| Titre : | Ibis : The International Journal of Avian Science 151(1) - JAN 2009 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
Dépouillements
Article
Rufus A. Johnstone, Auteur
Article
Paulo E. Llambías, Auteur ;
Gustavo J. Fernández, Auteur
Nestboxes are known to increase clutch size, enhance breeding success and affect the social mating system of several cavity nesters. Although in recent years various cavity nesters have been studied in nestboxes in South America, the effects of [...]
Article
Article
H. J. Temple, Auteur ;
J. I. Hoffman, Auteur ;
W. Amos, Auteur
Avian co-operative breeders show a diverse range of social and reproductive systems. Here we combined microsatellite genotyping with field observations over three consecutive breeding seasons to investigate the social structure and mating system[...]
Article
Catherine A. Toft, Auteur
Article
Sara Sanchez, Auteur ;
Radovan Vaclav, Auteur ;
Pavol Prokop, Auteur
The habitat association approach has been increasingly used in ecology to resolve problems in wildlife conservation and management. One problem related to habitat association studies is that they are restricted to small geographical areas within[...]
Article
Article
Thomas Eske Holm, Auteur ;
Karsten Laursen, Auteur
In Europe, the number of areas supporting breeding Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa has halved over the last 30 years. Although the decline has been primarily attributed to habitat deterioration, human disturbance has also been implicated. We u[...]
Article
Chris Kirkpatrick, Auteur ;
Courtney J. Conway, Auteur ;
Moez H. Ali, Auteur
Article
Malcolm D. Burgess, Auteur ;
Richard A. Black, Auteur ;
Malcolm A. C. Nicoll, Auteur ;
Carl G. Jones, Auteur ;
Ken Norris, Auteur
Knowledge of tropical raptor habitat use is limited and yet a thorough understanding is vital when trying to conserve endangered species. We used a well studied, reintroduced population of the vulnerable Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus to inve[...]
Article
Roine Strandberg, Auteur ;
Thomas Alerstam, Auteur ;
Mikael Hake, Auteur ;
Nils Kjellen, Auteur
Article
Andrew J. Bamford, Auteur ;
Ara Monadjem, Auteur ;
Ian C. W. Hardy, Auteur
The African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus is widely distributed across sub-Saharan Africa but populations are in decline. Loss of suitable habitat for foraging and breeding are among the most important causes, and future conservation will [...]
Article
Pedro M. Lourenço, Auteur ;
Theunis Piersma, Auteur
Article
Fabrizio Sergio, Auteur ;
Luigi Marchesi, Auteur ;
Paolo Pedrini, Auteur
The Scops Owl Otus scops is the most endangered and least studied owl in Europe, with widespread declines reported throughout Europe. The species is qualitatively associated with two threats: changes in agricultural practices and predation by Ta[...]
Article
A. Darolova, Auteur ;
J. Kristofik, Auteur ;
H. Hoi, Auteur
Article
Karl L. Evans, Auteur ;
Stuart E. Newson, Auteur ;
Kevin J. Gaston, Auteur
Urbanization is increasing across the globe and there is growing interest in urban ecology and a recognition that developed areas may be important for conservation. We review the factors influencing urban avian assemblages, focusing on habitat t[...]
Article
Cyril Eraud, Auteur ;
Jean-Marie Boutin, Auteur ;
Marcel Riviere, Auteur ;
Jacques Brun, Auteur ;
Christophe Barbraud, Auteur ;
Hervé Lormee, Auteur
Article
D. E. Chamberlain, Auteur ;
A. R. Cannon, Auteur ;
M. P. Toms, Auteur ;
D. I. Leech, Auteur ;
B. J. Hatchwell, Auteur ;
K. J. Gaston, Auteur
There is an urgent need to thoroughly review and comprehend the effects of urbanization on wildlife in order to understand both the ecological implications of increasing urbanization and how to mitigate its threat to biodiversity globally. We ex[...]
Article
S. E. Haas, Auteur ;
R. T. Kimball, Auteur ;
J. Martin, Auteur ;
W. M. Kitchens, Auteur
Article
Martijn Van De Pol, Auteur ;
Kees Oosterbeek, Auteur ;
Anne L. Rutten, Auteur ;
Bruno J. Ens, Auteur ;
Joost M. Tinbergen, Auteur ;
Simon Verhulst, Auteur
Molecular sexing of birds has been possible for over a decade, but for practical reasons many studies still use biometric data for sex discrimination. In some species, the sexes are easy to distinguish but sexual dimorphism is often more subtle,[...]
Article
Article
Barbara Tschirren, Auteur ;
Heli Siitari, Auteur ;
Verena Saladin, Auteur ;
Heinz Richner, Auteur
During egg formation, female birds deposit antibodies against parasites and pathogens they were exposed to before egg laying into the yolk. In captive bird species, it has been shown that these maternal immunoglobulins (maternal yolk IgGs) can p[...]
Article
Tim Birkhead, Auteur
Article
Rauel Ramos, Auteur ;
Teresa Militao, Auteur ;
Jacob González-Solís, Auteur ;
Xavier Ruiz, Auteur
Seabird moult is poorly understood because most species undergo moult at sea during the non-breeding season. We scored moult of wings, tail and body feathers on 102 Mediterranean Cory's Shearwaters Calonectris diomedea diomedea accidentally caug[...]
Article
Article
Igor Berkunsky, Auteur ;
Juan C. Reboreda, Auteur
The frequency of cavity reoccupation in secondary cavity nesters depends on several factors including quality of cavities, degree of nest-site fidelity, competition with other cavity nesters and availability of new cavities. Blue-fronted Parrots[...]
Article
Vincent Bretagnolle, Auteur
Article
Jón Einar Jónsson, Auteur ;
Alan D. Afton, Auteur
Body size affects foraging and forage intake rates directly via energetic processes and indirectly through interactions with social status and social behaviour. Ambient temperature has a relatively greater effect on the energetics of smaller spe[...]
Article
Article
Tony A. D. Fox, Auteur ;
Nina E. Eide, Auteur ;
Espen Bergersen, Auteur ;
Jesper Madsen, Auteur
The spatial, habitat and dietary overlap of two breeding goose species was studied in Sassendalen, Svalbard, in summer 2003 based on abundance within 500 x 500-m grid squares and faecal diet analyses during pre-breeding, nesting and post-hatchin[...]
