Avian ecology and behavior

This study examines how extreme snow conditions affect mountain chickadee reproduction across different elevations in the Sierra Nevada, revealing spatially variable responses to snow drought and deluge.

This study investigates waterbird associations with rice field harvesting and ploughing events, finding increased food availability drives these associations, but not improved foraging success or reduced vigilance.

The paper reports on the discovery of five emperor penguin breeding locations in West Antarctica, showing significant movement over the last decade and discussing implications for colony dispersal.

The paper examines seasonal elevational shifts in Western Ghat birds, finding 77% of species shift elevations, with thermal regime shaping strategies like niche tracking or switching.

This study investigates why golden eagle juveniles delay emigration despite acquiring flight skills, finding that external factors, not skill mastery, primarily influence the timing of independence.

This study uses the EDGE metric to identify conservation priorities for birds in India, finding high EDGE scores in northeastern regions and highlighting inadequate protection for top EDGE species.

This study examines whether common pheasants disperse into protected areas in England, finding no significant relationship between pheasant abundance and protected area coverage.

This study uses 3D tracking to show pigeons prefer ground food patches and delay leaving elevated ones, integrating current and past foraging data in their decisions.

This study assesses seabird functional diversity in the Salas y Gomez and Nazca Ridges, finding low functional richness and high divergence, highlighting conservation needs.

The paper examines how islet microhabitat characteristics and snow goose density affect nest survival in tundra birds, finding islets provide partial refuge from arctic fox predation.

This study examines the nesting strategies of Dusky Crag Martins in the Thar Desert, revealing their use of soil layers with specific elemental properties to enhance nest structure and resilience.

This study examines how tree-cover gradients affect bird taxonomic and functional diversity in Amazonian cattle-ranching landscapes, finding differential impacts on guild-level richness, evenness, and functionality across cover types.

The paper tracks changes in bird communities' interaction milieu over time, showing non-random structural shifts in association networks.

The paper uses satellite data and field surveys to predict bird communities in the Peruvian Amazon, finding that satellite-derived variables better predict species occurrence than habitat categories.

This study describes the first comprehensive analysis of egg development in the Crested ibis using candling, identifying critical periods of embryo mortality and providing a reference for conservation efforts.

This study uses national-scale passive acoustic monitoring to track avian migration patterns and develop species distribution models for three passerine species.

This study examines how 70 years of habitat changes affected Spoon-billed Sandpiper populations in Japan, finding that natural habitat loss had a stronger negative impact than artificial wetland expansion.

This study examines the relationship between corticosterone levels in feathers and feather growth rate or quality across passerine birds, finding no association but suggesting elevation may influence corticosterone levels.

The paper uses drone surveys to assess population changes in three seabird species in an Antarctic protected area, finding a significant decline in Chinstrap Penguins and growth in Gentoo Penguins and Antarctic Shags.

This study examines habitat selection and movement patterns of Eurasian Woodcocks in Mediterranean regions, finding reduced use of open habitats and altered activity patterns compared to Atlantic-influenced areas.

The paper quantifies the conservation relevance of prebreeding seabirds by analyzing reproductive and survival rates across 84 species, finding they make up nearly half of populations and could be key to future stability.

The paper assesses collision risks to 108 European bird species from wind-energy facilities, identifying risk hotspots and informing spatial planning to minimize biodiversity impacts.

This paper introduces a framework to scale BirdFlow models to 153 North American migratory bird species using integrated data, achieving biologically realistic movement predictions.

This study shows that great tits adjust their breeding timing to track specific temperatures, enhancing reproductive success in response to climate change.

The paper assesses the impact of photovoltaic infrastructure on steppe bird diversity by mapping biodiversity hotspots and identifying exposure and no-go areas for renewable energy development.

The paper evaluates survey timing for migratory birds at wind farms and finds that half of surveys are not optimal, leading to underestimated impacts.

The paper examines how tree diversity and microclimate affect bird occurrence and trophic interactions in planted forests, finding that cooler, more diverse plots support bird specialists and alter herbivory patterns.

This study reveals that sunbirds use intralingual suction to drink nectar, a unique mechanism not found in other animals.

This study examines the distribution of aquatic birds in a high-Andean wetland, finding that shallow areas with high chlorophyll-a concentrations support higher bird abundance and diversity.