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Bird Population Changes Following the Establishment of a Diverse Stand of Woody Plants in a Former Crop Field in North Dakota, 1975– 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Changes in the coverage of trees and shrubs on the North Dakota landscape since Euro- American settlement have likely had a pronounced impact on bird species that favor woody vegetation.
Igl, Lawrence D.   +2 more
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Early birds [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2004
Concern is growing about the impact of climate change on organisms but there's much uncertainty about its effects. A new European study of two bird species does not provide good news.
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Bird flocks [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2020
Steven Portugal introduces the behavioral and aerodynamic underpinnings of aerial flocking in birds.
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Declines of Aerial Insectivores in North America Follow a Geographic Gradient

open access: yesAvian Conservation and Ecology, 2010
North American birds that feed on aerial insects are experiencing widespread population declines. An analysis of the North American Breeding Bird Survey trend estimates for 1966 to 2006 suggests that declines in this guild are significantly stronger than
Silke Nebel   +3 more
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Bird problems and their solution in Britain [PDF]

open access: yes, 1982
The background and organization of research on bird pests in Britain are described and the main projects are outlined. Work is currently concentrated on bullfinches, starlings, rooks, and woodpigeons together with behavioural studies aimed at developing ...
Wright, Ernest N.
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The FireBird Mission – A Scientific Mission for Earth Observation and Hot SpotDetection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
More than 10 years ago the first specialized small satellite for hot spot recognition and fire observation was designed, built and operated by several DLR departments.
Lorenz, Eckehard   +2 more
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Using focus groups to evaluate a multiyear consumer health outreach collaboration

open access: yesJournal of the Medical Library Association, 2021
Objectives: Academic health sciences librarians sought to evaluate the efficacy and future of the Health Information Specialists Program, a five-year consumer health information outreach collaboration with public libraries across the state. Methods: Five
Tara Malone, Shari Clifton
doaj   +1 more source

Egg shape changes at the theropod–bird transition, and a morphometric study of amniote eggs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The eggs of amniotes exhibit a remarkable variety of shapes, from spherical to elongate and from symmetrical to asymmetrical. We examine eggshell geometry in a diverse sample of fossil and living amniotes using geometric morphometrics and linear ...
Abramoff MD   +14 more
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Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid

open access: yesEcology and Evolution
Dietary flexibility in carnivores remains an underexplored aspect of their ecology, particularly the consumption of non‐meat foods. While striped hyenas (Hyaena hyaena) are primarily scavengers, they are known to occasionally consume plant material ...
Francisca A. S. Virtuoso   +22 more
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Oh, you, bird [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Ngoma (a Swahili word which literally means ‘drum’) are happenings during which music, dance and song act together to realize performances related to the most important rites of the Swahili communities’ cycle of social life.
Merolla, Daniela
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