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Museomics Deciphers the Phylogeographic Differentiation and Conservation Status of a Montane Pheasant

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Museum specimens provide a rich source of historical DNA, enabling insights into phylogenetic relationships and demographic history of the endangered Koklass Pheasant. Our findings uncovered a previously unrecognized population in Guizhou province and highlighted elevated extinction risk in populations from Anhui province and Southern China, informing ...
Zhiyong Jiang, Yalin Cheng, Shuai Zhang, Wenqing Zang, Peng He, Dezhi Zhang, Jinjuan Mei, Peng Cui, Yanhua Qu, Hailong Wu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barb geometry of asymmetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2015
Teresa J. Feo, D. Field, R. Prum
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative Analysis of Fungal Spore Flora Among Birds, Insects and Air in a Temperate Japanese Forest. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Bangay R, Matsuoka S, Tuno N.
europepmc   +1 more source

Effects of Vector Density on Blood Parasite Spread and Health Consequences for Avian Hosts: An Experimental Epidemiology Blueprint

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
In an experimental epidemiology setup, groups of pigeons were exposed to different numbers of infective malaria vectors. Vector number explained the speed of transmission, the final prevalence, and changes in host behavior. ABSTRACT Vector density plays a critical role in the transmission dynamics of vector‐borne diseases and thus in their health and ...
Nayden Chakarov, Tim Brandler, Kai Fischer, Carmen Schwietz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wing morphology of Anchiornis huxleyi and the evolution of molt strategies in paravian dinosaurs. [PDF]

Commun Biol
Kiat Y, Wang X, Zheng X, Wang Y, O'Connor J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unraveling Occurrence Patterns and Diversity of Avian Malaria Parasites in Iberian Obligate and Facultative Scavenger Birds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal, Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Grethell Mabel López del Aguila, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corticosterone: effects on feather quality and deposition into feathers

, 2015
S. Jenni-Eiermann, F. Helfenstein, A. Vallat, G. Glauser, L. Jenni   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Keratinases: microbial sources, mechanisms, and industrial applications in waste valorization. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Chu Y, Chu S, Hu F, Huang M, Lu H, Liu Z, Shan F, Chen X.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond Sexual Selection: Natural Selection Related Camouflage and Thermoregulation Shape Sexual Color Dimorphism in Diploderma Lizards

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
wiley   +1 more source

The sportsman in South Africa. The haunts, habits, description, and the pursuit of all game, both fur and feather, found south of the Zambesi (including the Cape colony, Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Natal, and Damaraland), at the present day, with brief notices of the best known fresh and salt-water fish

, 1892
James A. Nicolls, William Eglington
openalex   +2 more sources