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The Impact of Acute Loud Noise on the Behavior of Laboratory Birds
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Husbandry procedures and facility settings, such as low-frequency fire alarms, can produce noises in a laboratory environment that cause stress to animals used in research.
Tayanne L. Corbani +2 more
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What drives animal responses to high severity fire? The role of functional traits
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Fire regimes are changing worldwide, with increases in the frequency, extent, and severity of fires posing growing risks to biodiversity. Fire severity – the degree of habitat alteration following fire – strongly influences both immediate survival and long‐term recovery of fauna.
Grace A. Vielleux +3 more
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Effects of photoperiod on basal metabolism and substrate metabolism in Zebra Finches
Avian ResearchPhotoperiod serves as an essential environmental cue that facilitates seasonal acclimatization and thermoregulation in birds. However, its effects on basal and substrate metabolism in Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata) remain unclear.
Kexin Chen +7 more
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Gouldian finches are followers with black-headed females taking the lead.
PLoS ONE, 2019 Colour polymorphism is a widespread phenomenon and often encompasses different behavioural traits and strategies. More recently, it has been shown that morphs can also signal consistent individual differences (personality).
Andrias O O'Reilly +2 more
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Darwin's enduring finches [PDF]
Current Biology, 2010 SummarySmall, unassuming birds in the Galápagos islands proved to be a linchpin in Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and they are still a source of new insights for researchers. Nigel Williams reports.
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Character Convergence in Mexican Finches [PDF]
Evolution, 1970 The natural history literature contains many striking examples of sympatric species more similar in appearance than common ancestry or chance warrant. Recent papers by Moynihan (1968) and Cody (1969) summarized the relevant literature, termed this phenomenon "character convergence," and emphasized the mutual advantages to convergently similar species ...
Martin L, Cody, James H, Brown
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher +1 more
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Humans Discriminate Individual Zebra Finches by their Song
Biolinguistics, 2021 Comparative experiments have greatly advanced the field of biolinguistics in the 21st century, but so far very little research has focused on human perception of non-human animal vocalizations.
Sabrina Schalz, Thomas E. Dickins
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability has become a strategic priority in response to growing regulatory, social and environmental pressures, placing greater emphasis on governance structures, such as board composition, that shape the incorporation of ethical and sustainable values into corporate decision‐making.
Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez +3 more
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Survey of haemosporidian parasite infections in an endangered high alpine bird
Parasites & Vectors, 2023 The Brown-capped Rosy-Finch is an endangered high alpine specialist that breeds on cliffs in the Rocky Mountains of North America. We know little about the parasites that infect these birds but filling this knowledge gap is important for understanding ...
Angela N. Theodosopoulos +2 more
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