the financial support for this study by PAPIIT-UNAM grant(IN222817)to LAS-G;the Fran?ois Vuilleumier Fund for Neotropical Bird Research from the Neotropical Ornithological Society(NOS)awarded to OJE-C。
Due to a complex geological and biotic history,the Isthmus of Tehuantepec(IT),has been long recognized as a driver for the evolutionary divergence of numerous lowland and highland taxa.Widely distributed in the lowlan...
This research was funded by Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation,China(ZR2022QD084);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(42002016);the project from the Natural Resources and Planning Bureau of Fengning Manchu Autonomous County,China(HX180056 and HX210003).
As one of the most basal avian clades,the Confuciusornithids are ideal in revealing the early evolution of avianflight.Birds’hindlimbs are functionally diverse and contain a wealth of information about their behavior...
Here we report the use of plastics by Chrysomus ruficapillus(Vieillot,1819)(Passeriformes:Icteridae),popularly known as“Garibaldi”,in its nesting activities.The phenomenon was registered on October 17,2020 near Furn...
This work was supported by the Swedish Research Council(grant no.621-2017-3693 to PE).
Many bird species are specialized to live in the broadleaved,evergreen forests in the mountain regions in Southeast Asia.These mountain habitats are not continuously distributed as the different mountain areas are sep...
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41688103);the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.XDB26000000).Thomas A.Stidham is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41772013);Alida M.Bailleul also thanks the Chinese Academy of Sciences-Presidential International Fellowship Initiative Program.
We describe six specimens consisting of cranial remains and associated partial presacral axial series belonging to ornithuromorph birds from the Changma locality of the Lower Cretacous Xiagou Formation of northwestern...
Knowledge of the higher-level phylogenetic relationships of birds has grown substantially during the past two decades due to the application of genomic data.However,the nomenclature of higher-level taxa has not become...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31601856 and 31670398)。
Natural hybridization,which often occurs between closely related species exhibiting sympatric or parapatric distributions,is an important source of genetic variation within populations.The closely related Jankowski’s...
supported by the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONACYT) who provided study grant (450578) to CA-C to conduct her master’s studies at INECOL;supported by CONACYT program Problemas Nacionales project number 2015-01-1628
Urban ecosystems are evolutionarily recent novel environments acting as biodiversity filters.Psittacidae birds are considered successful urban adapters mainly due to their generalist feeding and opportunistic behavior...
supported by PAPIIT/DGAPA;Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México(UNAM)through a grant to Blanca E.Hernández-Banos(IN220620);the Postdoctoral scholarship provided by DGAPA-UNAM。
Background:The Mesoamerican dominion is a biogeographic area of great interest due to its complex topography and distinctive climatic history.This area has a large diversity of habitats,including tropical deciduous fo...