Avian ecology and behavior

This study examines how urbanization affects blue tit nest material composition and reproductive success, finding increased use of anthropogenic materials in urban nests.

The study investigates occupancy and detection patterns of two endemic birds in the Western Ghats, finding differences in occupancy and detection probabilities between species and environmental influences.

The paper tests if hybrids in a migratory divide have reduced survival, finding lower survival rates for juvenile hybrids compared to adults, supporting the role of migration in speciation.

This study compares bird-window collision data collected from Facebook and a dedicated citizen science platform in Taiwan, finding comparable quantity and quality between the two sources.

The paper reports avifauna diversity in Laguna de Matusagarati, Panama, identifying 169 bird species, 49 families, and 19 orders, representing 17% of Panama's bird species.

The paper uses GPS data and machine learning to model the summering range of sandhill cranes, showing flood-irrigated agriculture and wetlands are critical for their distribution despite covering only 1.2% of the landscape.

The study examines how American Crows responded to habitat desaturation caused by West Nile virus, finding that survivors did not leave to occupy vacant territories as predicted by ecological models.

The paper finds that pre-historic human populations reduced bird community sensitivity to land-use change by eliminating sensitive species, leading to lower biodiversity in natural habitats today.

This study shows that Mallard populations in urban areas increase with supplementary feeding intensity, but the relationship varies depending on winter conditions and feeding intensity levels.

This study examines how environmental variability, particularly marine heatwaves, affects breeding biology in two sympatric seabird species in south-eastern Australia, finding differential impacts on their reproductive success and phenology.

This study shows Budgerigars maintain consistent, individual flight paths despite obstacles, avoiding collisions by limiting optic flow, with implications for bird-friendly infrastructure design.

The paper assesses insect availability for meadow bird chicks using image analysis of sticky traps across two years, finding increased insect counts in 2018 but no correlation with management practices.