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Fatal attraction or novel niche?

By Amber Swicegood|2023-05-23T12:46:18+01:0029 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+01:0017 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

Europe-wide demography of Eurasian Curlew

By Duarte Viana|2023-03-24T12:50:30+00:0030 Mar 2023|Breeding, breeding success, demography, ecology, IBIS, nest predation, population dynamics, population structure, populations, waders, waterbirds|

Are population size trends consistent with available demographic data?

The rise of passive acoustic monitoring

By Oliver Metcalf|2023-03-17T11:39:46+00:0020 Mar 2023|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, biodiversity, bird assemblages, diversity, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, habitat restoration, impact assessment, monitoring, passive acoustic monitoring, populations, recording, song, vocalisations|

Using passive acoustic monitoring for surveying birds in the UK

Honey-hunting and human-honeyguide mutualism

By Afan Anap Ishaku|2023-03-16T09:32:54+00:0016 Mar 2023|Africa, behaviour, bird-human interactions, BOU-funded, early career, ecology, ECR, evolution, fieldwork|

What is the current state of honey-hunting and human-honeyguide mutualism in Northern Nigeria?

Do shrub-steppe passerines share food?

By Julia Zurdo|2023-03-10T18:26:50+00:0013 Mar 2023|diet, diet composition, DNA barcoding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, Genetics, IBIS, invertebrates, passerines|

Using DNA metabarcoding to describe diet and niche overlap in a steppe passerine assemblage

Reed management influences breeding performance of Common Cuckoos

By Thomas Mérő|2023-03-03T13:49:08+00:006 Mar 2023|Breeding, brood parasitism, community ecology, Cuckoos, ecology, fieldwork, habitat, habitat selection, land management, nesting success, parasites, parasitism, passerines, wetlands|

Characteristics of habitats occupied by hosts influences survival of unwanted brood parasite youngsters

Which habitats do birds prefer?

By Da-li Lin|2023-02-15T13:59:41+00:0020 Feb 2023|behaviour, bird communities, distribution, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, Farmland birds, forest birds, habitat, habitat selection, IBIS, land use, modelling, population structure, volunteers|

A comparison of habitat preference assessment methods

Is successive remating beneficial for short-lived birds?

By Esteban Botero-Delgadillo|2023-02-08T13:43:27+00:0016 Feb 2023|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, breeding success, ecology, fieldwork, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nesting success, pair-bond, passerines, population dynamics, population structure, tropical birds|

Mate replacement versus mate retention in the Thorn-tailed Rayadito

Birds in cocoa farms: a sweet deal

By Crinan Jarrett|2023-01-08T13:11:03+00:002 Feb 2023|Africa, agriculture, biodiversity, community ecology, displacement, ecology, experiment, fieldwork, forest birds, invertebrates, population dynamics, tropical birds|

Birds and bats regulate pest populations in African cocoa farms

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