forest birds Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Birds in Fruit Farms

By Natalia Zielonka|2024-02-26T07:53:49+00:0026 Feb 2024|agriculture, bird assemblages, bird communities, bird-human interactions, foraging, forest birds, frugivory|

Fruit farms and forest fragments support distinct bird communities in the Brazilian Caatinga

Robins on East Asian islands

By Shin-Ichi Seki|2023-03-01T10:38:05+00:002 Mar 2023|alpine birds, distribution, diversity, DNA barcoding, DNA sequencing, evolution, fieldwork, forest birds, Genetics, IBIS, island birds, migrant, passerines, population structure, populations|

Genetic differentiation in volcanic islands branching off from the mainland

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

The Hidden Past of the Macleay Kākāpō

By Lindsey Gray|2023-01-17T09:51:56+00:0016 Jan 2023|avian biology, forest birds, Genetics, island birds, museum collections, natural history, parrot, population divergence, Psittaciformes|

Can 21st century science decipher the murky origins of a collection of 19th century endangered parrots?

Ecological interactions at risk

By Pedro Romero-Vidal|2022-12-17T15:06:54+00:005 Jan 2023|anthropogenic food sources, behaviour, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, foraging, forest birds, habitat degradation, habitat selection, migrant, Neotropics, parrot, Psittaciformes, road ecology, seed dispersal, threatened species, urbanization|

Exotic mammals threaten Araucaria Forests by displacing Austral Parakeets

Selecting the best tree hole

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-11-09T16:01:12+00:0017 Nov 2022|bird communities, Breeding, cavity nesting, forest birds, nesting, reproduction|

How do birds decide on a cavity to nest in?

Blue Manakins nest near “nest-like” structures

By Paulo Zima|2022-10-25T13:37:11+00:0017 Oct 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, evolution, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting material, nesting success, passerines, predation, predator-prey interactions, reproduction, tropical birds|

Could it be an anti-predatory strategy?

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