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Status survey and conservation of the House Sparrow Passer domesticus (Aves: Passeriformes: Passeridae) through public participation in Kannur, Kerala, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
House Sparrows Passer domesticus are one of the most widespread passerines in the world.  A survey was conducted to find out their status in Kannur District, Kerala.  The survey recorded 553 sparrows in 35 sites in the district.
R. Roshnath   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multiple Signaling Functions Of Song In A Polymorphic Species With Alternative Reproductive Strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Vocal traits can be sexually selected to reflect male quality, but may also evolve to serve additional signaling functions. We used a long-term dataset to examine the signaling potential of song in dimorphic white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia ...
Formica, Vincent A.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Electromagnetic Pollution as a Possible Explanation for the Decline of House Sparrows in Interaction with Other Factors

open access: yesBirds, 2021
In recent decades, there has been a decline of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), mainly in European cities, and several hypotheses have been proposed that attempt to determine the causes of this rapid decline.
Alfonso Balmori
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Nestling Acoustic Experience in Song Discrimination in a Sparrow [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Oscine songbirds are an ideal system for investigating how early experience affects vocal behavior. Young songbirds face a challenging task: how to recognize and selectively learn only their own species’ song, often during a time-limited window.
Creanza, Nicole   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Seroprevalence and risk assessment of Toxoplasma gondii in Java sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora) in China

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2019
Background Toxoplasma gondii, an intracellular zoonotic parasite, infects all mammalian and birds. Understanding the prevalence of Toxoplasma in bird is important for evaluating the transmission of this parasite.
Si-Yang Huang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of house sparrows passer domesticus damage to single and double winter cultivations under field conditions [PDF]

open access: yesArab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2019
The ultimate goal of this study is to find out the most suitable combinations of adjacent crops that reduce house sparrows damage. The experiments were established using single and double combinations of four wintery crops. Namely, soft wheat, hard wheat,
Norhan Yacoub   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of estradiol and predator cues on behavior and brain responses of captive female house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2023
The presence of predators can cause major changes in animal behavior, but how this interacts with hormonal state and brain activity is poorly understood.
Melanie G. Kimball   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular Screening of Salmonella sp. from fecal sample of Sparrows (Passer domesticus) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences, 2021
Wild birds is one of the reservoir agent of some of various zoonotic diseases. The study was aim to see the potential of sparrow as the reservoir agent of Salmonella sp. using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method.
Anggita Marla   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of predation by two suburban cats in New Zealand [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
To study the effects domestic cats may have on surrounding wildlife, a complete list was made of 558 items caught in the garden or brought into the house by one cat over 17 years, from 1988 to 2005.
Flux, John E.C.
core   +3 more sources

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