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« Reply #1965 on: October 06, 2018, 07:06:16 PM »
Book Reviews

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology Handbook of Bird Biology, third edition

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-104.1




Far from Land: The Mysterious Lives of Seabirds

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-102.1?code=coop-site

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« Reply #1966 on: October 06, 2018, 07:08:23 PM »
A striking, critically endangered, new species of hillstar (Trochilidae: Oreotrochilus) from the southwestern Andes of Ecuador

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-58.1


Series of Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus species nova collected at Cerro de Arcos, El Oro province, southwest Ecuador, May 23, 2017: (A) holotype, (B) paratopotype male, (C) paratopotype females, (D) paratype males.
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« Reply #1967 on: October 06, 2018, 07:12:26 PM »
Abstracts


Similar hybrid composition among different age and sex classes in the Myrtle?Audubon's warbler hybrid zone

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-45.1

Is there a context-dependent advantage of extra-pair mating in Tree Swallows?

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-3.1

Prevalent transoceanic fall migration by a 30-gram songbird, the Bobolink

http://americanornithologypubs.org/doi/full/10.1642/AUK-18-56.1
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« Reply #1968 on: October 10, 2018, 11:38:21 PM »
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« Reply #1970 on: October 12, 2018, 06:31:40 PM »
Songbirds in trouble over climate change, habitat loss

http://www.rcinet.ca/en/2018/10/11/songbirds-in-trouble-over-climate-changehabitat-loss/

Boreal Songbird Initiative - https://www.borealbirds.org/

Report: BOREAL FOREST REFUGE: Conserving North America's Bird Nursery in the Face of Climate Change

https://www.borealbirds.org/sites/default/files/publications/report-boreal-birds-climate.pdf


A Cape May Warbler, one of dozens of species of songbird studied for the report (Jeff nadler)



Current and projected range and diminishing extent of two species as warming changes climate and habitat and forces birds further north. (Left images- Bay Breasted Warbler, Right-Cape May Warbler (BSI report)
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« Reply #1971 on: October 13, 2018, 01:42:19 PM »
Article: This Hilarious Optical Illusion for Birds Could Save Your Life

https://gizmodo.com/this-hilarious-optical-illusion-for-birds-could-save-yo-1829716568

Paper: Wide-eyed glare scares raptors: From laboratory evidence to applied management

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0204802


Both static and moving stimuli were used to scare the raptors, but only the looming eyes had the desired effect.
Image: M. Hausberger et al., 2018/PLoS One



a) test apparatus; b) birds (in percent) that reacted to the display of the visual stimulus. c) stimuli: LE: looming eyes, LTS: looming turning spiral (as used on some aircraft), LMS: looming moving spiral, LBD: looming black disc, FBD: static black disc, F Sph: static geometric shapes: sphere (depth impression), S: stripes (used for repelling birds from windows) [35], Fstar: static star, C control: grey screen. Chi-square test, * p < 0.05.; c) The stimulus displayed: LE: looming eyes, looming turning (LTS) versus moving (LMS) spiral, looming (LBD) versus static (FBD) black disc, static geometric shapes: sphere (F Sph), strips (S) static star (Fstar) and control (C).
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« Reply #1972 on: October 15, 2018, 02:51:58 PM »
'Hyperalarming' study shows massive insect loss

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/15/hyperalarming-study-shows-massive-insect-loss/?utm_term=.6585a9dc266f&wpisrc=al_news__alert-hse--alert-national&wpmk=1

Paper: Climate-driven declines in arthropod abundance restructure a rainforest food web

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2018/10/09/1722477115

Abstract: Bird abundance-mist nets - https://luq.lter.network/data/luqmetadata173

Abstract: Increase in crop losses to insect pests in a warming climate - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6405/916

Press Release: Summary for Policymakers of IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5?C

http://ipcc.ch/news_and_events/pr_181008_P48_spm.shtml

Article: The world has just over a decade to get climate change under control, U.N. scientists say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/08/world-has-only-years-get-climate-change-under-control-un-scientists-say/?utm_term=.c8e9eb233531


Population trends for E. coqui and birds near the El Verde Field station. (A) Quasi-Poisson regression of estimated total number of E. coqui individuals against time from censuses conducted by Stewart (28) in the Activity Transect. (B) Quasi-Poisson regression of the estimated number of E. coqui individuals against MnMaxT during the time periods when Stewart's censuses were conducted. (C) Quasi-Poisson regression for the total number of birds captured during equal length, 4-d sessions of mist netting (31) near the El Verde Field Station against the period when the mist netting was conducted. (D) Quasi-Poisson regression of the total number of birds captured during Waide's (31) 4-d sessions vs. MnMaxT during the year of mist netting. The 95% confidence intervals are shown around the best-fit regression lines. Pr(χ) is the result of a likelihood-ratio χ2 test of whether the independent variable improves the model beyond an intercept-only model. P < 0.05 indicates a statistically significant regression.
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« Reply #1973 on: October 15, 2018, 05:14:52 PM »
Windmills not so green for wildlife

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/windmills-not-so-green-for-wildlife/article25221880.ece


A conundrum: Windmill sites may be adding to the man-animal conflict.   
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« Reply #1974 on: October 16, 2018, 04:07:35 PM »
Canada has some of the world's last wild places. Are we keeping our promise to protect them?

https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-has-some-of-the-worlds-last-wild-places-are-we-keeping-our-promise-to-protect-them/

Paper: Informing Canada's commitment to biodiversity conservation: A science-based framework to help guide protected areas designation through Target 1 and beyond

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325125139_Informing_Canada's_commitment_to_biodiversity_conservation_A_science-based_framework_to_help_guide_protected_areas_designation_through_Target_1_and_beyond


Hotspots for Canadian protected areas identified in the research of Justine Coristine, Aerin Jacob and their colleagues. This map identifies hotspots in relation to Canada's historic land uses of urbanization, resource extraction and wilderness areas. The researchers use warm colours to "represent areas with the potential to make a greater contribution to reversing biodiversity decline and preserving biodiversity for future generations." Map: Coristine et al.


Note: Ontario's Polar Bear Provincial Park is a "Protected Area" and contains "Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs)"
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Pupil's brain recognizes the perfect teacher

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181017140933.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Duke researchers have identified the social component to a young bird's ability to learn songs from an adult.
Credit: Dennis Irwin
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Pollution is Changing the Diet of Songbirds

https://www.alleghenyfront.org/pollution-is-changing-the-diet-of-songbirds/


Louisiana waterthrush foraging for insects in a stream polluted with acid mine drainage. Photo: Mike Doughtery
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Invasive forage grass leads to grassland bird decline

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181019120718.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Dickcissels, small grassland birds, are more likely to experience nest failure when nests are surrounded by high amounts of invasive tall fescue grass, according to University of Illinois research.
Credit: Scott Maresh Nelson, University of Illinois
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