| Titre : | Journal of Ornithology 155(1) - JAN 2014 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
João Paulo Silva, Auteur ;
Beatriz Estanque, Auteur ;
Francisco Moreira, Auteur ;
Jorge Manuel Palmeirim, Auteur
The Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax) is one of Europe's most threatened birds, and depends mostly on extensive agricultural and pastoral schemes for survival. Due to the female's secretive behaviour, information concerning female breeding ecology [...]
Article
Carolina Corrales, Auteur ;
Mariia Pavlovska, Auteur ;
Jacob Höglund, Auteur
The cold periods of the Pleistocene have had a striking impact on the diversification of most organisms in temperate regions. Phylogeographic patterns and postglacial expansion are poorly understood in the Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix). This spec[...]
Article
Sascha Roesner, Auteur ;
Dominic V. Cimiotti, Auteur ;
Roland Brandl, Auteur
Recently, based on genetic analysis, a distinct lineage of the Northern Raven has been described and assigned to the subspecies Corvus corax tingitanus on the Canary Islands. However, all sampled birds originated from only one island of the arch[...]
Article
Loreto A. Godoy, Auteur ;
Lisa A. Tell, Auteur ;
Holly B. Ernest, Auteur
The hummingbird family (Trochilidae) is species rich; however the effects of infectious agents and diseases on these birds have received little attention. We compiled and summarized published findings describing disease conditions in hummingbird[...]
Article
Jose Alfredo Castillo-Guerrero, Auteur ;
Erick González-Medina, Auteur ;
Eric Mellink, Auteur
We aimed to elucidate the factors that influence the frequency of adoption and infanticide in the Blue-footed Booby (Sula nebouxii), a seabird with biparental chick care and high chick-rearing costs. We obtained data from two colonies during fou[...]
Article
Laura M. Frasz, Auteur ;
Jason D. Fischer, Auteur ;
James R. Miller, Auteur
Ptilochronology, the study of feather growth bars, has been used to assess nutritional condition, yet the implementation of this technique can be challenging. This study investigated how a magnification aid and level of experience with the techn[...]
Article
Anna Torne-Noguera, Auteur ;
Emilio Pagani-Nunez, Auteur ;
Juan Carlos Senar, Auteur
Animal research commonly requires temporary handling of study animals. In this study, we compared the response to handling stress in urban and forest Great Tits (Parus major). We measured breath rate, which has been suggested as a proxy of the s[...]
Article
I. Berger, Auteur ;
Y. Leshem, Auteur ;
Y. Yom-tov, Auteur ;
S. Markman, Auteur
In monogamous species, conspecific aggression is a primary tactic to deter intruders. Alternative reproductive strategies, such as extra-pair copulations or intra-specific brood parasitism that peak at the pre-egg laying period and are practised[...]
Article
Piotr Kaminski, Auteur ;
Leszek Jerzak, Auteur ;
Tim H. Sparks, Auteur ;
Alison Johnston, Auteur ;
Marcin Bocheński, Auteur ;
Mariusz Kasprzak, Auteur ;
Ewa Wisniewska, Auteur ;
Slawomir Mroczkowski, Auteur ;
Piotr Tryjanowski, Auteur
Biochemical and blood cell parameters have commonly been employed as useful minimally invasive indicators of the health or nutritional status of many species. Here, we present data on a suite of commonly measured blood parameters from 342 White [...]
Article
J. Pinowski, Auteur ;
R. Vaclav, Auteur ;
B. Pinowska, Auteur ;
J. Romanowski, Auteur
Animals can estimate breeding habitat quality by monitoring social information provided by the behaviours of others. While it is accepted that the value of public information erodes with distance from the source of information, the spatial and t[...]
Article
Jannie Fries Linnebjerg, Auteur ;
Nicholas Per Huffeldt, Auteur ;
Knud Falk, Auteur ;
Flemming R. Merkel, Auteur ;
Anders Mosbech, Auteur ;
Morten Frederiksen, Auteur
Leg-mounted loggers are increasingly used in seabird activity studies, but few studies have validated the information obtained about bird behaviour with independent data. Using Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia as a study species, we show by comp[...]
Article
Markus Immitzer, Auteur ;
Ursula Nopp-Mayr, Auteur ;
Margit Zohmann, Auteur
The Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix L.), listed in Annex 1 of the European Bird Directive, inhabits the vulnerable alpine treeline ecotone. Reacting sensitively to modifications of the environment, it can be regarded as an indicator species. To asse[...]
Article
Katrine Eldegard, Auteur ;
Heidi Vognild, Auteur ;
Geir A. Sonerud, Auteur
The decision to emigrate from the natal area can influence future fitness prospects, yet detailed data on sex-specific juvenile dispersal behaviour is still lacking for most bird species. We tracked 13 radio-tagged Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius funere[...]
Article
Shalie Malik, Auteur ;
Puja Budki, Auteur ;
Sangeeta Rani, Auteur ;
Vinod Kumar, Auteur
Environmental enrichment can have effects on the physiology and behavior of animals. In our study we addressed the effects of physical enrichment on the activity behavior of a subtropical songbird, the Spotted Munia (Lonchura punctulata). Specif[...]
Article
Matthieu Guillemain, Auteur ;
Steven L. Van Wilgenburg, Auteur ;
Pierre Legagneux, Auteur ;
Keith A. Hobson, Auteur
Management of migratory game birds must be considered at the flyway scale. Flyway delineation has generally relied on ring recoveries, yet migratory connectivity between breeding and wintering grounds is often difficult to demonstrate due to low[...]
Article
Andreas Michalik, Auteur ;
Bianca Alert, Auteur ;
Svenja Engels, Auteur ;
Nele Lefeldt, Auteur ;
Henrik Mouritsen, Auteur
Young night-migratory birds establish a functional star compass during ontogeny by searching the starry night sky for its centre of rotation and interpreting this as "north". The birds then use the learned location of the rotational centre to ca[...]
Article
Alexandre Chausson, Auteur ;
Isabelle Henry, Auteur ;
Bettina Almasi, Auteur ;
Alexandre Roulin, Auteur
Winter weather has a strong influence on Barn Owl (Tyto alba) breeding biology. Here, we analyzed the impacts of weather conditions on reproductive performance during the breeding season using data collected over 22 years in a Swiss Barn Owl pop[...]
Article
Joël Broyer, Auteur ;
Laurence Curtet, Auteur ;
Romain Chazal, Auteur
Ongoing meadow bird demographic trends in Europe raise the question of the effectiveness of public policy aiming to halt biodiversity loss. In this study, we attempted to understand the success and failures in one of the first French Agri-Enviro[...]
Article
Canchao Yang, Auteur ;
Anders Pape Moller, Auteur ;
Zhijun Ma, Auteur ;
Feng Li, Auteur ;
Wei Liang, Auteur
Nest predation is a common cause of reproductive failure. Here, we show for the first time unusually high rates of nest predation on eggs and chicks in nests of the Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis and the brood parasitic Common Cuc[...]
Article
Karen Bourgeois, Auteur ;
S. Dromzee, Auteur
Biochemical analyses of feathers are increasingly used to study seabird at-sea distribution, movements, pollutant exposure and trophic level. However, such studies are intrinsically related to the knowledge of the target species moulting strateg[...]
Article
Roland Hausknecht, Auteur ;
Susanne Jacobs, Auteur ;
Jorg Mueller, Auteur ;
Richard Zink, Auteur ;
Hans Frey, Auteur ;
Roar Solheim, Auteur ;
Al Vrezec, Auteur ;
Anton Krištín, Auteur ;
Jozef Mihok, Auteur ;
Ilze Kergalve, Auteur ;
Pertti Saurola, Auteur ;
Ralph Kuehn, Auteur
The distribution of the Ural Owl (Strix uralensis) in Europe shrank dramatically at the end of the nineteenth century, largely through direct persecution. No genetic information on this species is available that could provide a basis for ongoing[...]
Article
Esther Del Val, Auteur ;
Juan Jose Negro, Auteur ;
Juan Garrido-Fernandez, Auteur ;
Manuel Jaren, Auteur ;
Antoni Borras, Auteur ;
Josep Cabrera, Auteur ;
Juan Carlos Senar, Auteur
Carotenoid-based ornamentation shows great variability in Common Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) males. Plumage colour ranges from dull yellow to bright red, but the majority of birds tend to be reddish-orange. It has been suggested that moult in [...]
Article
Ashild O. Pedersen, Auteur ;
Marie-Anne Blanchet, Auteur ;
Maria Hörnell-Willebrand, Auteur ;
Jane U. Jepsen, Auteur ;
Martin Biuw, Auteur ;
Eva Fuglei, Auteur
Alpine and arctic tundra regions are likely to retract as a result of climate warming and concerns have been raised over the status of the Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta). In Fennoscandia, the Rock Ptarmigan has low population abundance, and predi[...]
Article
Nicole C. Hogle, Auteur ;
Gary Burness, Auteur
Studies investigating how male and female offspring respond to poor environmental conditions have often focused on species in which members of one sex are considerably larger than the other. We studied the impact of reduced maternal provisioning[...]
Article
Massimo Bocca, Auteur ;
Enrico Caprio, Auteur ;
Dan Chamberlain, Auteur ;
Antonio Rolando, Auteur
The factors influencing the selection of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix winter roost sites and choice of roosting strategy (open-air roosts vs. snow burrows, or 'igloos') were assessed in the Alps, including the influence of winter diet, snow condit[...]
Article
Jianqiang Li, Auteur ;
Yingying Liu, Auteur ;
Yong Wang, Auteur ;
Zhengwang Zhang, Auteur
The explanation for extra-pair paternity (EPP) variation continues to attract research interest in the area of avian breeding systems. Comparisons among closely related species are recommended to explore factors that affect EPP rate variations. [...]
Article
Jose L. Telleria, Auteur ;
Luis M. Carrascal, Auteur ;
Tomas Santos, Auteur
The mutualistic interactions between fruit-producing plants and seed-dispersing birds may be disrupted by the difficulties involved in tracking fruit resources, which are often patchily distributed in space and time. As a consequence, the streng[...]
Article
Catarina G. Dourado, Auteur ;
Margarida Alexandra Duarte, Auteur ;
Ana Rita Grosso, Auteur ;
Cristiane Bastos-Silveira, Auteur ;
Patricia Marrero, Auteur ;
Paulo Oliveira, Auteur ;
Octavio S. Paulo, Auteur ;
Deodalia Dias, Auteur
This study addresses for the first time the issue of pigeon (genus Columba) phylogeny within the archipelagos of Madeira (Columba trocaz) and Azores (C. palumbus azorica), located in the singular biogeographic area of Macaronesia. The phylogeny [...]
Article
Philipp Sprau, Auteur ;
Tobias Roth, Auteur ;
Valentin Amrhein, Auteur ;
Marc Naguib, Auteur
In territorial animals, establishing and defending a territory against rivals is commonly a prerequisite for successful reproduction. Yet, often, non-territorial males that are seeking to establish their own territory may intrude into occupied t[...]
Article
W. Douglas Robinson, Auteur ;
Suzanne H. Austin, Auteur ;
Tara R. Robinson, Auteur ;
Robert E. Ricklefs, Auteur
Growth of avian embryos depends on heat transferred from incubating parents. Parental behavior, including nest characteristics, can influence the length of the incubation period by varying the temperature of incubated eggs, the length of parenta[...]
Article
Philippa Agnew, Auteur ;
Dave Houston, Auteur ;
Chris Lalas, Auteur ;
Janine Wright, Auteur
Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) populations on the south-eastern coastline of the South Island, New Zealand, thrive at locations where they are protected from predation by introduced mammals and disturbance by people. Our objective was to inves[...]
Article
Jesus Gomez, Auteur ;
Chantel I. Michelson, Auteur ;
David W. Bradley, Auteur ;
D. Ryan Norris, Auteur ;
Lisha L. Berzins, Auteur ;
Russell D. Dawson, Auteur ;
Robert G. Clark, Auteur
Our understanding of the annual life-cycle movements of small migratory birds has advanced rapidly with the advent of light-weight geographical positioning devices (i.e., geolocators), yet the effects of geolocators on reproduction and survival [...]
Article
Cas Eikenaar, Auteur ;
Franz Bairlein, Auteur
Migrating birds spend most of their time at stopover sites where they replenish the fuel used during flight, termed refueling. The overall time of migration thus largely depends on the duration of stopovers, and factors shaping stopover duration[...]
Article
Tapio Solonen, Auteur
The onset of breeding in boreal owls might be linked to food supply, weather conditions or both, but the relative importance of each is poorly understood. The primary goal of this study was to discuss the impact that fluctuating food supply and [...]
