised

By Zuzanna Rosin|2021-11-30T18:02:58+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

The changing sounds of spring

By Catriona Morrison|2021-11-15T10:32:04+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.

Nesting on the edge

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-15T12:46:32+00:0027 Feb 2020|bird communities, Breeding, eggs, experiment, nesting, News|

Experimental study explores predation rates on nests along forest edges.

Understanding the role of large raptors in modified ecosystems

By Julien Terraube|2021-03-10T15:25:06+00:0014 May 2018|bird communities, birds of prey, ecology, predation, raptors|

Influence of large raptors on other predator species

The heat is on for British birds

By James Pearce-Higgins|2021-04-22T13:04:59+00:006 Dec 2017|biodiversity, bird communities, bird movements, Bird Protection, Breeding, Breeding Bird Survey, climate change, distribution, ecology, habitat, Migration, monitoring, Nest Record Scheme, News, phenology, population dynamics, survey, Wetland Bird Survey|

What is the evidence for climate change? How will UK bird communities adapt?