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The presence of air sac nematodes in passerines and near-passerines in southern Germany
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 Major climatic changes in conjunction with animal movement may be associated with the spread of parasites and their vectors into new populations, with potentially important consequences for population persistence. Parasites can evolve to adapt to unsuitable ecological conditions and take up refuge within new host species, with consequences for the ...
Abdu, Salamatu +7 more
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Isolation of microsatellite loci in the Capricorn silvereye, Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus (Aves : Zosteropidae) [PDF]
, 2003 The Capricorn silvereye (Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus ) is ideally suited to investigating the genetic basis of body size evolution. We have isolated and characterized a set of microsatellite markers for this species.
Altschul +13 more
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Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
Oikos, EarlyView.Euphonias (Neotropical passerines in the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia) form the quintessential example of a specialized avian frugivore, combining a high reliance on fruit as food and the restriction of fruit taxa exploited. To understand their specialization, we explored the integration of fruit morphological and nutritional traits with their ...
Marco A. Pizo +3 more
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Journal of Veterinary and Animal SciencesThe 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 +6 more
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Passeriformes: nest predators and prey in a Neotropical Savannah in Central Brazil
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2009 The identification of predators of birds' nests, crucial to a better understanding of predator-prey interactions, remains poorly known. Here we provide evidence that birds, and especially passerines, may depredate birds' nests in the Cerrado (Neotropical
Leonardo F. França +10 more
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Sperm length variation as a predictor of extrapair paternity in passerine birds. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 The rate of extrapair paternity is a commonly used index for the risk of sperm competition in birds, but paternity data exist for only a few percent of the approximately 10400 extant species.
Jan T Lifjeld +4 more
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A critique of avian CHD-based molecular sexing protocols illustrated by a Z-chromosome polymorphism detected in auklets [PDF]
, 2001 The sexes of non-ratite birds can be determined routinely by PCR amplification of the CHD-Z and CHD-W genes. CHD -based molecular sexing of four species of auklets revealed the presence of a polymorphism in the Z chromosome.
Burke, T. +5 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Different aspects of ecological systems, biotic or abiotic, often fluctuate in coordinated patterns over space and time. Such high concordance between ecological processes is often referred to as ecological synchrony. Human activities, including and beyond climate change, have the potential to alter ecological synchrony by disrupting or ...
Yiluan Song +9 more
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Provenance does matter: links between winter trophic segregation and the migratory origins of European robins [PDF]
, 2016 Amongst migratory species, it is common to find individuals from different populations or geographical origins sharing staging or wintering areas.
Bearhop, Stuart, +7 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Renewable energy is vital for reducing carbon emissions and yet its infrastructure poses challenges to biodiversity. While the impacts of wind power on bats and raptors are well‐studied, the effects on elusive species remain largely unknown. The Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola, a nocturnal forest bird, performs characteristic courtship flights at ...
Jan O. Engler +6 more
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