Winter adds a sense of tranquility and vastness to the wetlands,making the red-crowned cranes stand out even more elegantly.It is currently peak season for wintering birds.Located on the coast of the Yellow Sea,the Ya...
supported by grants from Key laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Area,National Ethnic Affairs Commission(KLEEMA202207);the Graduate Research and Practice Projects of Minzu University of China(BZKY2022042).
Night lighting has been shown to affect wild animals.To date,the effects of night lighting on the metabolic homeostasis of birds that spend short time in urban environments remain unclear.Using model bird species Zebr...
This research was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31971400);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.BLX202144).
By combining satellite tracking,land-cover extracted from Landsite 8 images,and the traditional stable isotope analysis,we studied the habitat selection and food preference of a vulnerable migratory waterbird,the Whit...
supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(31822043);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(China)(KJJQ201803);National Key Research and Development Program of China(2016YFD0300702);Jiangsu Distinguished Professor Program to P.L.,and Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(LQ22C140006).
Despite the importance of reproduction in insects,its relation with multi-stop flight remains poorly understood in migratory species.To clarify whether reproductive maturation commences during the multi-stop flight or...
Many studies have demonstrated that some of the activities of people can disturb nesting and foraging birds, particularly along coasts and estuaries. Some managers respond to human disturbance of sensitive species by ...
carried out over the course of the project“Osprey conservation in selected SPA Natura 2000 sites in Poland”;LIFE15 NAT/PL/000819 funded by the European Union under the LIFE+programme and the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management in Poland。
Background:Long-term ringing and telemetry studies show that the Osprey(Pandion haliaetus)is a broad-front migrant following different migratory flyways,depending on the geographical location of their breeding populat...
supported by a joint grant from the Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales of Mexico and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico (#262986)。
Background: For migrating birds, stopover requires spending time and energy that otherwise could be allocated to flying. Thus, birds optimally refuel their subsequent migratory flight by reducing stopover duration or ...
This study was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC1406402);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31830089 and 31772467);World Wide Fund for Nature Beijing Office(10003881).
Background:Conserving migratory birds is challenging due to their reliance on multiple distant sites at different stages of their annual life cycle.The concept of“flyway”,which refers to all areas covered by the bre...
funded by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation under the Federal Ministry for the Environment,Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety(FKZ 3510 860 1000);the Niedersachsische Wattenmeerstiftung(project 18/10)
Background:While the general migration routes of most waders are known,details concerning connectivity between breeding grounds, stopover sites and wintering grounds are often lacking.Such information is critical from...
supported by the National Key Research and Development Programme of China(Grant No.2016YFC0500406);the Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Strategic Programme,Water Ecological Security Assessment,the Major Research Strategy for Middle and Lower Yangtze River(Grant No.ZDRWZS-2017-3-3);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31661143027,31670424,31700330)
Background:Migration theory suggests,and some empirical studies show, that in order to compete for the best breeding sites and increase reproductive success,long-distance avian migrants tend to adopt a time minimizati...