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Condition-dependent nocturnal hypothermia in Garden Warblers Sylvia borin at a spring stopover site

Marco Cianchetti Benedetti, Auteur ; Leonida Fusani, Auteur ; Roberto Bonanni, Auteur ; Massimiliano Cardinale, Auteur ; Claudio Carere, Auteur

Dans Ardea (101(2) Fall, 2013)

Migratory birds have evolved physiological and behavioural adaptations for crossing large ecological barriers through the accumulation of large amounts of fat and protein during the pre-migratory phase. Nevertheless, most migrant passerines usua[...]

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Aerial hunting behaviour and predation success by peregrine falcons Falco peregrinus on starling flocks Sturnus vulgaris

Francesca Zoratto, Auteur ; Claudio Carere, Auteur ; Flavia Chiarotti, Auteur ; Daniela Santucci, Auteur ; Enrico Alleva, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (41(4) JUL 2010)

Predators use diverse hunting strategies to maximize hunting success, while preys adopt anti-predator strategies to maximize escape chances, among which flocking, communal roosting, and the related collective responses are a common pattern in gr[...]

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Age classes, morphometrics and body mass of Woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) wintering in Central Italy

Alberto Sorace, Auteur ; Giuseppe Landucci, Auteur ; Pierfranco Ruda, Auteur ; Claudio Carere, Auteur

Dans Vogelwarte (40(1-2) Oct., 1999)

Few information about morphometrics and body mass of Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) are available, all of them obtained from individuals hunted. During five winter seasons (from 1992 to 1997) 421 Woodcock-individuals (39% adults, 22.8% early juve[...]

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