funded by and undertaken on behalf of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi(EAD)under a memorandum of understanding with Mongolia’s Ministry of Environment and Green Development(MEGD);supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31930013,32361133559);the Third Xinjiang Scientifc Expedition Program(grant no.2022xjkk0801);the CASTWAS President’s Fellowship Programme(BB).
As an apex predator in arid steppe,saker falcon plays a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem balance.Understanding their movement patterns concerning conspecific competition and prey availability is important for the...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.52373113 and 52302038);Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province(Nos.2021J02012 and 2021J01186);Top Young Talents Program of Fujian Province and Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics(No.KF202214).
Integrating energy-storage devices(supercapacitors)and shape-deformation devices(actuators)advances the miniaturization and multifunctional development of soft robots.However,soft robots necessitate supercapacitors wi...
Financial support was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grants 32211530420 and 32170481).
Amniotes differ substantially in absolute and relative brain size after controlling for allometry,and numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain brain size evolution.Brain size is thought to correlate with proc...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31970427 and 32270526 granted to W.L.).
Nests are important structures for birds to raise their offspring and for signaling.Many birds incorporate feathers into the nest,since feathers were traditionally thought to serve the function of insulation.Hypothese...
financially supported by the Hungarian National Research,Development and Innovation Office(NKFIH,grant K132490 to AL and grant PD142106 to IP);by the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network(grant 16007 to AL);by the Sustainable Development and Technologies National Programme of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences(NP2022-II-6/2022)。
Sex-biased mortality can occur in birds during development,for example due to sexual differences in energy requirement and/or environmental sensitivity,or the effects of sex hormones or sex differences in the expressi...
the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)for financial support through grants to D.J.M., D.R.N.,and A.E.M.N.;the Animal Behaviour Society;the American Ornithological Society;the Society of Canadian Ornithologists for research grants to S.L.D.
The nest environment may limit the ability of nest-bound birds to hear sounds from the outside world.In vocal learning species,such as humans and songbirds,it is vital for young animals to hear the voices of conspecif...
financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(lzujbky-2022-ct03)。
Edible bird’s nest(EBN)is a kind of natural invigorant with a long history of consumption in Asia,especially in China.EBN is formed by mixing the saliva of swiftlets(Aerodramus)with feathers and other components duri...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31970427 and 32270526 to WL);supported by the specific research fund of The Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province
Most studies exploring abilities of hosts to detect brood parasitism are based on detecting colour and/or pattern differences among parasitic and host eggs or nestlings,while only few were focused on size differences....
supported by the Research Excellence Consortium(KKP/2020/UKM-UKM/5/1)provided by Ministry of Higher Education,Malaysia;supported by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme(FRGS),Project No.FP016-2019A,Reference Code:FRGS/1/2019/SKK09/UM/02/2.
Neurodegenerative diseases are often associated with the accumulation of oxidative stress and neuroinflammation.Edible bird’s nest(EBN)is a glycoprotein(sialylated mucin glycopeptides)found to be beneficial against n...