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Trout, Roger, Pat Morris, and Sarah Brooks. "The slow invasion of England by the non-native Edible Dormouse (Glis glis): where and how many after 120 years?" ARPHA Conference Abstracts 5 (April 15, 2022): e84603. https://doi.org/10.3897/aca.5.e84603.

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Since the Edible Dormouse (<em>Glis glis</em>) was introduced to England in 1902, it very slowly invaded a wider area west of London. A recent and more rapid increase in both numbers and distribution is reported. Regular population monitoring for 23 years by volunteers at a woodland study site using nestboxes, and microchipping individuals, confirmed consistently increasing numbers. Independent reports of culling in buildings (under Licence) also indicates an increasing level of conflict. As part of a formal assessment of all British mammals published in 2018, the <em>Glis</em> population size

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Igl, Lawrence D., and Douglas H. Johnson. "Brown-headed Cowbird, Molothrus ater, Parasitism and Abundance in the Northern Great Plains." Canadian Field-Naturalist 121, no. 3 (2007): 239. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v121i3.471.

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The Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) reaches its highest abundance in the northern Great Plains, but much of our understanding of cowbird ecology and host-parasite interactions comes from areas outside of this region. We examine cowbird brood parasitism and densities during two studies of breeding birds in the northern Great Plains during 1990–2006. We found 2649 active nests of 75 species, including 746 nonpasserine nests and 1902 passerine nests. Overall, <1% of nonpasserine nests and 25% of passerine nests were parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds. Although the overall frequency of

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Nebogatkin, I. V. "Birds as the Feeders of Ticks (Acari, Ixodida) in Megalopolis of Kyiv." Vestnik Zoologii 48, no. 5 (2014): 467–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2014-0055.

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Abstract Birds as the Feeders of Ticks (Acari, Ixodida) in Megalopolis of Kyiv. Nebogatkin, I. V. - Data about ticks parasitizing on birds in the city of Kyiv were summarized. 117 birds and 27 nests were examined. Ticks were found on six species collecting food on the ground level: Great Tit (Parus major), White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), Rook (Corvus frugilegus), blackbird (Turdus merula), and Nuthatch (Sitta europaea). 56 Ixodidae specimens of four species from two genera were collected from the birds and their nests: Ixodes ricinus (Linnaeus, 1758); I. arboricola Schulze et Schlottke, 1930;

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Evans, Darren M., Stephen M. Redpath, Sharon A. Evans, David A. Elston, and Peter Dennis. "Livestock grazing affects the egg size of an insectivorous passerine." Biology Letters 1, no. 3 (2005): 322–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2005.0335.

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Livestock grazing is a major driver of ecosystem change, and has been associated with significant declines in various bird species worldwide. In Britain, there is particular concern that severe grazing pressure is deleteriously affecting vegetation and birds in upland regions. However, the mechanism by which grazing affects birds is unclear. Here, we report for the first time, to our knowledge, that sheep grazing pressure affects the egg size of a common upland passerine: the meadow pipit Anthus pratensis . We manipulated sheep stocking densities in a replicated field experiment, and found tha

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Baker, G. Barry, Graeme P. Elliott, Rebecca K. French, Katrina Jensz, Chris G. Muller, and Kath J. Walker. "Development of aerial monitoring techniques to estimate population size of great albatrosses (Diomedea spp.)." Notornis 67, no. 1 (2020): 321. https://doi.org/10.63172/331016bktnfw.

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Two approaches to estimating the population size of great albatrosses (Diomedea spp.) were tested in the Auckland Islands, New Zealand. The first approach used a series of aerial photographs taken on Adams Island to produce high-resolution photo-mosaics suitable for counting nesting Gibson’s wandering albatross (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni). The second involved a direct count from a helicopter of southern royal albatross (D. epomophora) breeding on Enderby Island. Both techniques produced results that closely matched counts of albatrosses attending nests derived from ground counts, although

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IORIO, OSVALDO DI, and PAOLA TURIENZO. "Insects found in birds nests from the Neotropical Region (except Argentina) and immigrant species of Neotropical origin in the Nearctic Region." Zootaxa 2187, no. 1 (2009): 1–144. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2187.1.1.

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Neotropical birds’ nests have received a great deal of attention because sylvatic species of Triatominae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) and parasitic flies of the genus Philornis (Diptera: Muscidae) were discovered inside them. Those insects known in birds’ nests from Argentina, the chacoan region of Bolivia, and the southern portion of Brazil and Uruguay were extensively but not completely summarized by Turienzo & Di Iorio (2007). The present contribution summarizes all insects known to occur in birds’ nests from the Neotropical Region (except for Argentina and the Antarctic Region of adjacent c

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C.A., Mihai, Stănică F., and Ionescu M.R. "Monitoring of Artificial Nests in Horticultural Ecosystems-Observation of Woodpeckers Ethology." KnE Life Sciences 2, no. 6 (2017): 631. http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/kls.v2i6.1085.

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In order to increase the integrated protection of horticultural ecosystems by using the biological fight, the installation on artificial nests, is an important measure to help the insectivore birds. In a research program, a number of 166 artificial nets for Passeriformes birds were installed in different ecosystems as parks, botanical gardens and orchards in the South-Eastern part of Romania. During the nests monitoring period an interesting, but in the same time warring phenomenon, was noticed: a certain number of artificial nets were prayed by woodpeckers, especially by Dendrocopos major (Gr

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Wagh, G. A., and J. S. Wadatkar. "Some updates with successful first breeding report of Great Indian Bustard from Vidarbha region, Maharashtra." Environment Conservation Journal 14, no. 3 (2013): 41–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.36953/ecj.2013.14307.

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Great Indian Bustard (GIB), Ardeotis nigriceps is a threatened bird species and listed as critically endangered. Presently, GIB is found only in six states of India i.e. Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. During the last 20 years the GIB population has crashed in many areas and presently the population could be as low as 500 birds in India. In Maharashtra, as per survey conducted during 2005-06, about 30 to 36 GIBs were counted. Out of these, 08 birds were reported from Chandrapur and Nagpur districts in Vidarbha region. Habitat of the GIBs in Chandr

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Dalrymple, Sarah. "Predator exclusion fencing improves productivity at a mixed colony of Herring Gulls Larus argentatus, Lesser Black-backed Gulls L. fuscus and Great Black-backed Gulls L. marinus." Seabird Journal 35 (2023): 31–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.61350/sbj.35.31.

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A large multi-species gull colony at South Walney in Cumbria, northwest England, has suffered declines over the past 20 years, and from 2016 to 2020 no gull chicks fledged despite up to 4,000 pairs of adults attempting to breed each year. The primary cause of nest failure was predation. In an attempt to reverse this decline, a predator exclusion fence was erected around the remnant gull colony in March 2021, and population and productivity surveys were carried out over the 2021 and 2022 breeding seasons. In 2021, 53, 27 and 40 chicks fledged from 263 Herring Gull, 186 Lesser Black-backed and 3

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Glue, David. "Great Birds of Britain and Europe: 200 Star Species." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159, no. 3 (2010): 815. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00657.x.

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Pilgrim, Robert L. C., and Terry D. Galloway. "Descriptions of flea larvae (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae, Leptopsyllidae) found in nests of the House Martin, Delichon urbica (Aves: Hirundinidae), in Great Britain." Journal of Natural History 37, no. 4 (2003): 473–502. https://doi.org/10.1080/713834707.

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Pilgrim, Robert L. C., Galloway, Terry D. (2003): Descriptions of flea larvae (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae, Leptopsyllidae) found in nests of the House Martin, Delichon urbica (Aves: Hirundinidae), in Great Britain. Journal of Natural History 37 (4): 473-502, DOI: 10.1080/713834707, URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/713834707

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Deeming, Charles. "Book Review: Breeding Birds of Britain & Ireland: Nests, Eggs, Nestlings, Fledglings and Habitats." Avian Biology Research 3, no. 1 (2010): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/174751981000300102.

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Taylor, Bernard, and Gail S. Fraser. "Effects of egg oiling on ground-nesting double-crested cormorants at a colony in Lake Ontario: an examination of nest-attendance behaviour." Wildlife Research 39, no. 4 (2012): 329. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/wr11035.

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Context We assessed the effects of egg oiling on ground-nesting double-crested cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) in the context of an emerging management strategy for the largest known cormorant colony on the lower Great Lakes. We designed the present study to answer specific questions in response to concerns raised by stakeholders and members of the public regarding this management technique. Aims The aim of the present study was to examine the behavioural response of adult cormorants to egg oiling. Prior work on this issue has focussed on population-response questions rather than the behavi

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Engel, Iris Fortoune, Ido Izhaki, and Motti Charter. "Effects of the Invasive Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) on Nest Site Competition and Predation in Native Birds: A Before-After-Control-Impact Study." Biology 14, no. 7 (2025): 828. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14070828.

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Despite concerns about invasive Common Mynas (Acridotheres tristis), few studies have experimentally demonstrated their impact on native birds. Using a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design with 142 nest boxes, we assessed how Myna presence affected House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) and Great Tits (Parus major) before (2009–2010) and after (2020–2021) their arrival in 2015. Half the boxes had large entrances accessible to all three species; half had small entrances accessible only to Great Tits. In a 2022 field experiment, we manipulated nest box entrances and used cameras to study Myna p

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Jensen, William E., and Jack F. Cully. "Geographic Variation in Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus Ater) Parasitism on Dickcissels (Spiza Americana) in Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie." Auk 122, no. 2 (2005): 648–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/122.2.648.

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Abstract The incidence of brood parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater; hereafter “cowbirds“) within host species typically reflects the continental pattern in cowbird abundance across North America, where parasitism is heaviest in the Great Plains. However, we found considerable variation in cowbird parasitism on Dickcissel (Spiza americana) nests within a subregion of the Great Plains (the Flint Hills), where the highest levels of cowbird parasitism on grassland bird nests had been previously reported. Local parasitism frequencies on Dickcissel nests varied latitudinally across

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Dyer, John, and Murray Williams. "An introduction most determined: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) to New Zealand." Notornis 57, no. 4 (2010): 178. https://doi.org/10.63172/399767fehrlu.

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The introductions of mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) to New Zealand, and their breeding and release as a game bird by Acclimatisation Societies are summarised. We identify 19 importations, 14 of which (a total of 115 birds all from Great Britain) were sufficient to establish small feral populations in southern and central New Zealand by about 1910. Five subsequent importations were made by Aucklander C.A. Whitney, 3 from Great Britain in 1910 (6 birds), 1914 (number unconfirmed) and 1927 (393 birds), followed by 99 birds (1937) and 45 eggs (1941) both from the USA. It was Whitney’s distribution o

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Woods, Michael, Robbie A. Mcdonald, and Stephen Harris. "Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain." Mammal Review 33, no. 2 (2003): 174–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13426798.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) ABSTRACT 1. A questionnaire survey of the numbers of animals brought home by domestic cats Felis catus was conducted between 1 April and 31 August 1997. A total of 14 370 prey items were brought home by 986 cats living in 618 households. Mammals made up 69% of the items, birds 24%, amphibians 4%, reptiles 1%, fish <1%, invertebrates 1% and unidentified items 1%. A minimum of 44 species of wild bird, 20 species of wild mammal, four species of reptile and three species of amphibian were recorded. 2. Of a sample of 696 individual cats, 634 (91

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Woods, Michael, Robbie A. Mcdonald, and Stephen Harris. "Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain." Mammal Review 33, no. 2 (2003): 174–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13426798.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) ABSTRACT 1. A questionnaire survey of the numbers of animals brought home by domestic cats Felis catus was conducted between 1 April and 31 August 1997. A total of 14 370 prey items were brought home by 986 cats living in 618 households. Mammals made up 69% of the items, birds 24%, amphibians 4%, reptiles 1%, fish <1%, invertebrates 1% and unidentified items 1%. A minimum of 44 species of wild bird, 20 species of wild mammal, four species of reptile and three species of amphibian were recorded. 2. Of a sample of 696 individual cats, 634 (91

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Woods, Michael, Robbie A. Mcdonald, and Stephen Harris. "Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain." Mammal Review 33, no. 2 (2003): 174–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13426798.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) ABSTRACT 1. A questionnaire survey of the numbers of animals brought home by domestic cats Felis catus was conducted between 1 April and 31 August 1997. A total of 14 370 prey items were brought home by 986 cats living in 618 households. Mammals made up 69% of the items, birds 24%, amphibians 4%, reptiles 1%, fish <1%, invertebrates 1% and unidentified items 1%. A minimum of 44 species of wild bird, 20 species of wild mammal, four species of reptile and three species of amphibian were recorded. 2. Of a sample of 696 individual cats, 634 (91

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Woods, Michael, Robbie A. Mcdonald, and Stephen Harris. "Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain." Mammal Review 33, no. 2 (2003): 174–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13426798.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) ABSTRACT 1. A questionnaire survey of the numbers of animals brought home by domestic cats Felis catus was conducted between 1 April and 31 August 1997. A total of 14 370 prey items were brought home by 986 cats living in 618 households. Mammals made up 69% of the items, birds 24%, amphibians 4%, reptiles 1%, fish <1%, invertebrates 1% and unidentified items 1%. A minimum of 44 species of wild bird, 20 species of wild mammal, four species of reptile and three species of amphibian were recorded. 2. Of a sample of 696 individual cats, 634 (91

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Woods, Michael, Robbie A. Mcdonald, and Stephen Harris. "Predation of wildlife by domestic cats Felis catus in Great Britain." Mammal Review 33, no. 2 (2003): 174–88. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13426798.

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(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) ABSTRACT 1. A questionnaire survey of the numbers of animals brought home by domestic cats Felis catus was conducted between 1 April and 31 August 1997. A total of 14 370 prey items were brought home by 986 cats living in 618 households. Mammals made up 69% of the items, birds 24%, amphibians 4%, reptiles 1%, fish <1%, invertebrates 1% and unidentified items 1%. A minimum of 44 species of wild bird, 20 species of wild mammal, four species of reptile and three species of amphibian were recorded. 2. Of a sample of 696 individual cats, 634 (91

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Osborne, Patrick E. "Key issues in assessing the feasibility of reintroducing the great bustard Otis tarda to Britain." Oryx 39, no. 1 (2005): 22–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605305000050.

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The great bustard is a globally-threatened species needing conservation action across Europe. This paper discusses key issues in the case for reintroducing the bird to Britain. Great bustards became extinct as a breeding species in Britain in 1832 probably as a result of hunting, agricultural change and inclement weather. The factors that caused the loss are no longer thought to operate. Suitable habitat exists in pockets across England and especially on Salisbury Plain where a large area is protected for military training and conservation purposes. The Plain combines short grass areas for lek

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Reid, Scott M., Sharon M. Brookes, Rowena DE Hansen, Ian H. Brown, Richard M. Irvine, and David Welchman. "Testing to exclude notifiable disease in birds in Great Britain." Veterinary Record 189, no. 5 (2021): 207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vetr.909.

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Alexander, D., and R. Gough. "Isolations of avian influenza virus from birds in Great Britain." Veterinary Record 118, no. 19 (1986): 537–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.118.19.537.

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Mujmule, Pradnya Ramchandra, and Dr. B. S. Salve. "Nesting diversity and conservation status of water birds in Chirag Shah Darga Lake Hingoli, district Hingoli, Maharahstra." International Journal of Advance and Applied Research 6, no. 25(B) (2025): 160–65. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15315571.

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<strong>Abstract : </strong>            The Chirag Shah Darga Lake provide vital role for present avian fauna and flora with a great place to eat, rest and breed. This lake is part of the environment and ecosystem.  The enrichment of organic constituents responsible for the growth of aquatic weeds, phytoplankton and zooplankton therefore the lake is a good wetland habitat. Birds are a great ways to monitor the environment. The sensitivity to their environment is high. It has been observed that the wetland is getting affected by local human

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Nummi, Petri, Veli-Matti Vaananen, Antti-Juhani Pekkarinen, et al. "Alien predation in wetlands – the Raccoon Dog and water birds breeding success." BALTIC FORESTRY 25, no. 2 (2019): 228–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.46490/vol25iss2pp228.

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Alien predators are known to potentially strongly affect their prey populations. We studied the impact of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) on waterbird breeding success in eight semi-urban wetlands in Finland. We manipulated raccoon dog density in two wetlands by removing individuals (2002 protection year, 2003 and 2004 removal years). We additionally performed nest predation experiments. We monitored raccoon dog density, estimated hunting bag size and observed waterbird breeding success. Our hypothesis predicts that the omnivorous raccoon dog plays a role in waterbird breeding success

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Eeva, Tapio, Esa Lehikoinen, and Jorma Nurmi. "Effects of ectoparasites on breeding success of great tits (Parus major) and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) in an air pollution gradient." Canadian Journal of Zoology 72, no. 4 (1994): 624–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z94-085.

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Numbers of ectoparasitic blow fly (Protocalliphora azurea) larvae (Diptera: Calliphoridae), adult and larval hen fleas, Ceratophyllus gallinae (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae), and other nest-dwelling insects were counted from the nests of the great tit, Parus major, and the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca, in southwestern Finland around a factory complex emitting large quantities of sulphuric oxides and heavy metals. Protocalliphora azurea larvae were more frequently found in the nests of P. major than in those of F. hypoleuca. The prevalence of P. azurea larvae tended to be lower in pollu

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Kuzmenko, Yu. "Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa (Strigiformes, Strigidae) Breeding and Reproduction in Polisskiy Nature Reserve, Ukraine." Vestnik Zoologii 52, no. 3 (2018): 257–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2018-0027.

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Abstract A Great Grey Owl population on the territory of Polisskiy Nature Reserve (Olevsk and Ovruch District, Zhytomyr Region, Ukraine) was investigated in 2006–2008, 2013–2016. The main breeding locations were mesotrophic mires, where the lack of Birds of Prey nests made owls to breed on artificial constructions. Reproductive indexes of mean clutch size were similar to such indexes achieved in 1985–1996, and indexes of mean number of fledglings on active nest and breeding success decreased reliably.

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Gough, R., and D. Alexander. "Pacheco's disease in psittacine birds in Great Britain 1987 to 1991." Veterinary Record 132, no. 5 (1993): 113–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.132.5.113.

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Alambiaga, Iván, Elena Álvarez, David Diez-Méndez, José Verdejo, and Emilio Barba. "“The tale of the three little tits”: Different nest building solutions under the same environmental pressures." Avian Biology Research 13, no. 3 (2020): 49–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1758155920943116.

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Evolutionary selection pressures, and species-specific ecology and behavior, promote a great variability in the size and composition of nests. However, it would be expected that phylogenetically close species, with similar ecological needs, breeding at the same time in the same place, would also build similar nests. In contrast with this, previous studies have found differences in nest mass and composition among closely related sympatric species. These differences have been attributed to small differences in body size (smaller species building larger and/or more insulated nests), or to the dif

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Ilyina, T. A. "Nest material and distances of its collection in some representatives of Passeriformes." Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 129, no. 2024. Vyp. 2. (2024): 3–13. https://doi.org/10.55959/msu0027-1403-bb-2024-129-2-3-13.

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At the beginning of the breeding season on the Curonian Spit of the Baltic Sea in the vicinity of the Fringilla field station, chicken feathers and dog hair dyed in various colors with household dyes for wool were laid out at different points. During the season, nests of birds with labeled material were searched and were disassembled by components after the nestlings flew out of it. Quantitative data on the mass and structure of the nests of five species of Passerine were obtained, their seasonal dynamics were analyzed, and the distance from which portions of dyed wool and feathers were brough

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Allander, Klas. "The effects of an ectoparasite on reproductive success in the great tit: a 3-year experimental study." Canadian Journal of Zoology 76, no. 1 (1998): 19–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z97-162.

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The effects of ectoparasites on host reproductive success have been studied in a variety of bird species. Most of these studies concern either colonial or hole-nesting birds, which have been suspected of being particularly susceptible to parasites because of their social habits and (or) reuse of old nests. The effects of a horizontally transmitted flea, Ceratophyllus gallinae, on the reproductive success of hole-nesting great tits,Parus major, were experimentally studied over 3 years. Leaving nests in nest boxes in the intervals between breeding seasons does not result in a significant increas

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Frye, Henrike, and Aung Si. "Variation in the bird-name lexicon in Qaqet (East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea)." Asia-Pacific Language Variation 9, no. 2 (2023): 239–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/aplv.00018.fry.

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Abstract Birds are of great cultural importance to the Qaqet-Baining people of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. In this paper, we investigate whether there are differences in people’s ability to name common birds in the local environment, and focus primarily on the variables gender and location. We showed pictures of local birds to small groups of Qaqet speakers in two villages—one located in an area of significant deforestation—and asked them to name them. Overall, men were able to name more birds, as were people from the village associated with greater forest cover. Our results s

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Simpson, Keith, James N. M. Smith, and John P. Kelsall. "Correlates and consequences of coloniality in great blue herons." Canadian Journal of Zoology 65, no. 3 (1987): 572–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z87-089.

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Sixty percent of the breeding great blue herons (Ardea herodias) in a colony at Pender Harbour, British Columbia, were individually marked to test three hypotheses concerning the benefits of colonial breeding. (i) Most herons fed near the site of the colony, but neighbours or members of a pair did not tend to choose adjacent feeding sites, as predicted by the information center hypothesis. Food supply was predictably distributed in time and space, and birds that did most of their feeding outside Pender Harbour bred less successfully than locally feeding birds. (ii) Nests that failed because of

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More, A. G. "On the Distribution of Birds in Great Britain during the Nesting-season." Ibis 7, no. 2 (2008): 119–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1865.tb05760.x.

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More, A. G. "On the Distribution of Birds in Great Britain during the Nesting-season." Ibis 7, no. 4 (2008): 425–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1865.tb06060.x.

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Dolton, C. S., and M. de L. Brooke. "Changes in the biomass of birds breeding in Great Britain, 1968–88." Bird Study 46, no. 3 (1999): 274–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00063659909461139.

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Tassin de Montaigu, Cannelle, and Dave Goulson. "Identifying agricultural pesticides that may pose a risk for birds." PeerJ 8 (August 4, 2020): e9526. http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9526.

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In this study, we analyze changing patterns of pesticide use in agriculture in Great Britain over the 1990–2016 period, with respect to the risk they pose to birds. The weight of pesticides applied decreased by 51% between 1990 and 2016, but the area treated increased by 63% over the same period. Over this period, there has been considerable turnover in the pesticides used. The European Union (including Great Britain until 2020) has restricted or banned many pesticides for agricultural use, including organophosphates and carbamates. However, new generations of active substances have been intro

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Bracewell, C. D., and B. J. Bevan. "Chlamydiosis in birds in Great Britain: 1. Serological reactions to chlamydia in birds sampled between 1974 and 1983." Journal of Hygiene 96, no. 3 (1986): 447–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400066225.

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SUMMARYA total of 6593 serum samples from birds, received for diagnostic testing or surveys between 1974 and 1983, were titrated by direct complement fixation (CF) test against Chlamydia psittaciantigen. The percentage of positive reactions found was variable for domestic poultry, ranging from 1·5 in chickens to 22·2 in geese, and was highest in pigeons Columba livia (47·3) and collared doves Streptopelia decaocto (51·4). A moderate incidence was found for game birds (29·0), wild ducks (23·3) and imported birds of the order Psittaciformes (15·9). The highest titres were found in pigeons, colla

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Saul, Edward K., Hugh A. Robertson, and Anna Tiraa. "Breeding biology of the kakerori (Pomarea dimidiata) on Rarotonga, Cook Islands." Notornis 45, no. 4 (1998): 255. https://doi.org/10.63172/549662kgtuij.

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The breeding biology of Kakerori, or Rarotonga Flycatcher, (Pomarea dimidiata) was studied during ten years (1987-97) of experimental management aimed at saving this endangered monarch flycatcher from extinction. Kakerori remained territorial all year and were usually monogamous. Most birds kept the same mate from year to year, but pairs that failed to raise any young were more likely to divorce than successful pairs. Despite living in the tropics, Kakerori breeding was strictly seasonal, with eggs laid from early October to mid-February, and mostly in late October and early November. Nesting

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Slagsvold, Tore, and Karen L. Wiebe. "Social learning in birds and its role in shaping a foraging niche." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 366, no. 1567 (2011): 969–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2010.0343.

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We briefly review the literature on social learning in birds, concluding that strong evidence exists mainly for predator recognition, song, mate choice and foraging. The mechanism of local enhancement may be more important than imitation for birds learning to forage, but the former mechanism may be sufficient for faithful transmission depending on the ecological circumstances. To date, most insights have been gained from birds in captivity. We present a study of social learning of foraging in two passerine birds in the wild, where we cross-fostered eggs between nests of blue tits, Cyanistes ca

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Jackson, Christine E. "The Ward family of taxidermists." Archives of Natural History 45, no. 1 (2018): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2018.0478.

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Three generations of Ward taxidermists practised their craft both in Britain and abroad. The grandfather, John, had a daughter Jane Catherine, and two sons, James Frederick and Edwin Henry, both of whom went to North America to collect birds (Henry with John James Audubon). Edwin Henry's own two sons, Edwin and Rowland, became two of the best known taxidermists in Great Britain. Edwin emigrated to California, where he taught his skills to his three sons. Rowland was the most famous, successful and wealthy member of the family, becoming world-renowned as a taxidermist.

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Bevan, B. J., and C. D. Bracewell. "Chlamydiosis in birds in Great Britain: 2. Isolations of Chlamydia psittaci from birds sampled between 1976 and 1984." Journal of Hygiene 96, no. 3 (1986): 453–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400066237.

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SUMMARYA total of 1531 diagnostic submissions from birds were examined by culture for the presence of Chlamydia psittaci between June 1976 and December 1984 by growth in NCTC 929 clone L mouse fibroblast cells, pretreated with an inhibitor of cell division, followed by direct immunofluorescence microscopy. Of these, 196 were found positive. The continued importance of psittacine birds as potential sources of infection was shown by the high number of positives (139) obtained from birds of that order. The percentage of submissions found positive was highest in parakeets (30·1) and was fairly hig

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Tarte, Diane. "Sounds of silence." Queensland Review 28, no. 2 (2021): 130–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qre.2022.9.

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It was the early 1980s on a warm summer’s evening on North West Island, located in the Capricornia Bunker Group towards the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef. I had some time to myself and was wandering along the beach at sunset. Looking up, I realised there were thousands and thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of birds — wedge-tailed shearwaters, in fact — circling the island as they returned to their underground nests and their mates and chicks after a day of feeding and cruising the air currents. What was so special about this? After all, it happens every summer’s evening on many

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BRUGMAN, V. A., D. L. HORTON, L. P. PHIPPS, et al. "Epidemiological perspectives on West Nile virus surveillance in wild birds in Great Britain." Epidemiology and Infection 141, no. 6 (2012): 1134–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095026881200177x.

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SUMMARYWest Nile virus (WNV) is a zoonotic arthropod-borne pathogen with continued geographical expansion in Europe. We present and evaluate data on the temporal, spatial and bird species focus of the WNV surveillance programme in dead wild birds in Great Britain (2002–2009). During this period all bird samples tested negative for WNV. Eighty-two per cent of the 2072 submissions occurred during the peak period of vector activity with 53% tested during April–July before human and equine infection would be expected. Samples were received from every county, but there was significant geographical

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Meinertzhagen, R., and K. Williamson. "‘CHECK-LIST OF THE BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ’ (1952): SOME COMMENTS." Ibis 95, no. 2 (2008): 365–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1953.tb00693.x.

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Heath, Julie A., and Peter C. Frederick. "Relationships Among Mercury Concentrations, Hormones, and Nesting Effort of White Ibises (Eudocimus Albus) in the Florida Everglades." Auk 122, no. 1 (2005): 255–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/122.1.255.

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Abstract Mercury, a common wetland pollutant, can affect wildlife populations through acute toxicity or through physiological effects that modify behavior and negatively influence reproductive success. We compared body-feather mercury concentrations of free-living male and female adult White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) during three breeding seasons in the Florida Everglades and examined the relationships among mercury, hormone concentrations, and body-condition scores. Female White Ibises consistently had lower mercury concentrations than males. Prebreeding females' estradiol concentrations were

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Popenko, V. M. "Nesting of the Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) on the Utlyukskiy Liman (Zaporozhye region)." “Branta”: Transactions of the Azov-Black Sea Ornithological Station 2020, no. 23 (2020): 139–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.15407/branta2020.23.139.

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In the 70s of the XXth century, the nesting of the Eurasian spoonbill in Ukraine was known only in the lower reaches of the Danube and Dniester, and at the beginning of the XXIst century, it began to spread to the East and the Eurasian spoonbill began to nest on the Tiligulskiy Liman, Karkinit Bay, Western and Eastern Sivash. Since 2016, the Eurasian spoonbill has been observed during the breeding season in the upper reaches of the Utlyukskiy Liman and the estuarine areas of the Bolshoy and Maly Utlyuk Rivers. According to observations that were held in 2016-2020, first there were: a pair with

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ZU ERMGASSEN, ERASMUS K. H. J., CHRIS DURRANT, SHINTO JOHN, et al. "Detection of the European epidemic strain of Trichomonas gallinae in finches, but not other non-columbiformes, in the absence of macroscopic disease." Parasitology 143, no. 10 (2016): 1294–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0031182016000780.

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SUMMARYFinch trichomonosis is an emerging infectious disease affecting European passerines caused by a clonal strain of Trichomonas gallinae. Migrating chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs) were proposed as the likely vector of parasite spread from Great Britain to Fennoscandia. To test for such parasite carriage, we screened samples of oesophagus/crop from 275 Apodiform, Passeriform and Piciform birds (40 species) which had no macroscopic evidence of trichomonosis (i.e. necrotic ingluvitis). These birds were found dead following the emergence of trichomonosis in Great Britain, 2009–2012, and were e

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Peng, Pan, Wanzhu Chen, Nursoltan Qianhan, et al. "Hanging Position of Artificial Nest Boxes Affects Reproductive Success of Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus." Animals 15, no. 10 (2025): 1413. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15101413.

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Secondary cavity-nesting birds can utilize artificial nest boxes provided by humans for breeding, making nest boxes important approaches for attracting birds. Artificial nest boxes are therefore widely used in fields such as ornithological research and avian diversity conservation. Under natural conditions, the location of nests often affects the reproductive success of birds. Therefore, understanding the impact of nest box hanging positions on the breeding success of secondary cavity-nesting birds is of great significance for guiding the placement of artificial nest boxes. In this study, we e

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