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Assessing responses of reef island seabirds to environmental and anthropogenic drivers. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Tropical insular ecosystems face escalating, cumulative impacts of land‐ and sea‐based ecological threats that jeopardize the long‐term sustainability of their native communities. This joint vulnerability is epitomized by reef island seabirds, which are exposed to reef decline and coastal erosion driven by climate change, reduction in prey ...
Berr T, Millon A, Dumas P, Guehenneuc P, Perez F, De Méringo H, Baudat-Franceschi J, Vidal É.   +7 more
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Vision and Foraging in Structurally Complex Habitats: Common Moorhens (<i>Gallinula chloropus</i>) See the Way Ahead. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study examines how common moorhens balance foraging and predator detection through their visual field configuration. It finds they have a narrow but vertically elongated binocular field for precise feeding, alongside near‐panoramic monocular vision for wide environmental awareness.
Portugal SJ, Lucas EA, Potier S, Rocamora G, Martin GR.   +4 more
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Citizen science reveals host-switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Wawman DC, Smith AL, Sheldon BC.
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the world’s most endangered tern, Thalasseus bernsteini, and a mitogenomic phylogenetic study of the Laridae family [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Thalasseus bernsteini (Chinese crested tern), known as the rarest tern in the world, has become critically endangered with a severely diminished population. Understanding its genetic diversity is crucial for conservation efforts.
Jun Seong Jeong, Jiyoung Kim, Kyung Jun Lee, Yunkyoung Lee, Jihoon Jo   +4 more
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Field-based assessment of inhibitory control in black-tailed gulls using a cylinder task [PDF]

Animal Cognition
One of the executive functions, inhibitory control, enables animals to suppress ineffective behaviors and facilitate flexible behavior. Seabirds, particularly those of the family Laridae, exploit diverse food resources across various environments.
Kaho Minami, Yuichi Mizutani, Sota Inoue, Hibiki Sugiyama, Yusuke Goto, Akiko Shoji, Ken Yoda   +6 more
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The genome sequence of the lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from an individual female Larus fuscus (the lesser black-backed gull; Chordata; Aves; Charadriiformes; Laridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,324.30 megabases.
Rosa Lopez Colom, Michelle F. O’Brien
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Between-species contagion drives HPAI transmission and mass mortality in seabirds. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
Modelling the unprecedented avian panzootic caused by High‐Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) across the Northeast Atlantic gannet breeding metapopulation, we estimated 28% (95% CI: 21%–34%) HPAI‐related mortality. Large‐scale outbreak initiation was best explained by external infection sources, most likely, other seabird species.
Matthiopoulos J, Votier S, Wanless S, Cunningham E, Lane JV, Jeglinski JWE.   +5 more
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Landowner Perceptions of Heronry Conservation in Human-Dominated Wetlands of Bangladesh. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Heronries—tree‐nesting waterbird colonies—face growing threats in Bangladesh's shared wetland landscapes, where landowner tolerance is the proximate determinant of colony persistence. Through focus group discussions at 235 heronry sites with 2555 participants, we found tolerance to be high but multifactorial, driven by ethical concern, environmental ...
Sadik AS, Akash M, Datta AK, Mohsanin S, Sher-E-Afgan M, Akter R, Kabir H.   +6 more
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The genome sequence of the Yellow-legged Gull, Larus michahellis Naumann, 1840 [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]

Wellcome Open Research
We present a genome assembly from a female specimen of Larus michahellis (Yellow-legged Gull; Chordata; Aves; Charadriiformes; Laridae). The genome sequence has a total length of 1,405.56 megabases.
Elisa Ramos, Meng Yue Wu, Manuel Schweizer, Constantin Latt, Joana Meier, Christophe Sahli, Pierre-André Crochet, Maurice Lunak, David Alexander Marques, Walter Salzburger   +9 more
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Muskrat Island: Behavioral Shifts of an Insular Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) Population in the Gulf of Maine [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
The aftermath of the North American fur trade resulted in the depletion of many furbearing mammal populations in their native North American range while simultaneously creating invasive populations of these species through translocations worldwide. Here,
Alexis M. Mychajliw, Max Zeltsar, John Dennis, Maddie E. Ellms, Dylan Titmuss, Kristen M. Covino, Sara Williams, Shrushti Modi, Courtney A. Hofman   +8 more
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