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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?

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

Safe to forage? Just listen to other birds

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-07-18T09:24:21+00:0028 Jul 2022|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, communication, foraging, habitat selection, passerines, species interactions, vocalisations|

Tit species rely on public information to assess the risk at feeders.

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

The Dead Sea Sparrow: one or two species?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-06-13T12:27:22+00:0016 Jun 2022|distribution, diversification, DNA sequencing, gene flow, morphology, passerines, phylogeny, population divergence, Taxonomy|

Combining several lines of evidence to reach a solid taxonomic decision.

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

How do territorial songbirds convey aggression?

By Sean Roach|2022-04-11T15:40:14+00:0011 Apr 2022|acoustic monitoring, bioacoustics, ecology, IBIS, passerines, song, sound|

An examination of overlapping, matching, and unique song forms

Dancing after sex

By Anastasia Dalziell|2022-03-25T17:20:21+00:0028 Mar 2022|behaviour, bird song, breeding biology, communication, IBIS, mate selection, pair communications, passerines, plumage, reproductive signalling, sensory ecology, tropical birds, vocalisations|

Male Superb Lyrebirds perform a bizarre audio-visual display, after copulation

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