supported by the National Science Centre,Poland,under Grant 2017/25/N/NZ8/00822.
The brain size of vertebrates represents a trade-off between natural selection for enhanced cognitive abilities and the energetic constraints of brain tissue production.Processing information efficiently can confer be...
co-financed by Funda?ao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia(FCT);the European Regional Development Fund(FEDER)through Portugal 2020 Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Programme(POCI),reference POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030250 and PTDC/ASP-SIL/30250/2017-TOPDEVIL;the R&D Unit Centre for Functional Ecology-Science for People and the Planet(CFE),with reference UIDB/04004/2020,financed by FCT/MCTES through national funds(PIDDAC);FCT/MCTES also funded L.P.S.with contract CEECIND/02064/2017。
Providing nest-boxes as surrogate tree cavities can be of great importance to increase the breeding populations of cavity-nesting birds in managed forests.However,the exact placement of nest-boxes should be taken into...
The National Natural Science Foundation of China (31672303, 31472013, 31772453);The Science and Technology Research and Development Project of Chengde (202002A088)。
The efficacy of nest-site choice ultimately determines the breeding success of birds. Comparisons of the reproductive strategies of various bird species which inhabit the same habitat may provide insights on the evolu...
funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31472013 and 31772453 to WL)
Background:Information pertaining to nest-site fidelity and breeding dispersal over successive years can help to better our understanding of how birds respond to nest predation.Methods:By using mist nets and tracking ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31672303 to CY,31472013 and 31772453 to WL)
Background:Floods and other extreme events have disastrous effects on wetland breeding birds.However,such events and their consequences are difficult to study due to their rarity and unpredictable occurrence.Methods:H...
The quality of a breeding site may have major fitness consequences.A fundamental step to understanding the process of nest-site selection is the identification of the information individuals use to choose high-quality...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(30970381,31460567);Guangxi(2010GXNSFB013044);a postdoctoral start-up project of Guangxi University(Y336002006,B41049)
Background: The breeding information of most birds in Asian tropical areas,especially in limestone forests,is still poorly known.The Streaked Wren-Babbler(Napothera brevicaudata) is an uncommon tropical limestone bird...
supported by the 11th Five-Year National Science and Technology plans to support key project (No. 2008BADB0B01);the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Universities, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30670350 and 31070345)
Nest-site selection patterns of Red-crowned cranes(Grus japonensis) and the effects of environmental variables were studied during the years of 2002-2008 in Zhalong Nature Reserve,Qiqihar city,northeast China.The ne...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC, No.30770312)
Nest-site and nesting material used by the Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis) was studied at the Gaojingmiao Breeding Farm, Langxi County, Anhui, China from May to September 2009. In this study, artificial nesti...