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Neil Coughlan, Auteur ; Connie Baker-Horne, Auteur ; Kane Brides, Auteur ; Eoghan M. Cunningham, Auteur ; Jaimie T. A. Dick, Auteur ; Susan Doyle, Auteur ; Andy J. Green, Auteur ; Rose M. Griffith, Auteur ; Linda Lyne, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Scott W. Petrek, Auteur ; Hannah M. Williams, Auteur ; Thomas C. Kelly, AuteurScant consideration has been given to the ingestion of synthetic micro-particles (e.g. plastic particles such as micro-fibres and micro-fragments 0.5–5 mm in size) by non-marine waterbirds, such as geese, residing in coastal and inland areas. In[...]
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Courtney Redmond, Auteur ; David Cabot, Auteur ; Susan Doyle, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, AuteurDans Wildfowl (73 2023)In many bird species across a variety of taxa, larger individuals with greater body stores are more likely to breed successfully. The migratory Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis breeds in arctic regions including Greenland, Svalbard, Russia, and t[...]
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Andrew Power, Auteur ; Philip White, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Seán B.A. Kelly, Auteur ; Kendrew Colhoun, Auteur ; Evin McGovern, Auteur ; Brendan McHugh, Auteur ; Ian O’Connor, AuteurPersistent organic pollutants (POPs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other organochlorine compounds (OCs), as well as metals, have deleterious impacts on birds. Bird eggs are considered a favo[...]
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George Sangster, Auteur ; J. Martin Collinson, Auteur ; Guy M. Kirwan, Auteur ; Alan G. Knox, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; David Parkin, Auteur ; Manuel Schweizer, Auteur ; Jacob Höglund, AuteurThe Red Grouse Lagopus lagopus scotica is a well-known but declining bird endemic to Britain and Ireland. Its taxonomic status was downgraded from species to subspecies in the mid-twentieth century but without any clear rationale. Here, we revie[...]
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Susan Doyle, Auteur ; David Cabot, Auteur ; John Furlong, Auteur ; Yixin Liu, Auteur ; Kendrew Colhoun, Auteur ; Alyn J. Walsh, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, AuteurDans Ibis (163(1) 2021)In vertebrates, the endocrine system translates environmental changes into physiological responses on which natural selection can act to regulate individual fitness and, ultimately, population dynamics. Corticosterone (CORT) and dehydroepiandros[...]
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Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Serge Morand, Auteur ; Jeremy S. Gray, AuteurChanges in land use, animal populations and climate, primarily due to increasing human populations, drive the emergence of zoonoses. Force of infection (FOI), which for these diseases is a measure of the ease with which a pathogen reaches the hu[...]
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Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Gordon Purvis, Auteur ; Helen Sheridan, Auteur ; Gavin M. Siriwardena, Auteur ; Andrew C. Parnell, AuteurThe statistical modelling of count data permeates the discipline of ecology. Such data often exhibit overdispersion compared with a standard Poisson distribution, so that the variance of the counts is greater than that of the mean. Whereas model[...]
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Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Tim Carnus, Auteur ; John Whelan, AuteurCapsule In winter, grassland sites had greater bird numbers compared to winter cereals, but a number of species of conservation concern were exclusively recorded on winter cereals. Aims To compare the winter bird communities in grassland and win[...]
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Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; David Giralt, Auteur ; Montse Raurell, Auteur ; Lluis Brotons, Auteur ; Gerard Bota, AuteurCapsule Set-aside (land temporally removed from agricultural production) features and their regional locations influence steppe-bird species of conservation concern in Catalonia. Aims To identify set-aside features important to the ecology of fo[...]
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Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Helen Sheridan, Auteur ; Anne Kinsella, Auteur ; Gordon Purvis, AuteurCapsule The Field Boundary Evaluation and Grading System (FBEGS) is a useful predictor of bird populations found in field boundaries located in southeast Ireland. Aims To assess the potential of FBEGS to evaluate the ecological quality of field [...]
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Fintan Bracken, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; John Whelan, AuteurCapsule Peatlands are very important habitats for birds despite low species diversity. Aims To describe the variation in breeding bird populations that occur on different types of Irish peatlands and their associated habitat characteristics. Met[...]
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Fintan Bracken, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; John Whelan, AuteurCapsule Peatlands are very important habitats for birds despite low species diversity. Aims To describe the variation in breeding bird populations that occur on different types of Irish peatlands and their associated habitat characteristics. Met[...]
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Magnus P. Johansson, Auteur ; Barry J. McMahon, Auteur ; Jacob Höglund, Auteur ; Gernot Segelbacher, AuteurEffective DNA extraction methods from bird feathers have facilitated non-invasive sampling, leading to the suggestion that feathers are a great source for genetic studies. However, few studies have assessed whether all feathers can be used or pr[...]
