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Morphometric parameters and food preference in relation to sex and reference hematological values for Upupa epops from Pakistan [PDF]

Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 2022
Objective: The study was conducted to investigate the gut content and record morphometric and hematological parameters in the common hoopoe (Upupa epops).
Rida Tahir, Warda Zafar, Muhammad Waseem Aslam, Ahmad Waheed, Ali Umar, Sana Fatima, Tariq Javed, Tabish Liaqat, Allah Ditta, Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Zaman, Ali Nawaz, Tehmina Khan, Muhammad Wajid, Muhammad Saleem Khan   +14 more
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Autoclaving Nest-Material Remains Influences the Probability of Ectoparasitism of Nestling Hoopoes (Upupa epops) [PDF]

Biology, 2020
Nest bacterial environment influences avian reproduction directly because it might include pathogenic- or antibiotic-producing bacteria or indirectly because predators or ectoparasites can use volatile compounds from nest bacterial metabolism to detect ...
Mónica Mazorra-Alonso, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi, Juan Manuel Peralta-Sánchez, Juan José Soler   +3 more
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First Genetically Differentiation between Upupa epops major and Upupa epops epops (Family: Upupidae)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022
Hoopoe has been traditionally treated as a single species within the order Coraciiformes. Presently, however, various authors have suggested separating the hoopoe into two or more species and even its order, Bucerotiformes. So, this work aimed to use the
Lamiaa Deef, Asmaa Ibrahiem Bayomi
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Estimating seasonal survival of migratory birds using continuous-time capture-recapture models. [PDF]

Ecol Appl
Abstract Understanding the population dynamics of migratory species requires consideration of their entire annual cycle. A key requirement is the decomposition of annual survival into seasonal periods. While there is increasing evidence that migrations are the most dangerous phase of the annual cycle, temporal variation in seasonal survival and its ...
Schaub M, Arlettaz R, Zwahlen I, Martin EC.   +3 more
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Zootherapeutic uses of animals and their parts: An important element of the traditional knowledge of the Safi province, Morocco [PDF]

Heliyon
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The Moroccan population harbors rich traditional knowledge used to treat various human diseases. This is the first study aimed at exploring the ethnozoological practices in Morocco.
Ahmed Lemhadri, Taoufiq Benali, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign, Abenezer Wendimu   +3 more
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Comparative Histological and Ultrastructural Studies on Lung of The Egyptian Hoopoe (Upupa epops major) and The European Hoopoe (Upupa epops epops) [PDF]

Catrina: the International Journal of Environmntal Sciences, 2013
The lung of birds is the most complex and efficient gas exchanger that has evolved in the air-breathing vertebrates. Lung tissues of the Egyptian hoopoe (upupa epops major) and the European hoopoe (upupa epops epops) which inhabit Damietta governorate in
Adel Ibrahim, Neveen El-Bakary, Lamiaa E. Deef Deef, Sobhy El-Naby, Gamal Abd-Allah   +4 more
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Nesting hoopoes cultivate in their uropygial gland the microbial symbionts with the highest antimicrobial capacity [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The European hoopoe (Upupa epops) conforms a paradigmatic example of animals cultivating bacteria in their uropygial gland that protect them against pathogenic infections.
Juan José Soler, María Dolores Barón, Ester Martínez-Renau, Lu Zhang, Wei Liang, Manuel Martín-Vivaldi   +5 more
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Threshold Responses of Bird Communities to Human Footprint: Testing the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis and Implications for Biodiversity Conservation. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Human activities, quantified by the Human Footprint Index (HFP), drive biodiversity declines, with birds serving as sensitive indicators of ecosystem health. In northeastern Inner Mongolia, Threshold Indicator Taxa Analysis (TITAN) identified a community composition shift at HFP ≈ 14, with species‐specific thresholds ranging from 3.37 to 43.22 ...
Yang X, Zhang L, Tryjanowski P, Jiguet F, Han Z, Wang H.   +5 more
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Mechanisms Driving Ground-Dwelling Animal Diversity Responses to Urbanization Gradients: A Case Study From the Chuhe River Riparian Zone in Nanjing, China. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Systematic assessment of ground‐dwelling animal diversity responses along urbanization gradients in the Chuhe River riparian zone, Nanjing, China. Integration of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity to comprehensively reveal community changes across different urban gradients.
Chen W, Zhu Q, Yang Y.
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Host-feeding preferences of Culex pipiens and its potential significance for flavivirus transmission in the Camargue, France. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
We identified Culex pipiens bloodmeals at the species level in natural, agricultural and peri‐urban habitats and calculated host preferences based on forage ratios. This analysis showed Passeriformes, and in particular Columba livia, Passer montanus and Turdus sp., to be the preferred Cx. pipiens hosts.
Rodríguez-Valencia V, Olive MM, Le Goff G, Faisse M, Bourel M, L'Ambert G, Vollot B, Tolsá-García MJ, Paupy C, Roiz D.   +9 more
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