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A phylogeny of birds based on over 1,500 loci collected by target enrichment and high-throughput sequencing [PDF]

, 2012
Evolutionary relationships among birds in Neoaves, the clade comprising the vast majority of avian diversity, have vexed systematists due to the ancient, rapid radiation of numerous lineages.
Brumfield, Robb T., Crawford, Nicholas G., Faircloth, Brant C., Glenn, Travis C., Harvey, Michael G., McCormack, John E.   +5 more
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Spraying drones: efficacy of integrating an avian repellent with drone hazing to elicit blackbird flock dispersal and abandonment of sunflower fields

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Multiple management strategies exist to combat bird damage to agriculture. We explored combining two tools, drones as frightening devices and an avian repellent, to assess effectiveness of an integrated method to deter large flocks on complex landscapes. We evaluated the ability of a spraying drone (DJI Agras MG‐1P) deploying Avian Control (i.e. active
Jessica L. Duttenhefner, Timothy J. Greives, Page E. Klug   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversidad de aves rapaces diurnas en la Reserva de la Biosfera Selva El Ocote, Chiapas, México

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2009
LA PÉRDIDA Y DEGRADACIÓN DE AMBIENTES NATURALES ESTÁ AFECTANDO A GRUPOS FUNCIONALES DE GRAN RELEVANCIA, COMO LAS AVES RAPACES DIURNAS. EN ESTE ESTUDIO EVALUAMOS LA VARIACIÓN ESPACIAL DE LA DIVERSIDAD DE ESTE GRUPO EN LA ZONA NÚCLEO Y DE AMORTIGUAMIENTO ...
JOSÉ LUIS RANGEL, JOSÉ RAÚL VÁZQUEZ PÉREZ, PAULA L. ENRÍQUEZ   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Holding a wing horizontal: Roles for muscles of the pectoral girdle other than the main two flight muscles

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
This report explores which muscles of the pectoral girdle are employed to allow birds to hold their wings horizontally with a level aerofoil surface during a glide. Abstract Whilst many birds glide briefly with wings held horizontally, some species maintain this posture for extended periods during soaring.
D. Charles Deeming, María Clelia Mosto
wiley   +1 more source

Emergence, spread, and impact of high‐pathogenicity avian influenza H5 in wild birds and mammals of South America and Antarctica

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026.
Abstract The currently circulating high‐pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the subtype H5 causes variable illness and death in wild and domestic birds and mammals, as well as in humans. This virus evolved from the Goose/Guangdong lineage of the HPAI H5 virus, which emerged in commercial poultry in China in 1996, spilled over into wild birds,
Thijs Kuiken, Ralph Eric Thijl Vanstreels, Ashley Banyard, Lineke Begeman, Andrew C. Breed, Meagan Dewar, Ruben Fijn, Patricia Pereira Serafini, Marcela Uhart, Michelle Wille   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isotopic ordering in eggshells reflects body temperatures and suggests differing thermophysiology in two Cretaceous dinosaurs [PDF]

, 2015
Our understanding of the evolutionary transitions leading to the modern endothermic state of birds and mammals is incomplete, partly because tools available to study the thermophysiology of extinct vertebrates are limited.
Cerling, Thure E., Chiappe, Luis M., Eagle, Robert A., Eiler, John M., Enriquez, Marcus, Grellet-Tinner, Gerald, Hu, David, Kohn, Matthew J., Loyd, Sean J., Montanari, Shaena, Pérez-Huerta, Alberto, Ramirez, Pedro, Tripati, Aradhna K., Tütken, Thomas   +13 more
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Introduced wild pigs affect the foraging ecology of a native predator as both prey and scavenger

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.
Introduced species can disrupt trophic interactions by acting as novel predators, prey, or scavengers. Predicting the impacts of these disruptions can be integral to the conservation of native species and the maintenance of ecological function, but is challenging, especially for species involved in multiple trophic interactions.
Mitchell A. Parsons, Justin A. Dellinger, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Jason V. Lombardi, Julie K. Young   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inventory of wildlife use of mortality pits as feeding sites: implications of pathogen exposure

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
To better understand the use of mortality pits by wildlife and possible pathogen dissemination from the resulting wildlife contact in these areas, we used 8 camera traps on 4 mortality pits in Colorado from June to December 2014 to create a species ...
Jeremy W. Ellis, Susan A. Shriner, Hailey E. McLean, Lauren Petersen, J. Jeffrey Root   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Soaring migratory birds avoid wind farm in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
The number of wind farms operating in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, southern Mexico, has rapidly increased in recent years; yet, this region serves as a major migration route for various soaring birds, including Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) and ...
Rafael Villegas-Patraca, Sergio A Cabrera-Cruz, Leonel Herrera-Alsina   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Species Composition and Diversity of Hawk Populations in Northeastern Arkansas [PDF]

, 1978
Species composition and diversity of hawk populations were analyzed for northeastern Arkansas by the use of roadside censuses conducted in September through April from 1974- 1977.
Hanebrink, Earl L., Posey, Alan F., Sutton, Keith B.   +2 more
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