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Using customs data to understand overlooked trade in non‐CITES birds between Africa and Asia
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The international trade in live birds poses risks to animals, people, and biodiversity. To effectively mitigate these risks, decision‐makers require information on the volume, dynamics, and direction of trade. Despite Africa once being the largest exporter of birds by region, very little data exist on recent trade in live birds not listed on ...
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Modeling habitat use in forest songbirds [PDF]
, 1993 Canterbury, Grant E.. (1993). Modeling habitat use in forest songbirds.
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Why Do Birds Flock? A Role for Opioids in the Reinforcement of Gregarious Social Interactions
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 The formation of social groups provides safety and opportunities for individuals to develop and practice important social skills. However, joining a social group does not result in any form of obvious, immediate reinforcement (e.g., it does not result in
Lauren V. Riters +2 more
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Prevalence of traded bird species in key biodiversity areas
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract The use and trade of biodiversity involve tens of thousands of species that are exploited at a range of scales, intensities, and degrees of sustainability. As a result, some are highly threatened. Key biodiversity areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the persistence of biodiversity identified nationally based on standardized criteria ...
Oscar Morton +4 more
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Female song is widespread and ancestral in songbirds [PDF]
, 2015 Bird song has historically been considered an almost exclusively male trait, an observation fundamental to the formulation of Darwin's theory of sexual selection.
Langmore, Naomi +4 more
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Folia OecologicaAnthropogenic activities have contributed to the increase of heavy metals and to the alteration of their natural cycles in the environment. Mercury (Hg) is now considered to be one of the most toxic elements whose levels need to be monitored in abiogenic
Zábojníková Lenka +5 more
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Significant Instances in Motor Gestures of Different Songbird Species
Frontiers in Physics, 2019 The nervous system representation of a motor program is an open problem for most behaviors. In birdsong production, it has been proposed that some special temporal instances, linked to significant aspects of the motor gestures used to generate the song ...
Javier N. Lassa Ortiz +7 more
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Phylogenomics of the American robin (Turdus migratorius) reveals hidden lineages and introgression
Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.Phylogenomic analyses of Turdus migratorius uncover four previously unrecognized lineages, including a divergent Baja California lineage (T. m. confinis). The results reveal complex evolutionary relationships that depart from simple models of continuous divergence, supported by evidence of introgression between the Mexican lineage and its previously ...
Wendoly Rojas‐Abreu +5 more
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Magnetic orientation in migratory songbirds
, 2019 Migratory birds are well known to use information from the Earth’s magnetic field, stars and the sun for orientation and navigation. Here we give a historical overview of the research findings and techniques which have led to the current knowledge on how
Bairlein, Franz, +3 more
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Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Grassland species are declining globally. Sprague's Pipit (Anthus spragueii), a native grassland‐obligate, nests in planted grasslands in some regions. How food resources in planted grassland compare with those in native grassland is important to determine the relative benefits of creating new grassland by seeding cropland with ...
David Anthony Kirk +4 more
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