supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32070452).
Intra-individual variation in cognitive abilities has been widely reported in animals.Recent studies have found that individual cognitive performance varies with personality traits in a wide range of animal taxa,with ...
supported by the Science and Technology Project of Yunnan(202101AT070040);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U23A20162);the Yunnan Provincial Department of Education Fund for Scientific Research Project(2023Y0722);the First Class Forestry Academic Subject in Yunnan Province.
Extra-pair paternity(EPP)is commonly found in socially monogamous birds,especially in small passerine birds,and there are interspecific and intraspecific variations in the extent of EPP.The Chestnut-vented Nuthatch(Si...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Project 32070452).
Extra-pair copulation(EPC)can potentially maximize individual reproductive fitness,and this process may involve sexual selection of male and female traits that reflect individual quality.Previous studies have implied ...
part of the project"Neotropical Grasslands Connection:Ecology,Migration,and Conservation of the Threatened Chestnut Seedeater Sporophila cinnamomea",supported by the Rufford Foundation,United Kingdom(ID 270441);supported by grants to JRRR and CJC,who received doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships,respectively,from the Coordenacão de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-CAPES(88882.439380/2019-01 and 88882.316294/2019-01);a research grant from the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-CNPq(310608/2019-8)。
The breeding traits of Sporophila seedeaters have been relatively well studied in recent years;nevertheless,a group of ten species in the genus,known as southern capuchinos,remain understudied.That is the case with Ch...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32070452to YS)。
Sex differences in plumage color are common in bird species.Some bird species are regarded as sexually monochromatic in human visual systems,and in recent years,some species are found to be of cryptic(to human)sexual ...
This study was supported by grant AGL2014-53822-C2-1-R from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness;the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund(ERDF).
Phytophthora cinnamomi(Pc)is an extremely destructive soil-borne pathogen of Asiatic origin responsible for“ink disease”in chestnut.This work assesses the adaptive potential to the impact of Pc of four Spanish popul...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31772453 and 31970427 to WL,and 31472012 to Y-HS)。
Background:Nestling discrimination and feeding habits during brooding are important factors affecting host selec-tion of parasitic birds.Some host birds can avoid being parasitized by discriminating their nestlings or...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.31472012)
Background: The drivers of intraspecific variation in behavioral plasticity are poorly known. A widely held hypothesis is that brain size is positively correlated with behavioral plasticity.Methods: A total of 71 Ches...
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31460491);Applied Basic Research Project of Science and Technology Department of Yunnan Province(2013FD040);Scientific Research Project of Education Department of Yunnan Province(2014Y390);Talent-Recruiting Program of Kunming University(YJL14005);Key Disciplines (Ecology) Project of Colleges and Universities in Yunnan Province
[ Objective] The paper was to detect the species of endophytic bacteria in Chestnut (Castanea mollissima). [ Method ] The 16S rDNA-V4 region of endophytic bacteria in chestnut (sample name BL) was sequenced by Ill...