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Not everyone is shrinking: increases in body mass and wing length in a Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) population in northwestern Italy over two decades

open access: yesIbis, Volume 168, Issue 2, Page 674-686, April 2026.
In recent decades, vertebrates, particularly birds, have exhibited notable morphological changes in response to climate change. In birds, these temporal trends usually entail a decrease in body mass and an increase in wing length, sometimes interpreted as a compensatory strategy to maintain migration.
Giulia Masoero, Alberto Tamietti
wiley   +1 more source

Transnational Entrepreneurs of Place and ‘the Last Authentic European Medieval Landscape’ in Transylvanian Highlands, Romania

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT There is a renewed interest in Europe's rural regions and in the consequences of migration on rural social relations, economy and landscape. This paper seeks to contribute to these debates with a case from Eastern Europe showing the contribution of returned migrants in the cultural branding of the overly romanticised region of Transylvanian ...
Lucian Vesalon, Remus Gabriel Anghel
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‘It Would Have Been Odd to Separate the Animals and Then Look the Cow in the Eyes’. A Qualitative Study of Norwegian Dairy Farmers

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 2, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Farmers’ rearing practices in livestock production and their decision to adopt alternative practices are of ongoing interest in rural sociology. For social scientists examining alternative agriculture, enduring questions remain about not only how alternatives can emerge but also how mainstream systems often remain relatively unperturbed by the
Logstein Brit   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating biosecure entry and exit protocols and education methods in a mock livestock facility. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Vet Sci
Schuft A   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

General practice veterinarians’ attitudes towards avian influenza: A COM‐B analysis of barriers to backyard poultry treatment

open access: yesVeterinary Record, Volume 198, Issue 6, Page e237-e247, 14/21 March 2026.
Abstract Background The recent expansion of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 to non‐avian species in the United States has intensified public health‐related concerns. In Great Britain, low veterinarian confidence in seeing and treating birds creates potential barriers to HPAI diagnosis and reporting.
Sol Elliott   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Color as A Narrative Device in Illustration: A Systematic Review

open access: yesColor Research &Application, Volume 51, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
Color in picture book illustration operates simultaneously as a representational code, cognitive scaffold, and affective cue supporting theories such as Dual Coding and multimodal discourse while revealing gaps in methodology and cross‐cultural research.
Lidia Jiménez‐Duarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for Environment‐Specific Pace‐of‐Life Syndromes

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 3, March 2026.
The correlation between behaviour and life‐history depends on environmental conditions. We show this is true when considering the quality of the food in the environment. ABSTRACT The pace‐of‐life syndrome (POLS) hypothesis posits that consistent individual differences in behaviour are integrated with physiology and life‐history traits such that ...
Fragkiskos Darmis, Anja Guenther
wiley   +1 more source

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