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Season, Microclimate and Shoreline Disturbance Interactively Shape Bird Functional Diversity. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study examined the seasonal and spatial patterns of bird functional diversity across natural and urbanized coastal sites in Ghana. We found that natural shorelines undergo significant seasonal functional reorganization, whereas urbanized areas maintain stable, generalist‐dominated communities year‐round, losing the temporal dynamics that support ...
Tamekloe SE, Daniels JK, Monney KA, Deikumah JP.   +3 more
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An Observation of Coordinated Collaboration in Wild Brown Skua (<i>Stercorarius antarcticus</i>). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We present the first video evidence of cooperative food processing in wild brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus) on the Antarctic Peninsula. Our observations show that pairs coordinated their actions over space and time, consistent with actively coordinated collaboration.
Swan GJF, McIvor GE, Cram DL.
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Early Duplication of a Single MHC IIB Locus Prior to the Passerine Radiations. [PDF]

, 2016
A key characteristic of MHC genes is the persistence of allelic lineages over macroevolutionary periods, often through multiple speciation events. This phenomenon, known as trans-species polymorphism (TSP), is well documented in several major taxonomic ...
Andrea K TOWNSEND, EIMIS John A, Isao NISHIUMI, JABLONSKI Piotr, John A EIMIS, LEE Sang-Im, NISHIUMI Isao, Piotr JABLONSKI, Sang-Im LEE, SATTA Yoko, TOWNSEND Andrea K, Yoko SATTA   +11 more
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Arrendajo – Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) [PDF]

, 2016
Aves - Orden Passeriformes - Familia Corvidae en la Enciclopedia Virtual de Vertebrados Españoles, http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/. Versiones anteriores: 3-04-2006; 18-01-2007; 15-02-2008; 24-02-2010A comprehensive review of the natural history of ...
Alonso, César Luis, Salvador Milla, Alfredo   +1 more
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Microsatellite typing of avian clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]

, 2011
Aspergillosis is one of the most common causes of death in captive birds. Aspergillosis in birds is mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous and opportunistic saprophyte.
Beernaert, Lies, Dorrestein, Gerry M, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Klaassen, Corné HW, Martel, An, Pasmans, Frank, Van Waeyenberghe, Lieven, Vercammen, Francis, Verstappen, Frank   +8 more
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Pronounced genetic structure and low genetic diversity in European red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) populations [PDF]

, 2012
Conservation Genetics August 2015, Volume 16, Issue 4, pp 1011–1012 Erratum to: Pronounced genetic structure and low genetic diversity in European red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) populations Erratum to: Conserv Genet (2012) 13:1213–1230 DOI ...
Blanco, Guillermo, Burgess, Malcolm D., Kerbiriou, Christian, Piertney, Stuart B., Reid, Jane M., Segelbacher, Gernot, Webster, Lucy M. I., Wenzel, Marius Alexander   +7 more
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West Nile Virus Infections in (European) Birds [PDF]

, 2016
West Nile virus (WNV), a member of the Flaviviridae family is an important emerging pathogen transmitted by mosquitoes of the Culex sp . wild-and (peri) domesticated birds act as the natural hosts of WNV.
Barzon, Luisa, Koraka, Penelope, Martina, Byron EE   +2 more
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Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts? [PDF]

, 2014
The co - extinction of parasitic taxa and their host species isconsideredacommon phenomenon inthecurrent global extinction crisis. However, information about the conservation status of parasitic taxa is scarce.
Rózsa, Lajos, Vas, Zoltán
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Functional diversity in agricultural landscapes: evidence of long‐term clustering and multi‐scale effects of land use on avian communities

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional diversity (FD) is an essential community property connecting biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and conservation objectives. In agricultural landscapes, avian communities, which play key functional roles, are facing large‐scale biodiversity erosion, largely due to land‐use changes.
Pietro Tirozzi, Olivia Dondina, Valerio Orioli, Luciano Bani   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

West Nile virus transmission. results from the integrated surveillance system in Italy, 2008 to 2015 [PDF]

, 2016
IIn Italy a national Plan for the surveillance of imported and autochthonous human vector-borne diseases (chikungunya, dengue, Zika virus disease and West Nile virus (WNV) disease) that integrates human and veterinary (animals and vectors) surveillance ...
Angelini, P., Baldanti, Fausto, Bedeschi, Emanuela, Bella, A., Bellini, R., Benedetti, Eleonora, Boccolini, Daniela, Busani, Luca, Cagarelli, R., Calistri, P., Cenci, Corrado, Chiari, M., Costa, Nanni, Declich, Silvia, di Luca, Marco, Dottori, Michele, Faccin, Francesca, Farioli, Marco, Fiorentini, Cristiano, Fortuna, Claudia, Gismondo, Mariarita, Gramegna, Maria, Gualanduzzi, Claudio, Landini, Maria Paola, Lavazza, A., Lelli, Davide, Liumbruno, Giancarlo Maria, Lombardini, Annalisa, Lombardini, L., Maraglino, Francesco, Mattivi, Andrea, Monaco, F., Napoli, Christian, Natalini, Silvano, Palú, G., Parodi, Patrizia, Pezzotti, Patrizio, Piatti, A., Prosperi, Alice, Pupella, S., Remoli, Maria Elena, Rezza, Gianni, Rizzo, Caterina, Romi, Roberto, Rossi, Davide, Rovida, Francesca, Russo, F., Severini, Francesco, Squintani, Gabriele, Tamba, M., Toma, Luciano, Venturi, G., Zanchetta, Nadia, Zanella, Francesca   +53 more
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