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Past research and future directions in understanding how birds use their sense of smell

Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 4, Page 853-881, October 2025.
Our understanding of the functional importance of olfaction to birds has improved over the past 60 years, largely as the result of experimental studies testing how birds use their sense of smell in different contexts. As it is impossible to measure directly which odours birds can detect, we rely on measuring behavioural responses to scent cues or ...
Darcy Creece, Rafael Freire, Melanie Massaro   +2 more
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Assessing relative hazard, risk, and seasonal differences of wildlife‐aircraft collisions

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue 3, September 2025.
Wildlife collisions with aircraft have occurred since the inception of aviation, with significant safety and economic implications. Strike risk models are used to assess the probability of an adverse event between wildlife and aircraft, providing information to guide wildlife management at airports. This study builds upon DeVault et al.
Caryn D. Ross, Mahalah Schank, Michael J. Begier, Bradley F. Blackwell, Travis L. DeVault   +4 more
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Review Understanding Ethno-Ornithology - Birds of the Residents?

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences
This research, conducted between November 2019 and May 2020 in Jaguarari, Bahia State, aimed to inventory birds used for trophic purposes, capture techniques, zootherapeutic uses, caged birds, and their associations with local myths and legends.
Marilton de Queiroz Borges Filho, Jhon Thomás Manoel Guerreiro   +1 more
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Digenean parasites of Ciconiiform birds from Argentina Digéneos parásitos de aves Ciconiiformes de Argentina

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2011
The helminthological survey of 13 specimens of 5 ciconiiform species revealed the presence of 10 species of intestinal digeneans: Sphincterodiplostomum musculosum Dubois, 1936 in Tigrisoma lineatum and Ardea alba; Tylodelphys elongata (Lutz, 1928) in T ...
Fabiana B. Drago, Lía I. Lunaschi
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Tiny Patch, Big Value: A Small Dry Forest Patch Supports Wildlife Conservation in Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
This study highlights the biodiversity value of the Murren Reserve, a small tropical dry forest patch in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Using camera traps and opportunistic observations, researchers documented 32 wildlife species, including federally endangered species like the ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) and puma (Puma concolor), as well as 73 plant species.
Trevor L. Proctor, Faridah Fatungase, Jesus A. Barquero Leiva, Francisco Javier, Chelsea E. Durr, Frank V. Paladino   +5 more
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Vulture Exclusion Halves Large Carcass Decomposition Rates and Doubles Fly Abundance

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 5, May 2025.
We experimentally excluded vultures from pig carcasses (Sus scrofa) in Costa Rica, under different habitats and across seasons with the aim to assess the impact of vulture population decline on carrion decomposition and insect abundance. Vulture exclusion halved carcass decomposition rates and doubled fly abundance, while dung beetle abundance remained
Julia Grootaers, Greta Hernández Campos, Violeta Marie Montenegro, Rosio Vega Quispe, Sarah Wicks, Sara Campos Landázuri, Eduardo Fabrizio Tubelli, Francisco Vega‐Reyes, Enzo Basso, Andrew Whitworth, Andrew Young, Christopher Beirne   +11 more
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Heavy metal levels in plasma and fecal material samples of the black vulture (Coragyps atratus)

Revista Científica, 2010
The level of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), vanadium (V), and zinc (Zn) were determined in blood plasma samples of healthy black vultures (Coragyps atratus) (n = 10).
Alfonso Bravo, Marinela Colina, Sandra Azuero, Rodolfo Salas   +3 more
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Out in the Open: Investigating Passive Airborne eDNA Detection of Bats at Artificial Feeding Stations

Environmental DNA, Volume 7, Issue 3, May–June 2025.
This study employs passive air sampling to detect environmental DNA (eDNA) of bats using DNA metabarcoding and a novel qPCR assay for the imperiled tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). Metabarcoding successfully allowed detection of two bat species in one sample, and qPCR allowed detection of the tricolored bat in two samples, providing a lower bound
Daniel E. Sanchez, Faith M. Walker, Savannah J. Marriott, Anna L. Riley, Sarah Stankavich, Amanda M. Adams, Donald Solick, Doug Bradley, Christian Newman   +8 more
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Using multiple data sources to investigate foraging niche partitioning in sympatric obligate avian scavengers

Ecosphere, 2019
As carrion feeders competing for a limited and ephemeral resource, avian scavengers are ideal model organisms to study mechanisms of niche partitioning.
Michael E. Byrne, Amanda E. Holland, Kelsey L. Turner, A. Lawrence Bryan, James C. Beasley   +4 more
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Bait trapping of waterfowl increases the environmental contamination of avian influenza virus (AIV)

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 89, Issue 3, April 2025.
Metrics of avian influenza virus (AIV) occurrence and diversity derived from fecal and sediment sampling at quasi‐experimentally baited and un‐baited sites provided evidence that wetland baiting of waterfowl increases AIV contamination in the environment.
Cassandra L. Andrew, Landon McPhee, Kevin S. Kuchinski, Jordan Wight, Ishraq Rahman, Sarah Mansour, Gabrielle Angelo Cortez, Marzieh Kalhor, Ethan Kenmuir, Natalie Prystajecky, Kathryn Hargan, Andrew S. Lang, James O. Leafloor, Catherine Soos, Andrew M. Ramey, Chelsea Himsworth   +15 more
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