Past research and future directions in understanding how birds use their sense of smell
Ibis, Volume 167, Issue 4, Page 853-881, October 2025.Our understanding of the functional importance of olfaction to birds has improved over the past 60 years, largely as the result of experimental studies testing how birds use their sense of smell in different contexts. As it is impossible to measure directly which odours birds can detect, we rely on measuring behavioural responses to scent cues or ...
Darcy Creece +2 more
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Epidemiology and molecular phylogeny of Babesia sp. in Little Penguins Eudyptula minor in Australia
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2015 Blood parasites are potential threats to the health of penguins and to their conservation and management. Little penguins Eudyptula minor are native to Australia and New Zealand, and are susceptible to piroplasmids (Babesia), hemosporidians (Haemoproteus,
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Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background The majority of penguins (Sphenisciformes) have evolved in areas with weak or absent transmission of haemosporidian parasites and are usually naïve to avian haemosporidian infections.
Mizue Inumaru +6 more
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Host associations, biogeography, and phylogenetics of avian malaria in southern African waterfowl [PDF]
, 2012 The relevance of spatial variation in the environment and host communities for parasite community composition is poorly documented, creating a need for additional case studies from which general principles can be developed.
Caron, Alexandre +5 more
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A Systematic Study of the Main Arteries in the Region of the Heart--Aves V--Sphenisciformes. Part 2 [PDF]
, 1947 Author Institution: University of ...
Glenny, Fred H.
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Environmental and Evolutionary Forces Shaping Penguin Geographic Limits
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 9, September 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Penguins are seabirds exclusively found in the Southern Hemisphere, with their existence dating back to the late Cretaceous. Despite their exceptional dispersal capabilities, which allow them to inhabit a wide range of environments—from polar regions to temperate zones, and even near the Equator—penguins are absent in the Northern ...
Amanda Mourão Santos +1 more
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Contrasting patterns of selection between MHC I and II across populations of Humboldt and Magellanic penguins [PDF]
, 2016 Indexación: Web of ScienceThe evolutionary and adaptive potential of populations or species facing an emerging infectious disease depends on their genetic diversity in genes, such as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). In birds, MHC class I deals
Dantas, GPM +7 more
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Same‐sex partnerships in birds: a review of the current literature and a call for more data
Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.Same‐sex sexual behaviour (SSB), encompassing actions such as courtship, pair bonding, and parenting between individuals of the same sex, has been observed across numerous taxa, including birds. Yet despite its widespread occurrence, SSB remains poorly understood, often dismissed as maladaptive or the result of errors in sex discrimination.
Natasha Gillies, Katrina Siddiqi-Davies
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Использование относительных пространственных показателей в исследованиях птичьих яиц [PDF]
, 2009 Зоологическая наука с момента своего возникновения и до настоящего времени в качестве количественных критериев, в большинстве случаев, использует абсолютные значения линейных промеров. Количество извлекаемой при этом информации не велико.
Митяй, И. С.
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W(h)ither Fossils? Studying Morphological Character Evolution in the Age of Molecular Sequences [PDF]
, 2008 A major challenge in the post-genomics era will be to integrate molecular sequence data from extant organisms with morphological data from fossil and extant taxa into a single, coherent picture of phylogenetic relationships; only then will these ...
Bull J. J. +21 more
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