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The ‘seet’ danger call: an active nest warning in superb fairy-wrens

Royal Society Open Science
Alarm calls are a common, widely studied antipredator behaviour, with species producing different call types that can have distinct functions. Here, we describe a new type of alarm call in the superb fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus), the ‘seet’ danger call ...
Lauren K. Common, Alper Yelimlieş, Diane Colombelli-Négrel, Victoria I. Austin, Sonia Kleindorfer   +4 more
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White light reduces flight height of birds in low‐density migration corridor

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
We conducted an experiment to better understand the effects of artificial light at night treatments of varying spectral power distributions on in‐flight migratory bird behavior as measured by a portable radar. Broad‐spectrum white light emissions reduced avian flight height as compared to dark periods and more than other light treatments.
Miguel F. Jimenez, Carrie Ann Adams, Carolyn S. Burt, Brian D. Gerber, Jeremy White, Riana Zinn, Kyle G. Horton   +6 more
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Fat scoring in four sparrow species as an estimation of body condition: a validation study

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2022
In avian biology, body condition has been positively correlated with survivability, reproduction, migration, and habitat quality. A common method of assessing avian body condition, which typically refers to measures of energy stores, is a qualitative ...
Elizabeth S. Wenker, Erin L. Kendrick, Mike Maslanka, Michael L. Power   +3 more
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Footedness predicts escape performance in a passerine bird_data

, 2020
Datasets of Footedness predicts escape performance in a passerine ...
Jinxin Guo (8483161), Wenqina Xie (8483159), Yichen Wu (8483167), Jinggang Zhang (8483170), Jiliang Xu (8483173), Jun Wang (8483164), Jianqiang Li (8483175), Yu Gaoyang (7460069)   +7 more
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Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
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Adult snow bunting survival and population change from decades of monitoring effort in Iceland

Arctic Science
Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis, Salomonsen, 1931) are widespread Arctic passerines, yet population trends and demographic parameters are largely unknown across their range.
S. Thorstensen, A. Petersen, M.L. Mallory, G.J. Robertson, A.M. Calvert, S.E. Gutowsky   +5 more
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Relative importance of deterministic and stochastic processes for beta diversity of bird assemblages in Yunnan, China

Ecosphere, 2021
Evaluating the relative importance of deterministic and stochastic processes underlying taxonomic and functional beta diversity is crucial in community ecology, because it can reveal the dominant processes of community assembly.
Xuelian He, Calum Brown, Luxiang Lin
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Quantifying Migratory Bat Movements in Central Europe Across Seasons and Years Using a Vertical‐Looking Radar

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Vertical‐looking radar provides a first multi‐year analysis of migratory bat phenology in Europe. Bat activity was lowest in winter, increased from spring, and peaked in summer, with similar timing of pre‐ and post‐maternity migrations across years.
Silvia Giuntini, Janine Aschwanden, Damiano G. Preatoni, Fabian Hertner, Birgen Haest, Baptiste Schmid   +5 more
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Occurrence and molecular characterisation of respiratory bacterial infections in pet birds: A gender and age-specific analysis

Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
The study examined 76 pet bird carcasses at the Department of Veterinary Pathology, CVAS, Mannuthy. The birds were categorised into four major groups: Psittaciformes, Passeriformes, Columbiformes and Galliformes.
C. Udhayakumar, K.S. Prasanna, K. Krithiga, P.M. Priya, Asha Rajagopal, S. Sruthi, I.S. Sajitha   +6 more
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2003 Global diversification rates of passerine birds

, 2003
The distribution of species richness in families of passerine birds suggests that the net rate of diversification was significantly higher than average in as many as 7 out of 47 families.
Robert E. Ricklefs
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