funded by the Education Department of Hainan Province(No.HnjgY,2022–12);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32260127 to C.Y.);Doctoral Start-up Funds of China West Normal University(No.493002 to P.Y.).
In the co-evolutionary system of avian brood parasitism,egg recognition and rejection are common and generally act as effective anti-parasitic adaptations by hosts.Accordingly,most studies have examined the role of pa...
financed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31971402 to H.Wang,32001094 to J.Yu,31870368 to K.Zhang);the High-level Startup Talents Introduced Scientific Research Fund Project of Baotou Teacher's College,China(No.BTTCRCQD2024-C34)。
Individuals may gather information about environmental conditions when deciding where to breed in order to maximize their lifetime fitness.They can obtain social information by observing conspecifics and heterospecifi...
supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672272,31722051);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2042021kf0217);Natural Science Foundation of the Hubei Province(2019CFA075);Plateau Ecology Youth Innovative Fund of Wuhan University(to H.Z.);X.L.was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31830085);Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research program(2019QZKK0501).
Cooperative breeding is a sophisticated altruistic social behavior that helps social animals to adapt to harsh environments.The Tibetan ground tit,Pseudopodoces humilis,is a high-altitude bird endemic to the Tibetan p...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31872231 to DW,No.32000316 to YJ).
The spatial distribution and breeding behavior of neighboring birds(conspecific and heterospecific)may influence reproduction and the effects differ across species.In this study,we investigated intra-and inter-specifi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31872231)to DW;the Youth Foundation of Liaoning University(Grant No.A251901012)to JW。
Background:Extra-pair copulation behavior has been widely studied among socially monogamous birds.Many species revealed high rates of extra-pair paternity.But few of the studies have been carried out in the Asian popu...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31472013 and 31772453 to W.L.).
Hole-nesting tits belonging to the family Paridae produce a hissing display that resembles the exhalatory hiss of a snake.When a predatory animal enters the nest hole of a tit,tits often hiss vigorously,while lunging ...
This is the third part of a pedagogical introduction to the theory of buildings of Jacques Tits.We describe the construction and properties of the Bruhat-Tits building of a reductive group over a local field.
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31772453 and 31970427 to W.L.)。
Many animals mimic the behavior or the appearance of venomous snakes.When humans or other potential predators place their hand near the nest of tits belonging to the family Paridae(and a few other species),the incubat...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31772453 and 31970427 to W.L.,31872231 to D.M.W.,and 31672303 to C.C.Y.)。
DEAR EDITOR,Recent studies have shown that the closely related cinereous tit(Parus cinereus)and green-backed tit(P.monticolus)in China display strong egg recognition ability in contrast to tit species in Europe,which ...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31772453 and 31970427 to WL,No.31672303 to CY and No.31770419 to HW)
Background:Brood parasitic birds such as cuckoos(Cuculus spp.)can reduce their host’s reproductive success.Such selection pressure on the hosts has driven the evolution of defense behaviors such as egg rejection agai...