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Yosef Kiat, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurSplit moult is a relatively rare adaptation to cope with time constraints in the annual cycle, although less rare than previously thought. This moult pattern mainly occurs among long-distance migrants but also among some northern species winteri[...]
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Yosef Kiat, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurDans Ibis (163(2) 2021)Plumage renewal is an important process in the avian yearly cycle, yet knowledge about the factors that shape moult strategies is far from complete. A varying proportion of individuals of several Palaearctic passerine species divide their flight[...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Alexandre Roulin, AuteurFledgling birds sometimes abandon their own nest and move to neighboring nests where they are fed by host parents. This behaviour, referred to as ‘nest-switching’, is well known in precocial birds that are mobile soon after hatching and can easi[...]
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Guilad Friedemann, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Lior Kerem, Auteur ; Avi Bar-Massada, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurDans Ibis (159(4) 2017)An influential period in avian life-cycles is the annual breeding season, when competition over suitable nesting sites and territories is a key factor that can determine fitness and distribution, especially for species that are highly selective [...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Alexandre Roulin, AuteurResource polymorphism refers to individuals from the same population foraging in alternative habitats or on alternative food. Food specialization can be associated with adaptations such as colour polymorphism, with pale and dark colours conferri[...]
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Yosef Kiat, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurThe moult pattern of the Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis, a resident cisticolid warbler of the Middle East region of the Western Palaearctic, is poorly known. Characterising moult strategies in the avian life cycle is important for understanding[...]
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Ori Peleg, Auteur ; Motti Charter, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Alexandre Roulin, AuteurCapsule Boldness defines the extent to which animals are willing to take risks in the presence of a predator. Late, but not early, in the breeding season, Israeli nestling Barn Owls displaying larger black feather spots were more docile, feigned[...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Moshe Guershon, Auteur ; Yossef Kiat, AuteurThe diet of the Little Owl (Athene noctua) was studied in the area around Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu and Kibbutz Sha'alvim, Israel. During the study, 1070 and 1271 specimens were identified as food items, of which invertebrates accounted for 76.4% and [...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurUsing nest boxes with different sized entrances, we experimentally examined whether a large species of cavity breeder (House Sparrow, Passer domesticus) affects the nest box occupancy and breeding success of a smaller species (Great, Tit, Parus [...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Lev Shapira, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur
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Ron Haran, Auteur ; Roni Shachal, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurTotal habitat loss might lead to local extinction of populations, whereas habitat loss that is extreme but partial leaves some chance for their survival. Einot Gibton, a small nature reserve in Israel, has gone through a major structural change,[...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, AuteurThe effects of competition and risk of predation on secondary cavity breeders were examined between the 2008 and 2009 breeding seasons using an experimental design manipulating two nest entrance sizes (large entrances allowed Barn Owls (Tyto alb[...]
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Kobi Meyrom, Auteur ; Yoav Motro, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Shaul Aviel, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Francis Argyle, Auteur ; Motti Charter, AuteurDans Ardea (97(4) 2009)Starting in 1983, nest boxes for Barn Owls Tyto alba were erected as part of a biological pest control program to deal with rodents, in Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, and later in other agricultural fields and plantations in the Beit She an valley, Israel[...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, Auteur ; Shay Halevi, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur
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Yosef Kiat, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurTime constraint is a main factor which affects the moult strategies in passerines, mainly during the first year of life. The variability of moult strategies between species is associated with the extent of the moult. In the first year of life, t[...]
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Motti Charter, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, Auteur ; Yossi Leshem, AuteurPredation has been suggested as an important factor affecting the success of breeding birds. Various studies have found that particular bird species either avoid or choose to breed in the proximity of predator nests. Here, we investigated whethe[...]
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Ron Haran, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurWillow Warblers Phylloscopus trochilus use two major migration strategies in the eastern Mediterranean Basin to overcome the sea barrier. The first is to cross the Mediterranean Sea after intensive fat refuelling and land on the shores of Egypt [...]
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Yosef Kiat, Auteur ; Ido Izhaki, AuteurJuveniles of several passerine species renew all of their fresh juvenile feathers immediately after fledging (complete post-juvenile moult), in contrast to the majority, which perform a partial post-juvenile moult. To understand the adaptive rol[...]
