| Titre : | Ibis : The International Journal of Avian Science 152(4) - OCT 2010 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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David Costantini, Auteur ;
Livia Carello, Auteur ;
Alberto Fanfani, Auteur
The interest shown by ecologists in antioxidants and oxidative stress as potential modulators of life-history trade-offs has expanded greatly in recent years. However, we still know very little about natural variation in oxidative damage and ant[...]
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Raymond H. Thomas, Auteur ;
Edwin R. Price, Auteur ;
Chad L. Seewagen, Auteur ;
Stuart A. Mackenzie, Auteur ;
Mark A. Bernards, Auteur ;
Christopher G. Guglielmo, Auteur
Preen wax is important for plumage maintenance and other functions. Its chemical composition is complex, and separating and quantifying its components, commonly by gas chromatography (GC), can be challenging. We present a simple analytical syste[...]
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Bettina Mahler, Auteur ;
Nancy I. Lopez, Auteur ;
Alejandro G. Di Giacomo, Auteur ;
Juan C. Reboreda, Auteur
The Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis is a sexually dichromatic species, in which males have blackish-blue iridescence and females are dull brown. However, in some subtropical parts of its distribution, females show a plumage polymorphism that[...]
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Javier Gonzalez, Auteur ;
Michael Wink, Auteur
Nucleotide sequence data (cytochrome b) and ISSR genomic fingerprints were used to analyse the genetic variation and population differentiation in Thorn-tailed Rayadito, a widespread Patagonian forest bird. We included samples from eight populat[...]
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Jon Fjeldså, Auteur ;
Martin Irestedt, Auteur ;
Per G. P. Ericson, Auteur ;
Dario Zuccon, Auteur
The Cinnamon Ibon inhabits the canopy of cloud-forest of Mindanao Island in the Philippines, and has until now been classified as an aberrant member of the Zosteropidae (white-eyes). We assessed the systematic position of this enigmatic species [...]
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Joseph A. Tobias, Auteur ;
Nathalie Seddon, Auteur ;
Claire N. Spottiswoode, Auteur ;
John D. Pilgrim, Auteur ;
Lincoln D. C. Fishpool, Auteur ;
Nigel J. Collar, Auteur
Species are the fundamental units of biology, ecology and conservation, and progress in these fields is therefore hampered by widespread taxonomic bias and uncertainty. Numerous operational techniques based on molecular or phenotypic data have b[...]
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Simon Gillings, Auteur ;
Ian G. Henderson, Auteur ;
Antony J. Morris, Auteur ;
Juliet A. Vickery, Auteur
Between 1988 and 2007, set-aside, a European Commission production control measure, took an average of 10% of arable farmland in the EU out of production each year. In 2007, the set-aside rate was set to 0% and the scheme was later abandoned alt[...]
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Can ecosystem services be integrated with conservation? A case study of breeding waders on grassland
Caroline M. Rhymer, Auteur ;
Robert A. Robinson, Auteur ;
Jennifer Smart, Auteur ;
Mark J. Whittingham, Auteur
We review published studies to show that changes in soil moisture levels have significant impacts on a range of wading bird species that use UK lowland grassland, including wet grassland, and obtain their food predominantly by probing the soil. [...]
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W. James Grecian, Auteur ;
Richard Inger, Auteur ;
Martin J. Attrill, Auteur ;
Stuart Bearhop, Auteur ;
Brendan J. Godley, Auteur ;
Matthew J. Witt, Auteur ;
Stephen C. Votier, Auteur
One potential approach to combat the impacts of climate change is the expansion of renewable energy installations, leading to an increase in the number of wave-powered marine renewable energy installations (MREIs). The consequences of increased [...]
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M. de L. Brooke, Auteur
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Piotr Minias, Auteur ;
Krzysztof Kaczmarek, Auteur ;
Radoslaw Wlodarczyk, Auteur ;
Tomasz Janiszewski, Auteur ;
Rafal Bargiel, Auteur
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Kihoko Tokue, Auteur ;
Keisuke Ueda, Auteur
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Glen E. Bernhardt, Auteur ;
Bradley F. Blackwell, Auteur ;
Travis L. DeVault, Auteur ;
Lisa Kutschbach-Brohl, Auteur
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Rhys E. Green, Auteur
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Martin J. Baptist, Auteur ;
Mardik F. Leopold, Auteur
Human impacts on water transparency may affect plunge-diving seabirds. We studied prey capture success of Sandwich Terns Sterna sandvicensis as a function of six environmental variables during the breeding season. We observed diving terns in the[...]
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Breeding season food limitation drives population decline of the Little Owl Athene noctua in Denmark
Kasper Thorup, Auteur ;
Peter Sunde, Auteur ;
Lars B. Jacobsen, Auteur ;
Carsten Rahbek, Auteur
Many farmland bird species have declined markedly in Europe in recent decades because of changes in agricultural practice. The specific causes vary and are poorly known for many species. The Little Owl, which feeds extensively on large invertebr[...]
