Automated bird sound recognition in ecology: A methodological review and application framework
September 2026
Automated bird sound recognition (ABSR) has emerged as a transformative tool for avian ecology and conservation, offering an unprecedented ability to monitor biodiversity non-invasively across vast...
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...
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...
Changes in avian communities following wildfires in Mediterranean pine forest: A passive acoustic monitoring approach across temporal and seasonal gradients
December 2026
Wildfires are major modifiers of Mediterranean forest ecosystems, with long-term impacts on biodiversity and ecological resilience. However, how fire-history contrasts and seasonal dynamics jointly...
Global assessment of spatial and temporal filters on BirdNET performance for monitoring bird communities
January 2027
Recent advances in automated technologies, such as passive acoustic monitoring, provide a powerful framework for surveying bird communities at broad spatial scales. Among the most widely used artificial...
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...
New perspectives on waterbird migratory corridors in the Central Asian Flyway, with a focus on the role of the Himalayas and the Tibet Plateau in shaping connectivity
January 2027
The Central Asian Flyway (CAF) is uniquely shaped by the Himalaya–Qinghai–Tibet Plateau complex—a major geographic feature that influences migratory route selection of waterbirds traveling between breeding...
Taxonomy of Pallas’s Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi): An integrative approach
Available online 21 October 2026
The breeding distribution of Pallas’s Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi) extends from the Ural Mountains east to northeastern Siberia, with an isolated population ranging from southern Siberia to northern...
Vultures as a model for testing molecular adaptations of dietary specialization in birds
2023
Vultures are the only obligate scavengers among extant vertebrates. They provide valuable ecological services in ecosystems through removing carcasses, thus preventing the growth of other scavenger...
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...
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...
A review of eDNA technology in avian monitoring: Current status, challenges and future perspectives
June 2025
In recent years, environmental DNA (eDNA) has garnered significant attention as a novel tool in biodiversity monitoring, recognized for its efficiency, convenience, and non-invasiveness. Despite its...
Global change and threats to waterbirds in the Asian flyways
January 2027
Avian migration represents one of nature's most spectacular phenomena, providing critical ecological services and acting as an indicator of environmental change. Flyways are geographical ranges through...
Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review
2023
Artificial nest boxes are placed to attract birds to nest and breed in a specific location, and they are widely used in avian ecology research and in the attraction of insectivorous birds. There is...
Migratory birds as global pathogen vectors: Ecological roles, transmission pathways, and emerging zoonotic risks
September 2026
Migratory birds have emerged as primary vectors of infectious agents, including viruses, bacteria, vector-borne pathogens, and fungal pathogens, posing a considerable and geographically unrestricted...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Seasonal effects of urban park landscape structure on taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of birds
December 2026
Urban parks serve as important biodiversity refuges in highly urbanized landscapes, yet the landscape mechanisms shaping seasonal dynamics of multidimensional avian diversity remain poorly understood....
Beyond accuracy: AI-based bird behavior automated recognition toward ecological understanding
January 2027
Understanding bird behavior is fundamental to avian ecology, conservation, and evolutionary biology. Advances in sensing technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) have enabled automated detection...
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...
Avian acoustic communication: Understanding of peripheral and central neural systems with ecological adaptations
June 2025
Avian vocal communication represents one of the most intricate forms of animal language, playing a critical role in behavioral interactions. Both peripheral and central auditory-vocal pathways are essential...
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...