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Germline-restricted chromosome (GRC) is widespread among songbirds
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2018 Significance We discovered that contrary to other bird species and most other animals, all examined songbird lineages contain a different number of chromosomes in the somatic and germline genomes.
A. Torgasheva +12 more
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Deer reduce habitat quality for a woodland songbird: evidence from settlement patterns, demographic parameters, and body condition. [PDF]
, 2013 Understanding avian responses to ungulate-induced habitat modification is important because deer populations are increasing across much of temperate Europe and North America.
Carbonell R. +14 more
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Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Studies have shown that organisms may adjust metabolic rates in response to thermal variability, highlighting metabolic plasticity as a key adaptive mechanism. Understanding the extent of metabolic plasticity of an organism is key to predicting its adaptation to climate
Qian Hu +6 more
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A hypothesis on improving foreign accents by optimizing variability in vocal learning brain circuits [PDF]
, 2015 Rapid vocal motor learning is observed when acquiring a language in early childhood, or learning to speak another language later in life. Accurate pronunciation is one of the hardest things for late learners to master and they are almost always left with
Simmonds, AJ
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Diet, phenology and body size shape nutrient release by songbirds
Functional Ecology, EarlyView.Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Animals can dramatically alter ecosystem structure and function through the cycling and transport of nutrients in their waste. While birds are particularly capable of influencing nutrient cycles due to their high mobility, abundance, metabolism and functional diversity,
Linsey Chen +2 more
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Nocturnal Songbird Migration [PDF]
Nature, 1971 WE would like to comment on Evans's criticisms1 of our recent article2 concerning the influence of wind on the direction of nocturnal songbird migration. We pointed out that problems in identifying bird types from radar echoes may have contributed to the controversy about passerine nocturnal migrants compensating for wind drift. Evans claims that there
S. A. GAUTHREAUX, K. P. ABLE
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, 2017 We describe a method and device ( 66 (max. 73) nocturnal migratory flights (29 flights in autumn and > 37, max. 44, in spring) adding up to a total of > 434 (max. 495) flight hours. Migratory flights lasted on average 6.6 h with maximum 15.9 h.
J. Bäckman +6 more
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Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.This study examines the ecophysiological responses of common waxbills to temperature variation in Portugal. We measured body condition and basal metabolic rate (BMR) during summer and winter across two regions in Portugal. Body condition was negatively correlated with temperature, while the relationship between BMR and temperature varied seasonally. In
Marina Sentís +7 more
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Automated annotation of birdsong with a neural network that segments spectrograms
eLife, 2022 Songbirds provide a powerful model system for studying sensory-motor learning. However, many analyses of birdsong require time-consuming, manual annotation of its elements, called syllables.
Yarden Cohen +5 more
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