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Avocetta, 2023 The Pine Processionary Moth (PPM) Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni has long been attacking Mediterranean forests. In its management strategy, Lebanon has focused mainly on pesticides, leaving natural predators as an understudied control option. This study aims to
Leila Rossa Mouawad +5 more
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Antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of Enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Symbiotic microorganisms may be directly transferred from parents to offspring or acquired from a particular environment that animals may be able to select.
Magdalena Ruiz-Rodríguez +7 more
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Year-round tracking of small trans-Saharan migrants using light-level geolocators. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Since 1899 ringing (or banding) remained the most important source of information about migration routes, stopover sites and wintering grounds for birds that are too small to carry satellite-based tracking systems. Despite the large quantity of migrating
Erich Bächler +7 more
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An experimental test of host's life history traits modulation in response to cuckoo parasitism risk. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Hosts can counteract parasites through defences based on resistance and/or tolerance. The mechanistic basis of tolerance, which involve defensive mechanisms minimizing parasite damage after a successful parasitic attack, remains poorly explored in the ...
Mónica Expósito-Granados +6 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2019 Common Hoopoe Upupa epops was thought to breed in Bangladesh but with no confirmed records. The observation presented in this paper of a breeding pair with its chick at Satchari National Park in northeastern Bangladesh is the first confirmed breeding ...
Sabit Hasan +2 more
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Diet and foraging ecology of the Hoopoe Upupa epops in a Mediterranean area of Central Italy
Avocetta, 2022 During the breeding season, the Hoopoe Upupa epops inhabits traditional and diversified rural habitats with high availability of bare ground and short grass areas where it forages. Only a few studies addressed the breeding diet of this species.
Matteo Annessi +2 more
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Helmeted hornbill cranial kinesis: Balancing mobility and stability in a high-impact joint. [PDF]
Anat Rec (Hoboken)Abstract Prokinesis—in which a craniofacial joint allows the rostrum to move relative to the braincase—is thought to confer diverse advantages in birds, mostly for feeding. A craniofacial joint would, however, be a weak link if cranial stability is important. Paradoxically, we have identified a craniofacial joint in helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil),
Schindler M +8 more
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Territory occupancy and parental quality as proxies for spatial prioritization of conservation areas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 In order to maximize their fitness, individuals aim at choosing territories offering the most appropriate combination of resources. As population size fluctuates in time, the frequency of breeding territory occupancy reflects territory quality.
Matthias Tschumi +2 more
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Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2012 The authors studied for six years the effects of tree thinning and of undergrowth control in a coastal pinewood of Central Italy. The changes induced by cultivation activities have caused a significant contraction of richness abundance and diversity, not
Amalia Castaldi, Gaspare Guerrieri
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Overwinter users of nest cavities affect breeding birds via nest‐dwelling ectoparasites
Ecosphere, 2023 Cavities used for avian reproduction in spring often host other organisms for roosting during winter, which should affect their microclimatic conditions and, then, the patterns of emergence of nest‐dwelling ectoparasites of birds and successful ...
Antonio José García‐Núñez +4 more
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