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« Reply #2025 on: November 16, 2018, 04:00:33 PM »
Humans reshaping evolutionary history of species around the globe

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/11/15/news/humans-reshaping-evolutionary-history-species-around-globe-paper

Paper: Adaptation, speciation and extinction in the Anthropocene

http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/285/1891/20182047


Human-altered selective forces. (a) Selection in built environments: feathers left on a window illustrate the high death toll of birds colliding with buildings and automobiles [12], selecting against migratory behaviour [13] and for manoeuvrability [14]. (b) Selection to avoid hunting or harvesting: humans target individuals with preferred traits, selecting against traits such as long ivory tusks [15]. (c) Selection in novel communities: both abiotic and biotic selection pressures are reshaped when humans bring together species in new assemblages, as found in cardinals nesting in introduced honeysuckles [16]. (d) Selection on dispersal: fragmented landscapes select for individuals that can remain in hospitable environments, favouring non-dispersing seeds in Crepis sancta [17]. (e) Selection on inheritance systems: rapid evolution associated with human cultivation can alter the genome, with increased recombination rates and polyploidy found in many domesticated plants, such as oats [18]. Photographs: (a) Alan Hensel; (b) Sarah Otto; (c) Jeff Whitlock; (d) Susan Lambrecht; (e) Henrik Sendelbach.
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« Reply #2026 on: November 16, 2018, 05:30:27 PM »
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What did birds and insects do during the 2017 solar eclipse?

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181115115345.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Songbirds set long-distance migration record

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181115115400.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29

Most complete enantiornithine bird fossil from North America

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-11/p-mce110818.php

Climate change may have made the Arctic deadlier for baby shorebirds

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/climate-change-may-have-made-arctic-deadlier-baby-shorebirds

Con?ser?va?tion areas help bird?life ad?apt to cli?mate change

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181112131615.htm

Escalator to Extinction: Can Mountain Species Adapt to Climate Change?

https://e360.yale.edu/features/escalator-to-extinction-can-mountain-species-adapt-to-climate-change

Northern birds live fast, molt quickly, die young, researchers say

https://www.upi.com/Northern-birds-live-fast-molt-quickly-die-young-researchers-say/4141536170714/

Scientists Say "Teen" Birds Staying in Bed and Eating Through the Day Helps Them Survive

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-birds-stay-in-bed-eat-all-day-survival

These Teen Birds Love Sleeping In, Too

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-teen-birds-love-sleep-too-180970268/

Getting to the root of long-term Tree Swallow declines

https://www.birdguides.com/articles/ornithology/getting-to-the-root-of-long-term-tree-swallow-declines/
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« Reply #2027 on: November 19, 2018, 02:28:51 PM »
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« Reply #2028 on: November 19, 2018, 02:29:54 PM »
Global assessment shows hundreds of species face extinction without immediate action

https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/press-release/global-assessment-shows-hundreds-species-face-extinction-without

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« Reply #2029 on: November 19, 2018, 02:52:52 PM »
Has climate change hit migration of birds?

https://www.deccanherald.com/flight-threat-migratory-birds-703364.html


winged visitors: Bar-headed geese fly with the Himalayas in the background. In 2018, their number was 34,883 -- down from 52,530 in 2017. (below) Pong reservoir in Himachal Pradesh. Sankara Subramanian via flickr/author

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« Reply #2030 on: November 19, 2018, 02:58:36 PM »
Some of Nova Scotia's at-risk bird species are down to fewer than 1,000 adults

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/some-of-nova-scotia-s-at-risk-birds-are-down-to-fewer-than-1-000-adults-1.4908701

Report: STATE OF THE WORLD'S BIRDS - https://www.birdlife.org/sites/default/files/attachments/BL_ReportENG_V11_spreads.pdf


There are fewer than 50 breeding pairs of piping plovers in Nova Scotia (Ron d?Entremont)
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« Reply #2031 on: November 21, 2018, 03:02:29 PM »
Wyoming billionaire pledges to protect 30% of the planet by 2030

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/wyoming-billionaire-pledges-protect-30-planet-2030


With a 8.5 million assist from the Wyss Foundation, the Andes Amazon Fund will disperse funds to a range of local organizations working to protect the forested headwaters of the Amazon River basin in Peru and beyond. (Photo: Jorge L?scar/Flickr)
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« Reply #2032 on: November 21, 2018, 03:52:46 PM »
Geneticist solves long-standing finch beak mystery

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181119064118.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fbirds+%28Birds+News+--+ScienceDaily%29


Princeton biologist Bridgett vonHoldt discovered that the 'mega' morph of the black-bellied seedcrackers (Pyrenestes ostrinus), a Cameroonian finch, appears to result from an additional evolutionary step after the evolution of the large- and small-beaked morphs.
Credit: Dr. Tom Smith, UCLA
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« Reply #2033 on: November 21, 2018, 03:53:28 PM »
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Biology students lead investigation into bird-friendliness at WMU

http://www.westernherald.com/news/campus/article_b2ec89c2-edc8-11e8-b51d-bb2804df4fde.html

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« Reply #2035 on: November 24, 2018, 01:50:17 PM »
Scientists map shifting migration around Alaska mountains, using GPS-equipped eagles

https://www.ktoo.org/2018/11/21/scientists-map-shifting-migration-around-alaska-mountains-using-gps-equipped-eagles/


Joe Eisaguirre holds a golden eagle fitted with a GPS-tracking backpack harness. The eagle is wearing a hood to keep it calm. (Photo courtesy Joe Eisaguirre)
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« Reply #2036 on: November 26, 2018, 03:55:15 PM »
For the first time we've looked at every threatened bird in Australia side-by-side

http://theconversation.com/for-the-first-time-weve-looked-at-every-threatened-bird-in-australia-side-by-side-107432

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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.

More: This blue-throated hummingbird is new to science -- but already endangered

https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/this-blue-throated-hummingbird-is-new-to-science-but-already-endangered/

Paper: http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.1642/AUK-18-58.1

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New science to crack down on wildlife crime by taking fingerprints from feathers

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen/1620227/exclusive-new-science-to-crack-down-on-wildlife-crime-by-taking-fingerprints-from-feathers/


An Abertay University study has discovered that fingerprints can be recovered from bird feathers, even if they have been left outside and exposed to environmental conditions. The research could lead to breakthroughs in the investigation of wildlife crime.
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