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The effects of ecology and behavior on the evolution of coloration in Coraciiformes
Behavioral Ecology, 2023 Abstract What drives the evolution of plumage color in birds? Bird color is likely to be under both natural and sexual selection where natural selection may favor evolution toward crypsis or camouflage whereas sexual selection may favor evolution toward conspicuousness.
Frane Babarovic +2 more
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First Genetically Differentiation between Upupa epops major and Upupa epops epops (Family: Upupidae)
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022 Hoopoe has been traditionally treated as a single species within the order Coraciiformes. Presently, however, various authors have suggested separating the hoopoe into two or more species and even its order, Bucerotiformes. So, this work aimed to use the
Lamiaa Elsayed Mokhtar Deef +2 more
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To the fauna of chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of birds in the Lower Don region, Russia. Non-Passeriformes. Part 2 [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2020 The aim of this work is to study the fauna of chewing lice in birds of the Lower Don region, Russia. The paper continues our previous investigations. Chewing lice were collected in 2001–2019.
O.D. Malysheva +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 Forestry management can shape the structure of habitat types and have important biological consequences on the composition of biodiversity. This study focused on Momotus lessonii and Eumomota superciliosa, two potential bioindicators of local and wide ...
Dayron Lopez +3 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020 An observation on avian species composition, density, and diversity was carried out at three selected water bodies of Khanapur Taluka, Belagavi District, for a period of 11 months in 2014. During the study, a total of 28 species belonging to 12 families
Harsha D. Neelgund, Girish Kadadevaru
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Scientific Reports, 2023 Habitat loss is one of the main threats to species survival and, in the case of parasites, it is their hosts that provide their habitat. Therefore, extinction even at local scale of host taxa also implies the extinction of their parasites in a process ...
Jesús M. Pérez +5 more
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Comparative characteristics and ecological features of rollers (coraciformes) in Uzbekistan [PDF]
BIO Web of ConferencesThis paper comparatively studies and analyses the ecological characteristics of four species belonging to the order Coraciiformes (Coracias garrulus, Alcedo atthis, Merops apiaster, Merops persicus) that are widely distributed in Uzbekistan. Additionally,
Kholboev Fakhriddin +5 more
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Comparative Cytogenetics, 2018 Kingfishers comprise about 115 species of the family Alcedinidae, and are an interesting group for cytogenetic studies, for they are among birds with most heterogeneous karyotypes. However, cytogenetics knowledge in Kingfishers is extremely limited. Thus,
Tiago Marafiga Degrandi +6 more
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Keanekaragaman Burung di Kawasan Hutan Mangrove Banyuurip Kecamatan Ujungpangkah Kabupaten Gresik
Jurnal Riset Biologi dan Aplikasinya, 2019 Kawasan hutan Mangrove Banyuurip Ujungpangkah Gresik memiliki potensi dalam mendukung keanekaragaman burung, namun terjadi penurunan dan alih fungsi lahan.
Muhammad Musthofa Mubarrok +1 more
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Biology, 2013 Insertion/deletion (indel) mutations, which are represented by gaps in multiple sequence alignments, have been used to examine phylogenetic hypotheses for some time.
Frederick H. Sheldon +14 more
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