supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32370508);the Foundation for Excellent Doctoral Student of Science and Technology Program of Gansu Province(No.23JRRA1125)。
Females actively seek extra-pair paternity(EPP)to acquire a fitness advantage for their offspring.The“contextdependence hypothesis”posits that female extra-pair mate choice has plasticity in response to environmenta...
supported by Agencia Nacional de Promocion Científica y Tecnologica,Grant[PICT-2014-3347].
Nestling growth of birds can be affected by weather fluctuations.In general,it is expected that higher temper-atures favor growth by improving food availability and nestling metabolism,while rain hinders it by reducin...
supported by the French Ministry of Ecological Transition through the Direction Regionale de l’Environnement,de l’Amenagement et du Logement d’Occitanie,the Office Francais de la Biodiversite,and the Conservatoire d’Espaces Naturels d’Occitanie.
Reedbeds are crucial breeding habitats for vulnerable songbird species.Irrespective of their protection status,these habitats may be threatened by organic matter accumulation,progressively leading to structural homoge...
the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona(PASSERCAT-2 project)to JQ.
Sequence and intensity are two essential components of bird moult.While the moult sequences of remex tracts are highly homogenous across passerines,other tracts apparently show a high variability.Moreover,order of mou...
Funding supply on Baikal Bird Ringing Station was conducted by Baikalsky State Nature Reserve。
Long-distance migratory birds often face major geographical barriers on their journey.While some species are able to cross them,others use longer routes to avoid such barriers.Little is known about the strategies of S...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,31971413)to DL and NSFC(31770445)to YW;the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(NSFHB,C2020205038)to DL and NSFHB(C2020205005);the Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China(PRFC,2020M670685)to LW。
The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal(HPG)axis ubiquitously regulates seasonal reproduction,following the rhythmicity of a suite of environmental cues.Birds display prominent seasonal variations in gonad size regulated b...
Background:Accurate nestling age is valuable for studies on nesting strategies,productivity,and impacts on repro-ductive success.Most aging guides consist of descriptions and photographs that are time consuming to rea...
The analyses of the data set used in this work were funded by project LINDUS 2(Interreg POCTEFA,European Regional Development Fund,ERDF);the Government of Navarra,and with the support of GAN-NIK,S.A.
Background:The dynamics and structure of many bird communities are changing due to the global warming and changes in the land use and management.The Ebro Valley constitutes one of the chief wintering areas for several...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31672296 and 31172104)。
Background:As one of the reproductive strategies adopted by bird species,variation in investment in egg production and its influencing factors are important and well-studied subjects.Intraclutch changes in egg size as...