selection Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Hide and creep

By Juho Jolkkonen|2022-02-28T10:02:57+00:0028 Feb 2022|adaptation, antipredator behaviour, avian biology, behaviour, camouflage, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, fieldwork, habitat selection, IBIS, passerines, plumage, selection, woodland birds|

The Eurasian Treecreeper is well camouflaged – or is it?

Walking on the wild side

By Will Smith|2021-12-27T17:15:46+00:0027 Dec 2021|Conservation, domesticated, early-career researcher, ECR, evolution, Galliformes, gene flow, hybridization, pigeon, populations, selection|

What are the challenges of studying and conserving the wild forms of our domestic animals?

Do occurrence data predict nest sites?

By Frank Fogarty|2021-11-15T10:34:05+00:008 Nov 2021|Breeding, ecology, grassland, grassland birds, habitat, IBIS, modelling, nesting, occurrence data, passerines, selection, steppe birds|

Occurrence data are easy to collect, but can they provide information about nesting habitat?

Grey plumage: What is it good for?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-08-24T07:41:36+00:0026 Aug 2021|adaptation, camouflage, colouration, selection, sexual dimorphism|

A correlative study explores several hypotheses.

High-elevation environment selects high immune gene diversity

By Mridula Nandakumar|2021-02-26T09:50:54+00:001 Mar 2021|genetic diversity, Genetics, Himalayan birds, parasites, selection|

Focussing on genetic diversity in two Himalayan passerines answers questions of immune adaptability in the wild

On cones and crossbills

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-02-22T09:27:34+00:0025 Feb 2021|adaptation, distribution, ecology, selection|

How did crossbills adapt to four pine species in Spain?

Short tails in a severe winter

By Masaru Hasegawa|2021-06-09T13:17:04+00:0010 Jul 2017|flight, selection, survival, winter|

A once-in-a-century severe winter revealed selection for short-tailed Pacific Swallows