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Assessing the impact of urbanization on wetland bird communities in Chilean Mediterranean coast | Urban Ecosystems
Understanding how biodiversity is changing is key to improving conservation actions and informing decision-making. Urbanization is a Major driver of biodiv
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Individual tracking of an arboreal rodent shows that predation on cavity-nesting birds is not incidental
European Journal of Wildlife Research - Nest predation is the leading cause of breeding failure in birds. A crucial aspect in predators’ foraging ecology is whether they depredate bird nests...
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Do human-modified landscapes influence composition and diversity of foraging guilds in mixed-species bird flocks in Wayanad, southern Western Ghats, India?
Foraging guild composition of mixed-species flocks were studied and compared between old-growth forests and selected human-modified landscapes with di…
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Native forest cover, fragmentation, and seasonality shape functional diversity in forest bird communities
Biodiversity encompasses genetic, species, and ecosystem diversity, all of which are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation driven by human acti…
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Different migration strategies under warming ocean anomalies in penguins: a study of spatial, oceanographic, and isotopic niche segregation
Journal of Ornithology - Many seabirds adjust migratory movements to interannual oceanic variability, tracking food resources, and potentially avoiding competition. This study examines the at-sea...
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Biparental care and reproductive success in reintroduced and captive populations of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Parrot Amazona vittata | Bird Conservation International | Cambridge Core
Biparental care and reproductive success in reintroduced and captive populations of the Critically Endangered Puerto Rican Parrot Amazona vittata - Volume 35
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Berries to Go: Distinct Passerine Spring Migration Frugivory at a Main Mediterranean Stopover Site
We report that five songbird species forage on the fruits of two Mediterranean plants, Prasium majus and Rhamnus alaternus, during a main spring stopover in the Tyrrhenian Sea. Analyses of faecal con...
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