Search Results - "Avian Research"

Birds and plastic pollution: recent advances by Wang, Limin, Nabi, Ghulam, Yin, Liyun, Wang, Yanqin, Li, Shuxin, Hao, Zhuang, Li, Dongming

“…Plastic waste and debris have caused substantial environmental pollution globally in the past decades, and they have been accumulated in hundreds of…”
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The influence of urban park characteristics on bird diversity in Nanjing, China by Yang, Xueru, Tan, Xinwei, Chen, Chuanwu, Wang, Yanping

“…Background Habitat loss, fragmentation and decrease of habitat quality caused by urbanization have led to a dramatic decline in biodiversity worldwide. For…”
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Comparing the intestinal bacterial communies of sympatric wintering Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) and Domestic Goose (Anser anser domesticus) by Fu, Rong, Xiang, Xingjia, Dong, Yuanqiu, Cheng, Lei, Zhou, Lizhi

“…Background Gut microbiota play crucial roles in host health. Wild birds and domestic poultry often occupy sympatric habitats, which facilitate the mutual…”
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Population trends, threats, and conservation recommendations for waterbirds in China by Wang, Xiaodan, Kuang, Fenliang, Tan, Kun, Ma, Zhijun

“…Abstract Background China is one of the countries with abundant waterbird diversity. Over the past decades, China’s waterbirds have suffered increasing threats…”
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A global consistent positive effect of urban green area size on bird richness by Leveau, Lucas M., Ruggiero, Adriana, Matthews, Thomas J., Isabel Bellocq, M.

“…Background Although the species-urban green area relationship (SARu) has been analyzed worldwide, the global consistency of its parameters, such as the fit and…”
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Phylogenetic definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds by Sangster, George, Braun, Edward L., Johansson, Ulf S., Kimball, Rebecca T., Mayr, Gerald, Suh, Alexander

“…Knowledge of the higher-level phylogenetic relationships of birds has grown substantially during the past two decades due to the application of genomic data…”
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Bird communities’ responses to human-modified landscapes in the southern Anhui Mountainous Area by Wang, Xue, Zhu, Guang, Ma, Haohao, Wu, Yi, Zhang, Wenwen, Zhang, Yong, Li, Chunlin, de Boer, Willem F.

“…Conversion of natural environments to human-modified landscapes is continuing at an unprecedented rate, exerting fundamental influences on global biodiversity…”
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Deterministic processes drive turnover-dominated beta diversity of breeding birds along the central Himalayan elevation gradient by Ding, Zhifeng, Liang, Jianchao, Yang, Le, Wei, Cong, Hu, Huijian, Si, Xingfeng

“…Beta diversity, the variation of community composition among sites, bridges alpha and gamma diversity and can reveal the mechanisms of community assembly…”
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Flexible nest site selection of the endangered Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana): Trade-off from adaptive strategies by Cheng, Lei, Zhou, Lizhi, Yu, Chao, Wei, Zhenhua, Li, Chunhua

“…Nest site selection is a vital component of bird reproduction success, and an adaptive behavior conducted to decrease nest predation risk with avoiding…”
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Noisy environments: untangling the role of anthropogenic noise on bird species richness in a Neotropical city by Carral-Murrieta, Cecilia Odette, García-Arroyo, Michelle, Marín-Gómez, Oscar H., Sosa-López, J. Roberto, MacGregor-Fors, Ian

“…Background Among urban stimuli, anthropogenic noise has been identified to be one of the behavioral drivers of species that rely on acoustic signals for…”
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Migration pattern of a population of Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) breeding in East Asian tropical region by Tian, Li, Liu, Yu, Wu, Yang, Feng, Zimei, Hu, Dan, Zhang, Zhengwang

“…Birds exhibit a high degree of migratory diversity, which is influenced by various ecological factors and life history strategies. Conducting studies on…”
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Habitat preferences and nest site selection by sympatric populations of Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) and Syrian Woodpecker (Dendrocopos syriacus) in natural mountain forests of Southwest Iran by Shafaeipour, Arya, Michalczuk, Jerzy, Fathinia, Behzad

“…We examined habitat preferences and nesting requirements of sympatric populations of Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) and Syrian Woodpecker…”
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The impact of earlier flood recession on metacommunity diversity of wintering waterbirds at shallow lakes in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain by Wei, Zhenhua, Zhou, Lizhi

“…The hydrological regime in wetlands plays an important role in the process of wintering waterbird metacommunity assemblage. However, increasing frequency of…”
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Litter buffet: On the use of trash bins by birds in six boreal urban settlements by García-Arroyo, Michelle, Gómez-Martínez, Miguel A., MacGregor-Fors, Ian

“…Unintentional food resources in urban areas (street litter, food leftovers, overflowing trash bins) are dietary components of some urban-exploiter bird…”
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Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review by Zhang, Luchang, Ma, Xingjian, Chen, Zhiyu, Wang, Chunying, Liu, Zicheng, Li, Xiang, Xing, Xiaoying

“…Artificial nest boxes are placed to attract birds to nest and breed in a specific location, and they are widely used in avian ecology research and in the…”
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Abundance of insects and aerial insectivorous birds in relation to pesticide and fertilizer use by Møller, Anders Pape, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Flensted-Jensen, Einar, Erritzøe, Johannes, Krams, Indrikis, Laursen, Karsten, Liang, Wei, Walankiewicz, Wiesław

“…Background The abundance of insects has decreased considerably during recent decades, resulting in current abundance showing 70-80% reductions in more than 15…”
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Changes in the adult sex ratio of six duck species breeding populations over two decades by Homolková, Monika, Musil, Petr, Pavón-Jordán, Diego, Gajdošová, Dorota, Musilová, Zuzana, Neužilová, Šárka, Zouhar, Jan

“…Despite all efforts, long-term changes in the adult sex ratios of breeding duck populations are still unclear; this uncertainty is especially true for…”
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Oriental Reed Warblers do not abandon Common Cuckoo chicks during prolonged nestling periods by Yan, Hanlin, Zhao, Huahua, Luo, Haixia, Wang, Longwu, Ma, Laikun, Liang, Wei

“…The Oriental Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis) is one of the most commonly used hosts for the parasitic Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). However, as hosts…”
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The clutch size, incubation behavior of Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) and their responses to ambient temperature and precipitation by Jin, Ting, Lu, Shuai, Wang, Yunqi, Hua, Junqin, Liu, Zhengxiao, Hu, Qian, Liu, Yating, Zhao, Yuze, Li, Jianqiang, Xu, Jiliang

“…Weather conditions play a pivotal role in embryo development and parental incubation costs, potentially impacting the clutch size and incubation behavior of…”
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Endochondral ossification of hindlimbs in embryonic development of Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) by Li, Xuan, Zhang, Yuxin, Zhao, Hongfeng

“…The endochondral ossification of hindlimb is essential to a bird's ability to stand, walk and fly. Most hindlimb is ossified in the embryos before hatching in…”
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