physiology Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Snowy days and Tawny Owls

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-05-18T09:43:15+00:0019 May 2022|adult survival, bird vision, camouflage, colour-polymorphism, nocturnal birds, physiology, plumage, predation, raptors, winter|

Are grey colour morphs better protected against predation?

Bird odour: camouflage or communication?

By Marc Gilles|2022-03-08T18:25:16+00:0014 Mar 2022|avian biology, breeding biology, camouflage, communication, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, incubation, nest predation, nesting success, pair communications, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, smell|

Investigating the olfactory functions of preen oil in birds

The Great Auk had two brood patches

By Tim Birkhead|2021-10-07T14:44:56+00:0014 Oct 2021|avian biology, IBIS, museum collections, natural history, parental care, physiology, Seabirds|

The Great Auk had two brood patches not one as previously stated

Does your neighbourhood make you stressed?

By Diane Colombelli-Négrel|2021-04-23T08:58:09+00:0026 Apr 2021|bird-human interactions, colonial birds, Disturbance, physiology, predation, Seabirds, sound|

Little Penguins living in different environments differ in their response to stressors

Rockjumpers can’t escape their (taxonomic) roots

By Krista N Oswald|2021-03-26T13:01:28+00:0029 Mar 2021|passerines, phylogeny, physiology, Taxonomy, temperature, thermal stress|

Metabolic patterns are explained by season and phylogeny

Every picture tells a story

By Paul Jerem|2021-04-08T18:09:34+00:0026 Feb 2018|physiology, thermal imaging|

Thermal imaging reveals how birds cope with changing environments

Burning fat during migration

By Lorian Straker|2021-08-08T13:52:56+00:008 May 2017|migrant, Migration, physiology|

Differential mobilization of fat-stores in migrating birds: showcasing Eared Grebes