This study was funded by the Collaborative Research Grants of the University of Colombo(to SS);the Special Talent Recruitment grant from Guangxi University(to EG);The fieldwork was conducted with the permission of WL/3/2/19/13(Department of Wildlife Conservation,Sri Lanka)and R&E/RES/NFSRC/2013-01-P-02(Forest Department,Sri Lanka)。
Models of allopatric speciation within an island biogeographic framework suggest that the division of ancestral mainland populations leads to one or more allopatric island species predominantly through natural and sex...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32260127);the Education Department of Hainan Province(HnjgY2022-12);the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(320CXTD437);the Hainan Provincial Innovative Research Program for Graduates(Qhys2022-241)。
Adaptive mate choice has been accepted as the leading theory to explain the colorful plumage of birds.This theory hypothesizes that conspicuous colors act as signals to advertise the qualities of the owners.However,a ...
funded by FCT with grants to JSC(SFRH/BD/113580/2015),JAA(SFRH/BPD/91527/2012),RC(SFRH/BPD/118635/2016);benefited from financial support to CESAM(UID/AMB/50017/2019),through national funds(FCT/MCTES).
Background: Accurate estimation of nestlings’ age is essential in avian demography studies as well as in population ecology and conservation. For example, it can be useful for synchronizing nest visits with events of...
Background: This paper describes the chick plumage of spurfowl(Pternistis) and francolin(Francolinus, Dendroperdix Peliperdix and Scleroptila) chicks, tests its significance for phylogenetic relationships and also exp...