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Volume 11
Issue 1, January 2020
49 articles
Open Access Research
Comparative phylogeography of two sister species of snowcock: impacts of species-specific altitude preference and life history
Bei An, Lixun Zhang, Yutao Wang, Sen Song
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-019-0187-0
Published: 13 January 2020
2020, 11 (1): 1
Downloads: 28 | Views: 591 | PDF (3.3 MB)
Open Access Methodology
Developing and validating a nestling photographic aging guide for cavity-nesting birds: an example with the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Joana S. Costa, Afonso D. Rocha, Ricardo A. Correia, José A. Alves
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-0188-z
Published: 04 February 2020
2020, 11 (1): 2
Downloads: 14 | Views: 431 | PDF (287.3 KB)
Open Access Research
Foraging behavior of the Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) wintering at Shengjin Lake: diet shifts and habitat use
Yanguang Fan, Lizhi Zhou, Lei Cheng, [...], Yunwei Song, Wenbin Xu << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-0189-y
Published: 05 February 2020
2020, 11 (1): 3
Downloads: 51 | Views: 541 | PDF (1 MB)
Open Access Research
Individual and demographic responses of a marsh bird assemblage to habitat loss and subsequent restoration
Rubén Moreno-Opo
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00190-0
Published: 22 February 2020
2020, 11 (1): 4
Downloads: 14 | Views: 442 | PDF (616.6 KB)
Open Access Research
Foraging habitat selection of overwintering Black-necked Cranes in the farming area surrounding the Caohai Wetland, Guizhou Province, China
Dawei Wu, Canshi Hu, Mingming Zhang, [...], Zhumei Li, Haijun Su << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00192-y
Published: 07 March 2020
2020, 11 (1): 5
Downloads: 30 | Views: 505 | PDF (2.7 MB)
Open Access Research
Geolocator study reveals east African migration route of Central European Common Terns
Jelena Kralj, Miloš Martinović, Luka Jurinović, [...], Péter Szinai, Szandra Sütő, Bálint Preiszner << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00191-z
Published: 11 March 2020
2020, 11 (1): 6
Downloads: 12 | Views: 461 | PDF (1.4 MB)
Open Access Research
Whole genome phylogeny of Gallus: introgression and data-type effects
George P. Tiley, Akanksha Pandey, Rebecca T. Kimball, [...], Edward L. Braun, J. Gordon Burleigh << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00194-w
Published: 17 March 2020
2020, 11 (1): 7
Downloads: 20 | Views: 441 | PDF (1.7 MB)
Open Access Research
Effects of a regenerating matrix on the survival of birds in tropical forest fragments
Jared D. Wolfe, Philip C. Stouffer, Richard O. Bierregaard Jr., [...], David A. Luther, Thomas E. Lovejoy << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00193-x
Published: 18 March 2020
2020, 11 (1): 8
Downloads: 9 | Views: 383 | PDF (1,000.1 KB)
Open Access Research
Nightlife in the city: drivers of the occurrence and vocal activity of a tropical owl
Oscar Humberto Marín-Gómez, Michelle García-Arroyo, Camilo E. Sánchez-Sarria, [...], J. Roberto Sosa-López, Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Ian MacGregor-Fors << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00197-7
Published: 22 April 2020
2020, 11 (1): 9
Downloads: 16 | Views: 513 | PDF (1 MB)
Open Access Research
Cyclical helping hands: seasonal tailwinds differentially affect migrating Oriental Storks (Ciconia boyciana) travel speed
Shujuan Fan, Qingshan Zhao, Hongbin Li, [...], Baoguang Zhu, Shubin Dong, Yanbo Xie, Lei Cao, Anthony David Fox << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00196-8
Published: 23 April 2020
2020, 11 (1): 10
Downloads: 11 | Views: 453 | PDF (3.3 MB)
Open Access Research
Urbanization has opposite effects on the territory size of two passerine birds
Roselvy Juárez, Eduardo Chacón-Madrigal, Luis Sandoval
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00198-6
Published: 28 April 2020
2020, 11 (1): 11
Downloads: 13 | Views: 503 | PDF (616 KB)
Open Access Research
Mild spring temperature rising affects the anti-oxidation and immune functions of Asian Short-toed Larks
Na Zhu, Tingting Liu, Fei Wang, [...], Wei Liang, Shuping Zhang << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00199-5
Published: 30 April 2020
2020, 11 (1): 12
Downloads: 16 | Views: 453 | PDF (553.1 KB)
Open Access Research
Comparing the intestinal bacterial communies of sympatric wintering Hooded Crane (Grus monacha) and Domestic Goose (Anser anser domesticus)
Rong Fu, Xingjia Xiang, Yuanqiu Dong, [...], Lei Cheng, Lizhi Zhou << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00195-9
Published: 30 April 2020
2020, 11 (1): 13
Downloads: 18 | Views: 491 | PDF (765.2 KB)
Open Access Review
True cicadas (Cicadidae) as prey for the birds of the Western Palearctic: a review
Pere Pons
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00200-1
Published: 12 May 2020
2020, 11 (1): 14
Downloads: 19 | Views: 740 | PDF (618.4 KB)
Open Access Research
Egg investment strategies adopted by a desertic passerine, the Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
Xinkang Bao, Wei Zhao, Fangqing Liu, [...], Jianliang Li, Donghui Ma << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00201-0
Published: 18 May 2020
2020, 11 (1): 15
Downloads: 15 | Views: 400 | PDF (366.4 KB)
Open Access Research
Nestling discrimination and feeding habits during brooding of Chestnut Thrushes
Tingting Yi, Yue-Hua Sun, Wei Liang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00202-z
Published: 20 May 2020
2020, 11 (1): 16
Downloads: 9 | Views: 417 | PDF (750.6 KB)
Open Access Research
More endemic birds occur in regions with stable climate, more plant species and high altitudinal range in China
Gang Feng, Xiongwei Huang, Lingfeng Mao, [...], Na Wang, Xueting Yang, Yanping Wang << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00203-y
Published: 22 May 2020
2020, 11 (1): 17
Downloads: 40 | Views: 412 | PDF (1.5 MB)
Open Access Research
Subtle sexual plumage color dimorphism and size dimorphism in a South American colonial breeder, the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Macarena Morales, Deysi J. Gigena, Santiago M. Benitez-Vieyra, Diego J. Valdez
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00204-x
Published: 04 June 2020
2020, 11 (1): 18
Downloads: 12 | Views: 385 | PDF (3.6 MB)
Open Access Research
Comparing community birdwatching and professional bird monitoring with implications for avian diversity research: a case study of Suzhou, China
Yan Zhou, Anping Chen, Jenny Q. Ouyang, [...], Yanlin Liu, Aiyu Zheng, Zaixi Yang, Yong Zhang, Bin Wang, Yifei Jia, Shengwu Jiao, Qing Zeng, Changhu Lu << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00205-w
Published: 23 June 2020
2020, 11 (1): 19
Downloads: 19 | Views: 482 | PDF (1.2 MB)
Open Access Research
Do supplemental perches influence electrocution risk for diurnal raptors?
Roberto Sánchez, Javier Sánchez, Javier Oria, Francisco Guil
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00206-9
Published: 26 June 2020
2020, 11 (1): 20
Downloads: 11 | Views: 401 | PDF (1.1 MB)
Open Access Research
Genetic diversity in Japanese populations of the Eurasian Collared Dove
Kazuya Nagai, Yusuke Takahashi, Ken-ichi Tokita, [...], Tomomi Anzai, Kiyoshi Uchida, Fumihito Nakayama << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00207-8
Published: 29 June 2020
2020, 11 (1): 21
Downloads: 11 | Views: 416 | PDF (360.7 KB)
Open Access Research
Assessing nest attentiveness of Common Terns via video cameras and temperature loggers
Jeffery D. Sullivan, Paul R. Marbán, Jennifer M. Mullinax, [...], David F. Brinker, Peter C. McGowan, Carl R. Callahan, Diann J. Prosser << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00208-7
Published: 08 July 2020
2020, 11 (1): 22
Downloads: 10 | Views: 464 | PDF (1.1 MB)
Open Access Research
Recent changes in breeding abundance and distribution of the Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) in its eastern range
Alexander Mischenko, Anthony David Fox, Saulius Švažas, [...], Olga Sukhanova, Alexandre Czajkowski, Sergey Kharitonov, Yuri Lokhman, Oleg Ostrovsky, Daiva Vaitkuvienė << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00209-6
Published: 14 July 2020
2020, 11 (1): 23
Downloads: 8 | Views: 483 | PDF (970.3 KB)
Open Access Research
Seasonal and population differences in migration of Whimbrels in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Fenliang Kuang, Jonathan T. Coleman, Chris J. Hassell, [...], Kar-Sin K. Leung, Grace Maglio, Wanjuan Ke, Chuyu Cheng, Jiayuan Zhao, Zhengwang Zhang, Zhijun Ma << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00210-z
Published: 14 July 2020
2020, 11 (1): 24
Downloads: 15 | Views: 483 | PDF (524 KB)
Open Access Research
A comparison of flight energetics and kinematics of migratory Brambling and residential Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yang Wang, Yuan Yin, Zhipeng Ren, [...], Chuan Jiang, Yanfeng Sun, Juyong Li, Ghulam Nabi, Yuefeng Wu, Dongming Li << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00211-y
Published: 19 July 2020
2020, 11 (1): 25
Downloads: 12 | Views: 418 | PDF (1.7 MB)
Open Access Research
Precipitation is the dominant driver for bird species richness, phylogenetic and functional structure in university campuses in northern China
Chenxia Liang, Jun Liu, Bin Pan, [...], Na Wang, Jie Yang, Guisheng Yang, Gang Feng << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00212-x
Published: 22 July 2020
2020, 11 (1): 26
Downloads: 18 | Views: 487 | PDF (446 KB)
Open Access Letter to the Editor
First evidence of heteroplasmy in Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Claudia Pizzirani, Paolo Viola, Federica Gabbianelli, [...], Anna Fagotti, Francesca Simoncelli, Ines Di Rosa, Paolo Salvi, Andrea Amici, Livia Lucentini << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00213-w
Published: 02 August 2020
2020, 11 (1): 27
Downloads: 15 | Views: 381 | PDF (778.5 KB)
Open Access Research
Research activity does not affect nest predation rates of the Silver-throated Tit, a passerine bird building domed nests
Qian Hu, Ye Wen, Gaoyang Yu, [...], Jiangnan Yin, Haohui Guan, Lei Lv, Pengcheng Wang, Jiliang Xu, Yong Wang, Zhengwang Zhang, Jianqiang Li << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00214-9
Published: 03 August 2020
2020, 11 (1): 28
Downloads: 11 | Views: 420 | PDF (356.5 KB)
Open Access Research
Yearly variation in the structure and diversity of a non-breeding passerine bird community in a Mediterranean wetland
Juan Arizaga, Daniel Alonso, Ariñe Crespo, [...], Xabier Esparza, Efrén Fernández, Iñigo López, David Martín, Antonio Vilches << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00215-8
Published: 06 August 2020
2020, 11 (1): 29
Downloads: 9 | Views: 379 | PDF (801.2 KB)
Open Access Research
Aggressive behavioural interactions between swans (Cygnus spp.) and other waterbirds during winter: a webcam-based study
Kevin A. Wood, Phoebe Ham, Jake Scales, [...], Eleanor Wyeth, Paul E. Rose << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00216-7
Published: 07 August 2020
2020, 11 (1): 30
Downloads: 10 | Views: 411 | PDF (813.4 KB)
Open Access Research
Correlates of avifaunal diversity along the elevational gradient of Mardi Himal in Annapurna Conservation Area, Central Nepal
Naresh Pandey, Laxman Khanal, Mukesh Kumar Chalise
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00217-6
Published: 02 September 2020
2020, 11 (1): 31
Downloads: 23 | Views: 440 | PDF (1.4 MB)
Open Access Research
Noisy environments: untangling the role of anthropogenic noise on bird species richness in a Neotropical city
Cecilia Odette Carral-Murrieta, Michelle García-Arroyo, Oscar H. Marín-Gómez, [...], J. Roberto Sosa-López, Ian MacGregor-Fors << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00218-5
Published: 13 September 2020
2020, 11 (1): 32
Downloads: 10 | Views: 622 | PDF (425.9 KB)
Open Access Research
Variation in abundance and habitat relationship of three understory insectivorous birds in a disturbed landscape of Neotropical dry forest of Colombia
Camilo Loaiza, Olga L. Montenegro, David King, [...], Manuel Spínola, Lilibeth Arinda Palacio, Agustín Rudas << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00219-4
Published: 02 September 2020
2020, 11 (1): 33
Downloads: 6 | Views: 349 | PDF (1.9 MB)
Open Access Research
Potential cuckoo hosts have similar egg rejection rates to parasitized host species
Tingting Yi, Yue-Hua Sun, Wei Liang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00220-x
Published: 02 September 2020
2020, 11 (1): 34
Downloads: 37 | Views: 488 | PDF (623 KB)
Open Access Research
Thermogenic responses in Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) to seasonal acclimatization and temperature-photoperiod acclimation
Lin Li, Jingru Ge, Sangyu Zheng, [...], Lihong Hong, Xini Zhang, Ming Li, Jinsong Liu << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00222-9
Published: 13 September 2020
2020, 11 (1): 35
Downloads: 21 | Views: 500 | PDF (1.2 MB)
Open Access Research
Influence of land use change on the waterbird community of Sihwa Lake, Republic of Korea
Eunjae Lee, Junghee Sagong, Yohan Lee
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00221-w
Published: 24 September 2020
2020, 11 (1): 36
Downloads: 13 | Views: 477 | PDF (1.5 MB)
Open Access Research
Extra-pair paternity and antiparasitic defence
Anders Pape Møller, Jørgen Skavdal Søraker, Juan José Soler
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00226-5
Published: 14 October 2020
2020, 11 (1): 37
Downloads: 8 | Views: 406 | PDF (401.6 KB)
Open Access Research
Biologging is suspect to cause corneal opacity in two populations of wild living Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita)
Johannes Fritz, Barbara Eberhard, Corinna Esterer, [...], Bernhard Goenner, Daniela Trobe, Markus Unsoeld, Bernhard Voelkl, Helena Wehner, Alexandra Scope << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00223-8
Published: 16 October 2020
2020, 11 (1): 38
Downloads: 25 | Views: 624 | PDF (581.7 KB)
Open Access Research
Identifying important habitats for waterbird conservation at a Greek Regional Nature Park
Vasilios Liordos, Vasileios J. Kontsiotis
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00224-7
Published: 18 October 2020
2020, 11 (1): 39
Downloads: 8 | Views: 400 | PDF (1.4 MB)
Open Access Research
The allocation between egg size and clutch size depends on local nest survival rate in a mean of bet-hedging in a shorebird
Zitan Song, Xin Lin, Pinjia Que, [...], Naerhulan Halimubieke, Qin Huang, Zhengwang Zhang, Tamás Székely, Yang Liu << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00225-6
Published: 23 October 2020
2020, 11 (1): 40
Downloads: 16 | Views: 419 | PDF (753.6 KB)
Open Access Letter to the Editor
Breeding ecology of the Yellow-bellied Warbler (Abroscopus superciliaris)
Jianli Bi, Yuxin Jiang, Canchao Yang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00228-3
Published: 25 October 2020
2020, 11 (1): 41
Downloads: 12 | Views: 479 | PDF (953.5 KB)
Open Access Research
Species limits in the Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans) complex from Wallacea based on bioacoustic and morphometric analysis
Arya Y. Yue, Elize Y. X. Ng, James A. Eaton, Frank E. Rheindt
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00227-4
Published: 28 October 2020
2020, 11 (1): 42
Downloads: 8 | Views: 413 | PDF (1,018.1 KB)
Open Access Review
Coevolution of acoustical communication between obligate avian brood parasites and their hosts
Jiaojiao Wang, Qihong Li, Canchao Yang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00229-2
Published: 03 November 2020
2020, 11 (1): 43
Downloads: 10 | Views: 392 | PDF (348.4 KB)
Open Access Research
No signature of selection on the C-terminal region of glucose transporter 2 with the evolution of avian nectarivory
Alexander M. Myrka, Tooba Shah, Jason T. Weir, Kenneth C. Welch Jr.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00231-8
Published: 06 November 2020
2020, 11 (1): 44
Downloads: 8 | Views: 373 | PDF (341.9 KB)
Open Access Research
The influence of urban park characteristics on bird diversity in Nanjing, China
Xueru Yang, Xinwei Tan, Chuanwu Chen, Yanping Wang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00234-5
Published: 18 November 2020
2020, 11 (1): 45
Downloads: 31 | Views: 707 | PDF (480.5 KB)
Open Access Research
Importance of microhabitat selection by birds for the early recruitment of endangered trees in a fragmented forest
Ning Li, Zheng Wang, Yao Cai, Lin Zhang
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00232-7
Published: 01 December 2020
2020, 11 (1): 46
Downloads: 49 | Views: 1352 | PDF (495.2 KB)
Open Access Letter to the Editor
An unusual homing behavior found in the Sichuan Partridge during the early brooding period
Yiqiang Fu, Shufang Wang, Benping Chen, [...], Simon Dowell, Zhengwang Zhang << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00233-6
Published: 04 December 2020
2020, 11 (1): 47
Downloads: 22 | Views: 459 | PDF (441 KB)
Open Access Research
Occupancy of avian foraging guilds in soybean fields and borders in Entre Ríos, Argentina: responses to vegetation structure and prey resources
Andrea P. Goijman, Michael J. Conroy, Vanina D. Varni, [...], Jeffrey J. Thompson, María Elena Zaccagnini << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00235-4
Published: 07 December 2020
2020, 11 (1): 48
Downloads: 13 | Views: 678 | PDF (1 MB)
Open Access Research
Assessing site-safeguard effectiveness and habitat preferences of Bar-headed Geese (Anser indicus) at their stopover sites within theQinghai-Tibet Plateau using GPS/GSM telemetry
Junjian Zhang, Yanbo Xie, Laixing Li, [...], Nyambayar Batbayar, Xueqin Deng, Iderbat Damba, Fanjuan Meng, Lei Cao, Anthony David Fox << Fewer
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00230-9
Published: 08 December 2020
2020, 11 (1): 49
Downloads: 10 | Views: 475 | PDF (2.7 MB)