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Wing morphology covaries with migration distance in a highly aerial insectivorous songbird
(Oxford University Press, 2022-06-01)
According to classical prediction of aerodynamic theory, birds and other powered fliers that migrate over long distances should have longer and more pointed wings than those that migrate less. However, the association ...
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Loss of largest and oldest individuals of the Montpellier snake correlates with recent warming in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula
(Oxford University Press, 2017)
The effects of climate change on organisms are now being extensively studied in many different taxa. However, the variation in body size, usually shrinkage in response to increasing temperature, has received little attention ...
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Rainfall at African wintering grounds predicts age-specific probability of haemosporidian infection in a migratory passerine bird
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2019-10-01)
In migratory species breeding in temperate zones and wintering in tropical areas, the prevalence of blood parasites may be affected by migratory strategies and winter habitat choice. We explored whether African winter ...
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Age-dependent carry-over effects in a long-distance migratory bird
(Nature, 2019)
Migratory birds usually respond to climate change by modifying breeding and/or wintering areas, as well as by reproducing earlier. In addition, changes in winter habitat use or breeding phenology could have important ...
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The migration system of barn swallows hirundo rustica breeding in Southwestern Spain and wintering across West Africa
(Sociedad Española de Ornitología, 2021-02-03)
Many populations of migratory bird species are rapidly declining. As a requisite for targeting effective conservation efforts it is essential to determine the whereabouts of migrants yearround. however, our knowledge of ...