Many populations of the Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon) have suffered a noticeable decrease over the last decades. This work has the aim of estimating the home range of the Moustached Warbler and its hab...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31672303 to CY).
The life history of birds dictates their activities and is crucial to population success.However,the life history traits of only one-third of the world’s bird species have been described;the rest are poorly understoo...
funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province(No.C2012204087);the Natural Science Research Plan Project of Hebei University(No.2014-299)
Background: Birdsong is an important form of communication that plays an important role in territorial defense and mate attraction by conveying valuable information. While body-size and song frequency are often negati...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31672303 to CY,31472013 and 31772453 to WL)
Background: Resemblance to raptors such as hawks(Accipiter spp.) is considered to be an adaptive strategy of cuckoos(Cuculus spp.), which has evolved to protect cuckoos against host attacks. However, the effectiveness...
supported by the Investigation of Terrestrial Wildlife Resources in the Zoogeographic Unit of North Slopes of the Tianshan Mountains,Xinjiang,China(XJLK2014009);the Second Wetland Resource Survey of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region(XJLK2011008);the National Key Research and Development Programme(2016YFC1200700)
Moustached Warbler (Acrocephalus melanopogon), belonging to the genus of Acrocephalus and the family of Acrocephalidae, breeds widely but locally in the warm temperate regions from Northwest Africa and eastern Iberi...
supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31301886,31272286)
Background:As one of the most elaborate and diverse sexual signals,bird songs are prominent among mate choice criteria.Females generally prefer mates with larger repertoire size,which promotes the evolution of song co...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30370221;41310302;41001026);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(Grant No.DL12CA09)
The Marsh Grassbird Locustella pryeri is an uncommon songbird endemic to East Asia. Suitable nest- site selection can minimize nest loss, especially for open- cup and ground nesting passerines. We located and mon- ito...
the Laojunshan Nature Reserve Management Bureau for providing support for field work(to B.D.,P.A.,Y.L.,P.R.and J.Z);the Chinese National Science and Technology Basic Work Program–The Comprehensive Scientific Survey of Biodiversity from Luoxiao range Region in China(2013FY111500)(to Y.L.and J.Z);Jornvall Foundation(to P.A.);the Sound Approach(to P.A.and U.O.);the Chinese Academy of Sciences Visiting Professorship for Senior International Scientists(No.2011T2S04,to P.A.);Swarovski Hong Kong Ltd.(to P.A.)
Background: The Russet Bush Warbler Locustella(previously Bradypterus) mandelli complex occurs in mountains in the eastern Himalayas, southern China, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. The taxonomy has been deba...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.31172098);the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.2014 M550026)
Background: Soft song is a low-amplitude song produced by many birds. Recent studies have confirmed that soft song is an aggressive signal. For example, the Brownish-flanked Bush Warblers Cettia fortipes use soft song...
performed within the scope of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft project funding for PA 1818/3-1(M.P.);supported by further grants to Y.-H.Sun from the National Natural Science Foundation of China,project No.31272286
Background: According to current taxonomy only three out of 27 Sinohimalayan leaf warbler species(Phylloscopidae) are considered genetically uniform across their entire breeding range along the Southeastern margin of ...