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Pseudogenisation of the Short-wavelength Sensitive 1 (SWS1) Opsin Gene in Two New Zealand Endemic Passerine Species: the Yellowhead (Mohoua ochrocephala) and Brown Creeper (M. novaeseelandiae)

Andrew E. Fidler, Auteur ; Zachary Aidala, Auteur ; Michael G. Anderson, Auteur ; Luis Ortiz-Catedral, Auteur ; Mark E. Hauber, Auteur

Dans Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) (127(1) March 2015)

ABSTRACT Perception of ultraviolet (UV) light, mediated by the avian short-wavelength sensitive-1 (SWS1) opsin, is important for birds in a range of functional contexts, including foraging, mate choice, and offspring recognition. The maximum abs[...]

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An hypothesis to explain the linkage between kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) breeding and the mast fruiting of their food trees

Andrew E. Fidler, Auteur ; Stephen B. Lawrence, Auteur ; Kenneth P. Mcnatty, Auteur

Dans Wildlife Research (35(1) 2008)

An important goal in the intensive conservation management of New Zealand's critically endangered nocturnal parrot, kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), is to increase the frequency of breeding attempts. Kakapo breeding does not occur annually but rat[...]

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Sexual plumage dichromatism in a size monomorphic seabird

Stefanie MH Ismar, Auteur ; Claire Daniel, Auteur ; Branislav Igic, Auteur ; Peter K. Morrison-Whittle, Auteur ; Grant Ballard, Auteur ; Craig D. Millar, Auteur ; Andrew E. Fidler, Auteur ; Kevin J. McGraw, Auteur ; Kazumasa Wakamatsu, Auteur ; Brent M. Stephenson, Auteur ; others, Auteur

Dans Wilson Journal of Ornithology (The) (126(3) 2014)

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