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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

City birds have fewer feathers

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-04T09:01:28+00:002 Jun 2022|adaptation, Breeding, diet, forest birds, heat, nestlings, non-invasive sampling, thermoregulation, Urban birds|

Could it be due to thermoregulation or food quality?

Capercaillies and climate change

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-04-04T14:10:19+00:007 Apr 2022|annual cycle, behaviour, Breeding, breeding success, climate change, forest birds, Galliformes, phenology, reproduction, temperature|

Earlier lekking activities enable these birds to cope with changing weather patterns.

The ecology of avian blood parasites

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-03-19T13:17:00+00:0024 Mar 2022|avian malaria, bird assemblages, disease, forest birds, Himalayan birds, parasites|

Mapping the distribution of parasites across Himalayan bird species.

Risk-takers breed earlier

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-12-11T11:39:19+00:0016 Dec 2021|breeding biology, breeding success, competition, forest birds, islands, life history, personality|

But does early breeding also provide any benefits?

Breeding Great Tits can be picky

By Marta Olivé Muñiz|2021-10-07T11:20:31+00:0011 Oct 2021|Breeding, breeding biology, cameras, diet, diet composition, early-career researcher, ECR, foraging, forest birds, garden birds, nestling food, passerines, woodland birds|

Prey selection in breeding Great Tits is moderately consistent over years

Shiny feathers in the mountains

By Chih-Ming Hung|2021-09-30T11:45:55+00:0020 Sep 2021|adaptation, alpine birds, avian biology, colouration, communication, diversification, evolution, feathers, forest birds, IBIS, island birds, passerines, phenotypic variation, plumage, population divergence, ultraviolet light|

Mountain babblers reflect more UV light than lowland babblers

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

Forest fires influence the diet of Spotted Owls in California

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-06-11T11:28:38+00:0020 May 2021|birds of prey, forest birds, predation|

These owls consume more flying squirrels after extensive and frequent wildfires.

Hidden losses deep in Amazonia

By Vitek Jirinec|2021-01-19T10:36:05+00:0025 Jan 2021|climate change, diversity, endangered, forest birds, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, tropical birds|

Sensitive birds are disappearing from what should be intact rainforest

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