The Black-winged Monarch(Monarcha frater)inhabits low-mid elevation forests across New Guinea and far northeastern Australia.Of its four recognized subspecies,M.f.canescens is migratory,breeding in tropical north-east...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31770419 and 31971402 to H.W.,31772453 and 31970427 to W.L.,and 32001094 to J.Y.);Science and Technology Research Project of the Education Department of Jilin Province(JJKH20190281KJ).
Acoustic signals play an important role in animal communication systems,and these signals can transfer diverse and meaningful information from a signaler to a receiver(e.g.,Yu et al.2019).Animal signals tend to be hon...
The study was financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31801976 to ME and No.20111938 to HW);the University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of Jilin Province(No.202010205057 to ME);the Natural Science Foundation of Changchun Normal University.
Background:Genes of the major histocompatibility complex(MHC)are an important component of the vertebrate immune system and play a significant role in mate choice in animal populations.However,the MHC genetic targets ...
funded by the Brazilian agencies Fundacao de AmparoàPesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo–FAPESP(Project SISBIOTA network-Top predators 2010/52315–7);fellowships from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(CNPq);productivity research fellowship from CNPq(Proc#308702/2019–0)。
Background:Patterns of rarity can be explained by reproductive rates,levels of endemism,and habitat specificity,and knowledge on these parameters is important to understand the levels of vulnerability of each species ...
The study of defense behavior development in pied flycatcher altricial nestlings has shown that preceding visual deprivation decreased the capability to freeze in the young. At the same time, auditory thresholds of de...
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was established in 1943 as part of the Manhattan Project to build nuclear weapons, and currently operates as a national research laboratory. As part of an ongoing assessment of si...
The red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva is a small passerine bird that breeds in Eastern Europe and across central Asia and winters on the Indian subcontinent. Birds from the western extreme of the breeding range m...
The artificial nestbox on an Asian White Birch (Betula platyphylla) (1360 m in elevation) was used by a pair of Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) in Beijing, and five eggs were found in the nest in 2005....
The Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) and Taiga Flycatcher (F albicila) have long been considered having a conspecific status under the species Red-throated Flycatcher (Fparva). Based on the studies on th...
We wish to thank the managers of Xiaolongmen Forestry Garden for accommodation,Zhang Jie,Sun Yue,and Dong Lu for field assistance.Financial support was provided by the National Sciences Foundation of China(Grant No.30170115).
The home ranges of the Narcissus Flycatcher(Ficedula narcissina elisae)and the Yellow-rumped Fly-catcher(F.zanthopygia)are measured by radio telemetry in a subalpine forest near Beijing,China.The home range is calcula...