| Titre : | Journal of Ornithology 156(4) - 2015/04/14 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 14/04/2015 |
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Article
Jerry W. Hupp, Auteur ;
Sergei Kharitonov, Auteur ;
Noriyuki M. Yamaguchi, Auteur ;
Kiyoaki Ozaki, Auteur ;
Paul L. Flint, Auteur ;
John M. Pearce, Auteur ;
Ken-ichi Tokita, Auteur ;
Tetsuo Shimada, Auteur ;
Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Auteur
We compared migration movements and chronology between Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) marked with dorsally mounted satellite transmitters and pintails marked only with tarsus rings. During weekly intervals of spring and autumn migration between [...]
Article
Marina Somenzari, Auteur ;
Luís Fábio Silveira, Auteur
The Pyrrhura lepida species complex currently consists of four taxa: P. l. lepida, P. l. coerulescens, P. l. anerythra, and P. perlata. It occurs south of the Amazon River, and is distinguished within the genus by a dark red upper tail and black[...]
Article
Zuzana Musilová, Auteur ;
Petr Musil, Auteur ;
Jan Zouhar, Auteur ;
Dušan Romportl, Auteur
Recent climate changes are most likely the major determining factor for the increasing importance of Central Europe for wintering waterbirds, given that most of the region is located on the edge of these species’ wintering ranges. A few recent l[...]
Article
Maria P. Dias, Auteur ;
Maria Alho, Auteur ;
José P. Granadeiro, Auteur ;
Paulo Catry, Auteur
Small-sized nocturnal Procellariiformes are abundant predators in oceanic areas worldwide and are thought to play an important role in many marine food webs as consumers of superabundant mesopelagic prey. However, the spatial ecology and foragin[...]
Article
Jakob Katzenberger, Auteur ;
Gareth Tate, Auteur ;
Ann Koeslag, Auteur ;
Arjun Amar, Auteur
Understanding the effects climate change may have on animal populations relies on establishing which environmental conditions shape their behaviour and subsequent reproductive output, fitness or survival. South Africa has seen significant warmin[...]
Article
Lindi Steyn, Auteur ;
John N. Maina, Auteur
The main cellular line of defence of the lung consists of the free (surface) macrophages (FMs). The cells engulf foreign agents (biological and particulate) and destroy or sequester them. The goal of this study was to determine whether the numbe[...]
Article
Alan Feduccia, Auteur ;
Stephen A. Czerkas, Auteur
Considerable debate surrounds the numerous avian-like traits in core maniraptorans (oviraptorosaurs, troodontids, and dromaeosaurs), especially in the Chinese Early Cretaceous oviraptorosaur Caudipteryx, which preserves modern avian pennaceous p[...]
Article
Els Atema, Auteur ;
Ellis Mulder, Auteur ;
Hannah L. Dugdale, Auteur ;
Michael Briga, Auteur ;
Arie J. van Noordwijk, Auteur ;
Simon Verhulst, Auteur
Telomere length predicts survival in birds, and many stressors that presumably reduce fitness have also been linked to telomere length. The response to selection of telomere length will be largely determined by the heritability of this trait; ho[...]
Article
Dimitri Giunchi, Auteur ;
Chiara Caccamo, Auteur ;
Alessia Mori, Auteur ;
James W. Fox, Auteur ;
Felipe Rodríguez-Godoy, Auteur ;
N. Emilio Baldaccini, Auteur ;
Enrica Pollonara, Auteur
The identification of year-round geographical ranges and the quantification of the degree of migratory connectivity are fundamental to the successful conservation of migratory bird populations. The Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus is a species o[...]
Article
Lukas Jenni, Auteur ;
Milena M. Madry, Auteur ;
Thomas Kraemer, Auteur ;
Jacqueline Kupper, Auteur ;
Hanspeter Naegeli, Auteur ;
Hannes Jenny, Auteur ;
David Jenny, Auteur
Several cases of acute lead poisoning of golden eagles Aquilachrysaetos have been documented in the Alps. The question, however, remains how often golden eagles take up lead (once, chronically or episodically) and whether this uptake is in fatal[...]
Article
Paulo E. Llambías, Auteur ;
Mariana E. Carro, Auteur ;
Gustavo J. Fernández, Auteur
South temperate songbirds differ from north temperate species in life-history traits, having greater adult survival, smaller clutch size, longer developmental periods and extended parental care. Due to its broad distribution, the House Wren, Tro[...]
Article
Tatjana Krama, Auteur ;
Ronalds Krams, Auteur ;
Dina Cīrule, Auteur ;
Fhionna R. Moore, Auteur ;
Markus J. Rantala, Auteur ;
Indrikis A. Krams, Auteur
In birds, haemosporidian parasites have been found to have direct pathogenic effects on the host with important consequences for their fitness. However, less is known about distribution patterns of parasite vectors, which may significantly affec[...]
Article
Petra Šímová, Auteur ;
Karel Šťastný, Auteur ;
Miroslav Šálek, Auteur
Urban environment is only rarely considered an exclusive refuge for rapidly declining bird species. Crested Lark (Galerida cristata) is a species in Central Europe whose synanthropization began in the second half of the twentieth century due to [...]
Article
Thomas Pfeiffer, Auteur ;
Bernd-Ulrich Meyburg, Auteur
To date, reliable studies on the spatial area use and home range size of the Red Kite (Milvus milvus) during the breeding season are lacking. Between 2007 and 2014, 43 adult individuals were fitted with GPS transmitters in Germany. The home rang[...]
Article
Juan E. Martínez-Gómez, Auteur ;
Noemí Matías-Ferrer, Auteur ;
Ravinder N. M. Sehgal, Auteur ;
Patricia Escalante, Auteur
Townsend’s Shearwater (Puffinusauricularis auricularis) is a highly threatened bird and currently breeds on Socorro and Clarión Islands, México. This subspecies has minor differences in plumage patterns when compared to Newell’s Shearwater of Ha[...]
Article
Jill M. Shephard, Auteur ;
Sam Rycken, Auteur ;
Osama Almalik, Auteur ;
Kris Struyf, Auteur ;
Lenny Van Erp-van der Kooij, Auteur
Migration in the European white stork (Ciconia ciconia) has historically described a predictable annual cycle. The white stork is extensively distributed across continental Europe, which diverges to eastern and western wintering flyways. Within [...]
Article
Colleen T. Downs, Auteur ;
Mark Brown, Auteur ;
Lorinda Hart, Auteur ;
Craig T. Symes, Auteur
Worldwide, there is concern about the increased prevalence of infectious diseases and their effects on biodiversity. Increasing changes in the environment, particularly changes in climatic conditions as a consequence of anthropogenic-induced cli[...]
Article
Monica Gala, Auteur ;
Arnaud Lenoble, Auteur
The discovery of a bone referred to the genus Ara Lacépède, 1799 from a Pleistocene fossil-bearing deposit on Marie-Galante demonstrates macaws to have been present in Guadeloupe before any Amerindian settlement. This directly contradicts the hy[...]
Article
Airam Rodriguez, Auteur ;
David García, Auteur ;
Beneharo Rodriguez, Auteur ;
Esteban Cardona, Auteur ;
Lluís Parpal, Auteur ;
Pere Pons, Auteur
Petrels are among the most threatened group of birds. On top of facing predation by introduced mammals and incidental bycatch, these seabirds have to deal with an emerging threat, light pollution, which is increasing globally. Fledglings are dis[...]
Article
Pierre Defos du Rau, Auteur ;
Karen Bourgeois, Auteur ;
Mathieu Thévenet, Auteur ;
Lise Ruffino, Auteur ;
Sylvain Dromzée, Auteur ;
Ridha Ouni, Auteur ;
Awatef Abiadh, Auteur ;
Roger Estève, Auteur ;
Jean-Patrick Durand, Auteur ;
Lorraine Anselme, Auteur ;
Gilles Faggio, Auteur ;
Jaber Mohamed Yahya, Auteur ;
Hamid Rguibi, Auteur ;
Michel Renda, Auteur ;
Bayrem Miladi, Auteur ;
Hennabaal Hamrouni, Auteur ;
Slim Alilech, Auteur ;
Aymen Nefla, Auteur ;
Wahbi Jaouadi, Auteur ;
Sofiene Agrebi, Auteur ;
Sébastien Renou, Auteur
Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) is a Procellariiform endemic to the Mediterranean Basin which is considered to be vulnerable in Europe due to recent local declines and its susceptibility to both marine and terrestrial threats. In the[...]
Article
Dean R. Evans, Auteur ;
Sarah L. McArthur, Auteur ;
Jacob M. Bailey, Auteur ;
John S. Church, Auteur ;
Matthew W. Reudink, Auteur
Understanding inter- and intraspecific variation in parental care has been an important focus in studies of avian behaviour and evolution. Unfortunately, typical methods for quantifying parental care, such as field observation and video recordin[...]
Article
Jan Hanzelka, Auteur ;
Jiri Reif, Auteur
Biological invasions are among the most important threats to global biodiversity. However, bird species differ in their ability to resist the invasions, and it is thus important to investigate which species’ traits account for their sensitivity [...]
Article
Mark T. Wiltermuth, Auteur ;
Michael J. Anteau, Auteur ;
Mark H. Sherfy, Auteur ;
Aaron T. Pearse, Auteur
In precocial birds, adults select breeding areas using cues associated with habitat characteristics that are favorable for nesting success and chick survival, but there may be tradeoffs in habitat selection between these breeding stages. Here we[...]
Article
Julien Amouret, Auteur ;
Katja Steinauer, Auteur ;
Gunnar T. Hallgrimsson, Auteur ;
Snæbjörn Palsson, Auteur
The Icelandic Redpoll Carduelis flammea islandica is one of three subspecies of Carduelis flammea. The other two are C. f. rostrata, breeding in Greenland, and C. f. flammea, widely distributed at high latitudes in both North America and Eurasia[...]
