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Maternal competitive events influence offspring phenotype

By América Hernández|2022-08-31T17:00:23+00:005 Sep 2022|avian biology, Breeding, breeding biology, cavity nesting, competition, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, eggs, experiment, IBIS, nest monitoring, nest-site limitation, passerines, phenotypic variation|

Compete with me and my progeny will grow faster

Rock Buntings find refuge in avalanche tracks

By Emmanuel Requena|2022-08-31T11:24:08+00:001 Sep 2022|adaptation, alpine birds, climate change, Disturbance, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, global change, habitat fragmentation, passerines, upland birds|

Do the avalanche tracks create suitable habitats for open-land birds in mountain forests?

A migratory divide in the Far East

By Toru Nakahara|2022-08-19T10:59:14+00:0022 Aug 2022|bio-logging, bird movements, birds of prey, distribution, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, island birds, movement, movements, population structure, raptors, satellite tracking, soaring birds, Taxonomy|

Migration routes of the two Eastern Buzzard subspecies are separated along the Sea of Japan

Feather colouration and the (mis)measure of patterns

By Natalia García|2022-08-19T09:38:56+00:0018 Aug 2022|avian biology, BOU-funded, Career Development Bursary, colouration, early career, ecology, ECR, evolution, feathers, morphology, passerines, plumage|

How to objectively “measure” colouration in species with complex patterns of spots and/or lines?

Foraging ecology of the House Sparrow

By Jan Havlíček|2022-08-08T12:13:16+00:008 Aug 2022|behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ecotone, ECR, Farmland birds, foraging, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, IBIS, land management, movements, parental care, passerines, survival, Urban birds, urbanization|

Parents feeding offspring prefer fast-food sources and have to go the extra mile in urban environments

Do bird populations respond differently to climate change?

By Liam D. Bailey|2022-06-30T14:43:46+00:004 Jul 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, breeding biology, climate, climate change, collaboration, ecology, eggs, forest birds, nesting, passerines, phenology, population dynamics, reproduction, temperature, woodland birds|

Birds in deciduous habitats are more sensitive to temperature change

Tailoring nestbox programmes for target species

By Karleah Berris|2022-06-21T16:57:09+00:0027 Jun 2022|behaviour, birds of conservation concern, Breeding, cavity nesting, ecology, fieldwork, habitat degradation, IBIS, islands birds, monitoring, nest-site limitation, nesting, parrot, Psittaciformes, reproduction|

Glossy Black Cockatoo nestbox use influenced by behaviour and competition

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

Vocal differences in Acorn Woodpeckers

By José de Jesús Zazueta-Algara|2022-06-06T09:29:12+00:0023 May 2022|acoustic monitoring, adaptation, avian biology, bioacoustics, bird song, citizen science, communications, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, Neotropics, population dynamics, song, tropical birds, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Structure and divergence of vocal traits in the Acorn Woodpecker

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

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