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Reconstructing Miocene bird mating behavior from a fossil tracksite [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Ichnofossils are important in paleoecological studies, interpreted as fossilized behaviors. Vertebrate footprints, a type of ichnofossils, can reveal the movements of trackmakers.
Nasrollah Abbassi
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Chewing Lice From the Wings of Migrating Shorebirds: Diversity, Host Specificity, and Associations With Host Body Condition

Ecology and Evolution
Ectoparasites may negatively affect their hosts throughout life, especially during breeding and other energetically demanding periods. In birds, feather‐feeding ectoparasites may reduce host condition and performance during seasonal migrations.
Maciej Bartos, Radosław Włodarczyk, Amelia Paszkowska, Tomasz Rewicz, Maciej Kamiński, Jan Rapczyński, Patryk Fiutek, Piotr Minias   +7 more
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PARENTAL BEHAVIOR IN LAPWINGS (CHARADRIIDAE) AND ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH CLUTCH SIZES AND MATING SYSTEMS [PDF]

Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution, 1982
It is generally assumed that parental behavior is much less demanding in birds that do not feed their young than in those that do (e.g., Graul, 1973; Wiley, 1974; Emlen and Oring, 1977; Welty, 1982 p. 293). That is, parental behavior requires less effort, or at least imposes fewer constraints on time and energy budgets, in the former.
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Citizen science reveals host-switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Wawman DC, Smith AL, Sheldon BC.
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American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica statius Muller, 1776): New species in the ornithofauna of Serbia [PDF]

Zaštita prirode, 2021
This paper presents the finding of a new bird species in the fauna of Serbia - American golden plover Pluvialis dominica that was recorded at the Ečka fishpond near Zrenjanin city (UTM 34T DR51).
Mareš Miroslav, Rajković Draženko
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Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full potential that tracking holds for conservation involves understanding what has been performed on shorebirds to date and identifying regional and ...
Michel G, Nightingale J, Beal M, Bernard A, Dias MP, Alves JA.   +5 more
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Predator-guild-specific parental responses mitigate higher predation risk on ground nests close to forest patches in a mosaic landscape. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Predation increases close to habitat edges, but how animals cope with local predation variations remained poorly studied. In a mosaic landscape, lapwings were compensating for increased nest predation close to forests. They acted more aggressively towards an avian predator when nesting close to trees, but comparatively tamer against a mammal.
Dillenseger G, Delautre J, Jayanth A, Marchal Z, Veselý P, Kubelka V.   +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the gray-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
We determined the whole mtDNA genome of the gray-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The complete mitochondrial genome is 17,078 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA ...
Hao Zhai, Dehuai Meng, Yuhui Si, Zongzhi Li, Zeyan Cui, Hongxian Yu, Liwei Teng, Zhensheng Liu   +7 more
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Effects of Poplar Ecological Retreat on Habitat Suitability for Migratory Birds in China’s Dongting Lake Wetland

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The Poplar Ecological Retreat (PER) project in Dongting Lake wetland is an important measure in response to China’s ecological civilization construction policy, it aims to remove eastern cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) that artificial large-scale planted
Xinyu Qu, Xinyu Qu, Chunyan Du, Chunyan Du, Chunyan Du, Haipeng Wu, Haipeng Wu, Haipeng Wu, Ying Xiong, Ying Xiong, Ying Xiong, Guanlong Yu, Guanlong Yu, Guanlong Yu, Jiasheng Wang, Juan Dai, Lixue Wu, Lixue Wu, Zhuo Zhang, Zhuo Zhang, Yuqian Zhu, Yuqian Zhu, Jingdu Liu, Jingdu Liu   +23 more
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Responses of habitat suitability for migratory birds to increased water level during middle of dry season in the two largest freshwater lake wetlands of China

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Dongting Lake (DTL) and Poyang Lake (PYL), the China’s two largest freshwater lakes, are vital migration routes and wintering habitats for the migratory birds of East Asian – Australia. Due to damming and climate change, the water level during the middle
Haipeng Wu, Juan Dai, Shiquan Sun, Chunyan Du, Yuannan Long, Hong Chen, Guanlong Yu, Shujing Ye, Jing Chen   +8 more
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