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How to include and recognize the work of ornithologists based in the Neotropics: Fourteen actions for Ornithological Applications, Ornithology, and other global-scope journals

open access: yesOrnithological Applications, 2022
Global-scope scientific journals have played an important role in upholding a colonial legacy of north-south inequities in ornithology, and they now have a key role to play in increasing equity in scientific publishing.
E. Ruelas Inzunza   +20 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Juggling parenthood and ornithology: A full lifecycle approach to supporting mothers through the American Ornithological Society

open access: yesOrnithological Applications, 2021
The understanding that motherhood impacts career paths is so pervasive among early-career scientists that some feel they must choose parenthood or a career. The penalties associated with motherhood can contribute to the “leaky pipeline,” which equates to
S. Lerman   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A roadmap to identifying and filling shortfalls in Neotropical ornithology

open access: yesThe AUK: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, 2020
Securing the long-term resilience of the world's most speciose avifauna, that of the Neotropics, requires spatially and temporally explicit data to inform decisions.
A. Lees   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hewitson on Butterflies 1867-1877. William C. Hewitson. Hampton, Middlesex: E. W. Classey, 1972. [246] pp; various paginations. $12.50. Distributed exclusively in North America by Entomological Reprint Specialists, Los Angeles, California. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The English naturalist William C. Hewitson (1806-78) was trained as a surveyor, but various good fortunes enabled him to retire at an early age and devote his attention to the pursuit of natural history.
Wilkinson, Ronald S.
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Effect of timing and female quality on clutch size in the Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Capsule: Laying date and female age appear to be related to clutch size. Aims: To test two hypotheses ('date' and 'quality'), which might explain why fewer eggs are laid late in the season.
Garamszegi, László Zsolt   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Catalogue of herpetological specimens from peninsular India at the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), India

open access: yes, 2020
We list the herpetological voucher specimens in the holdings of the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History (SACON), a wildlife research institute in India.
S. Ganesh   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Aromatic Plants in Eurasian Blue Tit Nests: The ‘Nest [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The ‘Nest Protection Hypothesis’ suggests that some birds add aromatic plants to their nests to repel or kill ectoparasites. This behavior has been described for several species, including the Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).
Belo, A.D.F.   +2 more
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Using stable isotopes to measure the dietary responses of Costa Rican forest birds to agricultural countryside

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
How human modification of native habitats changes the feeding patterns and nutritional ecology of tropical birds is critical to conserving avian biodiversity, but tropical bird diets are laborious to investigate using the traditional methods of diet ...
Çağan H. Şekercioğlu   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Morphology and biomechanics of the nests of the Common Blackbird Turdus merula [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Capsule Common blackbirds select different materials, with varying biomechanical properties, to construct different parts of their nest. Aims This study tested the hypothesis that outer components of a nest have a more structural role and so are ...
Adrian M. Goodman   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Evaluation of fall‐seeded cover crops for grassland nesting waterfowl in eastern South Dakota

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView., 2023
Cover crops are experiencing a revival among Midwestern farmers, and we assessed their attractiveness and safety for nesting ducks in South Dakota. Nest success was markedly lower in cover crops than in perennial cover during both years of our study, including 2019 which was a best‐case scenario for cover crops, with extremely wet conditions delaying ...
Charles W. Gallman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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