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...
On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau,extreme environmental conditions have imposed intense selective pressure on the evolution of phenotypic traits of wild animals.To date,limited information is available on behavioral and ec...
Hybrid speciation is increasingly recognized as a mechanism for novel evolutionary trajectories. However, we know very little about the ecology of a contact zone that has arisen in sympatry. This study examines the fo...
The conservation behavior framework is useful to identify key linkages between behavior and conservation practice. We apply this framework to a novel host-parasite system on the Galapagos Islands and ask if there have...
Many recent studies of ecological speciation have focused on "magic trait" scenarios, in which divergent selection on viability traits leads inextricably to corresponding divergence in mechanisms, especially mate re...
supported by grants from Chinese NSF(No.30870297to J.X.Z;No.30370196to M.X.Z.);International Partnership Project of CAS(CXTD2005-4to L.S and J.X.Z)
Over-shadowed by eye-catching vocal and visual signals, chemical communication has long been overlooked in birds. This study aimed at exploring whether volatile composition of the uropygial gland secretion (UGS) of ...
funded by Flinders University (Research Establishment Grant to SK, Overseas Field Trip Grant to RC), Conservation International and the American Bird Conservancy with awards to SK,and the Australian Federation of University Women SA with a Barbara Crase Bursary to RC
Bird song is used for mate attraction and is important for establishing reproductive isolation. Current research highlights performance constraints on song production that may be influenced by variation in bill morpho...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30670685 and No.30870307 to Mingxue Zuo)
Birdsong is a complex learned vocal behavior that relies on auditory experience for development. However, it appears that among different species of close-ended songbirds, there are some variations in the necessity of...