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Low Variation in the Polymorphic Clock Gene Poly-Q Region Despite Population Genetic Structure across Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Populations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
PubMed ID: 22216124This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are ...
Yoni Vortman   +43 more
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Complete mitochondrial genomes provide current refined phylogenomic hypotheses for relationships among ten Hirundo species

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Hirundo is the most species-rich genus of the passerine swallow family (Hirundinidae) and has a cosmopolitan distribution. Here we report the complete, annotated mitochondrial genomes for 25 individuals from 10 of the 14 extant Hirundo species; these ...
Javan K. Carter   +31 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flying In The Face Of Efficiency: Migratory Swallows (Hirundinidae) Have Less Pointed Wings Than Residents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The correlation between migration and more pointed wings is a well-established pattern in avian ecomorphology, and has been supported by a large number of studies over many decades.
Huber, Gernot
core   +6 more sources

Evidencia de puestas múltiples para la Golondrina Tijerita (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster, Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) en el centro de Argentina

open access: yesActa Zoológica Lilloana, 2021
La Golodrina Tijerita (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) es una migrante de amplia distribución en el continente americano, nidifica en el Hemisferio Norte y, desde 1980, en el Hemisferio Sur. El tamaño promedio de puesta es entre cuatro y cinco huevos. En
Anabella Di Dino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Roosts and migrations of swallows

open access: yesEl Hornero, 2006
Swallows of the north temperate zone display a wide variety of territorial behaviour during the breeding season, but as soon as breeding is over, they all appear to adopt a pattern of independent diurnal foraging interleaved with aggregation every night
David W. Winkler
doaj   +1 more source

Linked collectors and determiners for: Feather mites of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acariformes: Trouessartiidae) from swallows (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Canada.

open access: yes
Natural history specimen data linked to collectors and determiners held within, "Feather mites of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acariformes: Trouessartiidae) from swallows (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Canada". Claims or attributions were made on
Bionomia
core   +4 more sources

New record of the chewing louse Myrsidea dissimilis (Kellogg, 1896) (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) parasitizing a Purple Martin, Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Amazonas, Brazil

open access: yesEntomological Communications, 2023
The chewing lice are obligatory ectoparasites of birds and mammals distributed worldwide. From an expedition to Comaru Island, Brazilian Amazon, a chewing louse parasitizing a Purple Martin [Progne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)], a Neotropical migrant, was ...
Ricardo Bassini-Silva   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Avian viral pathogens in Swallows, Zimbabwe. Infectious diseases in Hirundinidae: A risk to swallow? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
We sampled 417 swallows in a wetland ecosystem of Zimbabwe in February 2010 and October 2011. RT-PCR tests revealed circulation of avian paramyxovirus type I, avian influenza and West Nile disease viruses in these populations. We discuss the relevance of
Scacchia, Massimo   +21 more
core   +1 more source

Tropical insectivorous birds’ predation patterns that promote forest–farmland trophic connectivity for integrated top–down pest biocontrol

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Although conversion of natural forest to agriculture can negatively impact biodiversity in many ways, some affected species may respond by dispersing across the forest–farmland eco-zone, thereby facilitating functional connections through food-web ...
Nickson Erick Otieno   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Emergence of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST398 in Wild Birds, Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesMicrobiologyopen
In a protected forest fragment in southern Brazil, 197 wild birds were sampled, with 12.2% carrying Staphylococcus aureus. Two MRSA ST398 strains, the first reported in Brazilian wild birds, were identified. Genomic analysis revealed resistance and virulence genes, linking these strains to pigs and underscoring the critical need for resistance ...
Ribas MR   +19 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

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