Multidimensional beta diversity and its influencing factors of bird communities in urban parks of Nanjing, China
January 2027
Urbanization is one of the most extreme forms of land-use alteration that is reshaping bird community structure, yet the multidimensional patterns of bird beta diversity and their underlying drivers...
AviFrugivores: A comprehensive trait database for global avian frugivores
January 2027
Amidst the global biodiversity crisis, trait-based approaches for assessing species extinction risk and quantifying their ecological roles have attracted increasing interdisciplinary interest. As pivotal...
Functional convergence and spatial turnover shape riparian bird diversity across temperate and boreal biomes of North America: A systematic review
January 2027
Riparian forests occupy a small fraction of terrestrial landscapes yet they support disproportionately high biodiversity and provide ecosystem services of global significance. Birds are especially responsive...
Variation in avian haemosporidian infection patterns in Daurian Redstarts (Phoenicurus auroreus) across eastern China
January 2027
Avian haemosporidian parasites are widespread vector-borne pathogens that can influence host fitness, survival, and population dynamics. However, infection patterns and parasite lineage diversity remain...
Grassland birds in Asia: A review of their ecology, threats, and conservation
January 2027
Asian grasslands, including the vast Palearctic steppes and alpine meadows of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), form a vital part of the global temperate grassland biome. These open landscapes support...
Mimetic birdsong affects automated bioacoustic species classification: A case study using the Northern Mockingbird, a ubiquitous North American mimic
January 2027
While automated bioacoustic species classifiers play a growing role in avian population monitoring, they can produce false positive misclassifications by conflating acoustically similar sounds, including...
Identifying biases in avian leucocyte profiles arising from blood sampling regime: The effects of capture stress and repeated sampling
January 2027
Physiological biomarkers offer valuable insights into the relationships between physiological responses and ecological conditions, serving as powerful tools to assess the health and resilience of wild...
High individual consistency in migratory strategies of American Herring Gulls (Larus smithsonianus) across multiple years
January 2027
Migration is a fundamental component of the annual cycle of many bird species, largely driven by the need to access resources with seasonal availability. Birds employ diverse migratory strategies, undertaking...
An fMRI data analysis platform for the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
January 2027
Complex cognition is fundamental to animal survival and reproduction, and understanding its neural mechanisms remains a central goal in neuroscience. Birds exhibiting advanced cognitive abilities provide...
A prompt-enhanced CLAP framework for local few-shot bird sound classification
January 2027
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) for birds has become a vital approach in ecological monitoring due to its non-invasiveness and capability for long-term continuous observation. However, in practical...
Evolution of genomic divergence across Prunella birds with different speciation times
January 2027
Understanding how genomic differentiation accumulates during speciation is fundamental to elucidating the speciation process. Here, we compare whole-genome differentiation across six accentor species...
Migratory birds at the intersection of ecology and public health: Disseminating critical antimicrobial resistance genes across the globe
January 2027
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health threat, and migratory birds have emerged as unexpected yet key players in its ecology and dissemination. Acting as both reservoirs and long-distance...
Extra-pair copulations in male and female Azure-winged Magpies (Cyanopica cyanus) exhibit different associations with multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors
January 2027
While numerous studies on extra-pair copulations (EPCs) have revealed that the occurrence of this alternative reproductive strategy depends on multiple intrinsic and extrinsic factors, the relative...
Investigating the effects of three-dimensional building morphology on urban bird diversity: Evidence from 77 cities in China
January 2027
Urban buildings profoundly and complexly influence bird diversity. While previous studies have investigated the effects of building cover and building height on bird diversity within individual cities,...
Detection bias in monitoring birds by camera trapping in Chinese forests: An integrated analysis of functional traits and phylogeny
January 2027
Infrared camera trapping technology has been widely employed to monitor bird diversity. However, little is currently known about the extent to which this technique contributes to regional bird distribution...
Scale-dependent landscape effects on soundscape: A case study in Guangzhou, China
December 2026
As a key acoustic indicator of ecosystem health and human well-being, acoustic indices have attracted growing interdisciplinary attention from the fields of ecology, urban planning and conservation...
Methodological elaboration on data sources, spatial verification and scale in the evaluation of waterbird hunting
December 2026
Temporal dynamics of bird species-habitat networks on forested islands
December 2026
Habitat fragmentation reshapes species spatial distributions and community dynamics. Species and their occupied habitats form associations that can be quantified as bipartite networks to reveal how...
Beyond habitat loss: Spatiotemporal heterogeneity in mediating the effects of urban heat islands on waterbird richness
December 2026
Urbanization alters avian communities through habitat modification, yet the mechanisms by which urban-induced microclimatic changes influence bird diversity remain poorly understood. In particular,...
Nest defense is associated with footedness in female Japanese Tits
December 2026
Nest defense is an essential behavior in birds that protects nests from predation. Defensive behavior often varies among individuals, yet how hemispheric lateralization, a phenomenon commonly existing...
Increasing population size may help threatened species with limited genetic diversity escape the extinction vortex
December 2026
Evolution of tooth number and size reveals random evolution and weak directional selection of dentition toward independent tooth loss in Mesozoic birds
December 2026
How their toothed jaws evolve into edentulous beaks remains a key puzzle in early birds. Although some studies using discrete data of dentition have rejected the hypotheses of long-term directional...
Constructing healthy nests: Host behavior shapes nest microbiota and affects reproductive performance in birds
December 2026
Animals often create unique microenvironments during reproduction, which may influence offspring health and development by altering the microbiota within these environments. Recently, nest microbiota...
Increasing public attention toward North American bird species
December 2026
Similar to many other animal taxa, bird species worldwide have experienced significant population declines in recent years. Public awareness plays a key role in helping to conserve these species. We...
Trophic contrasting patterns across breeding sites of an endangered insular raptor: Invasive mammal consumption and conservation implications
December 2026
Trophic habits are a central component of a species' life history with important conservation implications. Evaluating variation in trophic habits across ecological contexts provides key insights into...