supported by the Biodiversity Survey,Monitoring and Assessment Project(2019–2023)of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment;China(No.2019HB2096001006 to ZZ);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672319);Endangered Species Scientific Commission of China(No.2022–331);supported by the China Scholarship Council,China。
Population genomic data could provide valuable information for conservation efforts;however,limited studies have been conducted to investigate the genetic status of threatened pheasants.Reeves’s Pheasant(Syrmaticus r...
the State Assignment,project 075-00347-19-00(Patterns of the spatiotemporal dynamics of meadow and forest ecosystems in mountainous areas(Russian Western and Central Caucasus);WWF's‘Save the Forest-Home of Raptors’project(2020-2022).
Abiotic factors play an important role in species localisation,but biotic and anthropogenic predictors must also be considered in distribution modelling for models to be biologically meaningful.In this study,we formal...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.31870369 and 31970433);China Biodiversity Observation Networks(Sino BON)。
Background:The Black-faced Spoonbill(Platalea minor)is a globally threatened species,nesting mainly in western Korea with smaller numbers breeding in Liaoning Province,China,and Far East Russia.Recent winter field sur...
supported by the Hong Kong Environment and Conservation Fund(ECF Project 02/2014);the United College Endowment Fund of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Background:Communal roosting is a common avian social behaviour,which potentially provides foraging benefits,predation avoidance or thermoregulation in birds.To identify the crucial environmental factors associated wi...
funded by the Brazilian agencies Fundacao de AmparoàPesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo–FAPESP(Project SISBIOTA network-Top predators 2010/52315–7);fellowships from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico(CNPq);productivity research fellowship from CNPq(Proc#308702/2019–0)。
Background:Patterns of rarity can be explained by reproductive rates,levels of endemism,and habitat specificity,and knowledge on these parameters is important to understand the levels of vulnerability of each species ...