... June 25 in the online peer-reviewed journal PLoS ONE, indicates that areas which have a more diverse bird population (biodiversity) show much lower incidences of West Nile virus infection in the ...
... researchers develop better sampling methods and statistical models that will provide more accurate bird population estimates. For example, researchers are attempting to identify data collection ...
Most of what we know about bird populations stems from surveys conducted by professional biologists and amateur birdwatchers, but new research shows that the data from those surveys may be seriously ...
... long legs, which in turn is having a severe impact on the bird populations which rely on them for food. New ... food source for a wide range of upland birds like the golden plover, this means starvation ...
... gene has sent two closely related bird populations on their way to becoming two distinct ... -colored belly.
The question of whether these two populations are on the road to speciation comes down to sex ...
A new study finds that a change in a single gene has sent two closely related bird populations on their way to becoming two distinct species. The study is one of only ...
Great tits adjust their breeding season so that chicks hatch when winter moth caterpillars -- their main food source -- are most plentiful, long-term research shows. ...
Researchers have developed a network of sensors that can track bird populations with minimal disturbance by monitoring their calls.
... sends it to a clearinghouse in Sioux Falls, S.D.
The bird data for MSU's study came from thousands ... Service to monitor the status and trends of some 400 bird populations. It began about 40 years ago ...
... specialist knowledge. This means that in many areas it is wellnigh impossible to map the bird population comprehensively and continuously.
In view of such problems environmental protection has to ...
... Guam than on other nearby islands, and she speculates that could largely be because the native bird population has been decimated.
But the biggest indirect impact, she said, could be altered seed ...
... West Nile Virus (WNV).
Now, let's hear it for the birds.
"The bottom line is that where ... Shannon Diversity Index to estimate the diversity of bird populations across the U.S. These data are gathered ...
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Removing hedgehogs from islands in the Scottish Hebrides appears to have had little effect on bird populations, conservationists say.
A snapshot of Wales' bird population finds the decline in some species is continuing, says the RSPB.
... that the baseline has shifted in this village: in the course of a generation, changes in bird populations have been collectively 'forgotten' by the community. If this trend continues, this knowledge ...
