BOU-funded Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

All in the genes

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

Disentangling the demographic history and adaptation of the imperial eagles

Breaking into the Major Histocompatibility Complex

By Alexandra McCubbin|2022-03-16T13:15:13+00:0017 Mar 2022|avian biology, BOU-funded, diversification, DNA sequencing, early career, ecology, ECR, endemic, genetic diversity, Genetics, genomics, island birds, storm-petrels|

The novel detection of two MHC lineages in Hydrobates storm petrels on the Azores

Connecting vultures to the Internet of Things

By Jethro Gauld|2021-12-21T12:08:29+00:0020 Dec 2021|bio-logging, birds of prey, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, gps tags, movement, raptors, satellite tracking, scavengers, soaring birds, tracking, vultures|

A new way to track bird movements using a growing LoRa network

DNA-proofing seed dispersal networks

By Spencer Schubert|2021-11-15T10:39:00+00:0028 Oct 2021|BOU-funded, dispersal, DNA sequencing, early-career researcher, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, frugivory, mutualism, seed dispersal, seed/spore dispersal (diet)|

Connecting foraging observations to dispersal patterns

The secret sex lives of jackdaws

By Rebecca Hooper|2021-09-30T12:58:20+00:0030 Sep 2021|avian biology, behaviour, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, colonial birds, corvids, early-career researcher, ECR, extra pair paternity, genomics, reproduction|

Using the latest genomic tools to investigate jackdaw sexual behaviour

Chicks as potential biodiversity monitors

By Stephen Willis|2021-09-30T13:01:44+00:006 Sep 2021|biodiversity, BOU-funded, Breeding, diet, diet composition, DNA barcoding, eDNA, fecal DNA, fledglings, forest birds, woodland birds|

Discovering nestling diet using DNA barcoding

Rapid morphological evolution on remote islands

By Chentao Wei|2021-07-15T18:47:32+00:0022 Jul 2021|BOU-funded, evolution, genetic diversity, Genetics, island birds, morphology, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Resolving the taxonomic status of an island dwarfism warbler population

Desert birds don’t wait for rain

By Amanda Bourne|2021-07-08T14:36:58+00:0012 Jul 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, breeding biology, cooperative breeding, diet, diet composition, foraging, stable isotopes|

Southern Pied Babblers in the Kalahari start breeding before rainfall

BOU supports student-led research

By William Feeney|2021-06-18T13:44:48+00:0024 Jun 2021|behaviour, BOU-funded, brood parasitism, nesting|

BOU funding supports new ornithological discoveries by student researchers

From PenguinWatch to PetrelWatch!

By Kirsty Franklin|2021-01-04T16:54:14+00:0021 Dec 2020|BOU, BOU Warham Student, BOU-funded, Breeding, breeding biology, camara traps, citizen science, early career, early-career researcher, ECR, hybridization, islands, islands birds, monitoring, passive monitoring, remote sensing, Seabirds|

If you have ever wanted to visit an Indian Ocean seabird colony, here is a chance to do so – albeit remotely.