supported by the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund(ECF Project 02/2014);the United College Endowment Fund of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Background:Communal roosting is a common avian social behaviour,which potentially provides foraging benefits,predation avoidance or thermoregulation in birds.To identify the crucial environmental factors associated wi...
provided by the Applied and Engineering Sciences domain of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research(NWO-TTW 14638);by the Royal Netherlands Air Force,Birdlife Netherlands,NAM gas exploration,and Deltares
Background:Anthropogenic disturbance can negatively affect an animal's energy budget by evoking movement responses.Existing research focuses mainly on immediate displacement as a disturbance effect,since this can be e...
The role of N2 fixation in structuring plant communities and influencing ecosystem function will be potentially large. In previous study, we investigated nodule biomass and activity, and calculated the amount of N2 fi...
A roost is where birds sleep,and they usually return to the samespot each night.When we say the chickens (have) come home to roost.though.we are stating that someone is being rebuked or punished for hispast mistakes o...