ecology Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Can we halt population decline in European Turtle Doves?

By Ashleigh Marshall|2025-02-24T03:59:19+00:0013 Feb 2025|breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, ecology, nesting, nesting success, productivity, radiotelemetry|

Increased adult survival could help population growth more than higher productivity

Autumn-sown crops contribute to Mute Swan recovery

By Tiffany Ki|2023-10-12T10:46:56+00:0011 Sep 2023|agriculture, annual cycle, anthropogenic food sources, diet, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, land management, lead poisoning, legislation, monitoring, provisioning, wintering|

Using spatial and temporal variation to understand drivers of change

Breeding ecology of a critically endangered macaw

By Tom Lewis|2023-09-04T19:00:52+00:004 Sep 2023|birds of conservation concern, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, Conservation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting, Psittaciformes, urbanization|

Combining nest-site selection and reproductive success to inform conservation

Disentangling ecological networks

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-07-15T09:48:56+00:0027 Jul 2023|bird assemblages, ecology, frugivory, mutualism, species interactions|

Which species are most important for the stability of a network?

Camelthorns and Blackthorns vital for Babblers

By Kim-Kelly Hunt|2023-07-11T09:54:40+00:0017 Jul 2023|Africa, ecology, foraging, passerines, reproduction|

Southern Pied Babbler reproduction possibly decoupled from rainfall and rather cued by tree resources

Omnivory in wild birds

By Simon Ojodomo Godday|2023-06-30T09:56:19+00:0010 Jul 2023|diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, experiment, invertebrates, passerines|

Are Village Weavers obligate omnivores?

Hawfinch diet in a nutshell

By Ewan Stenhouse|2023-06-22T13:00:59+00:006 Jul 2023|diet, diet composition, distribution, DNA barcoding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fecal DNA, fieldwork, foraging, invertebrates, non-invasive sampling, passerines, woodland birds|

Using genetic techniques to gain unprecedented ecological knowledge of Hawfinches

Are long tails all about sex?

By Wenyi Zhou|2023-06-19T17:22:26+00:0026 Jun 2023|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, communication, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, feathers, IBIS, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage|

A review of functions of avian elongated tails

Fatal attraction or novel niche?

By Amber Swicegood|2023-05-23T12:46:18+00:0029 May 2023|adaptation, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, Farmland birds, grassland birds, habitat degradation, habitat selection, nesting, passerines|

Adaptability of a grassland specialist facing landscape-level habitat change

Seeking shelter under the snow

By Amy Shipley|2023-04-17T17:37:08+00:0017 Apr 2023|adaptation, adult survival, annual cycle, behaviour, bio-logging, bird movements, climate, climate change, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, game bird, habitat selection, IBIS, non-breeding ecology, overwintering, temperature, thermal stress, winter|

The benefits of snow burrowing for a winter-adapted bird

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