Sentences with phrase «by bird studies»

The Motus network is led by Bird Studies Canada in partnership with more than 120 partners.

Bats are being killed in Ontario at the rate of 18.5 per turbine, resulting in an estimated 42,656 bat fatalities in Ontario between May 1 and October 31, 2015, according to the report released by Bird Studies Canada, a bird conservation organization.

A study released by Bird Studies Canada this month found bats dying at the rate of 18.5 per turbine in Ontario, well above the allowable 10 - per - turbine threshold set by the province's Natural Resources Ministry.

Not exact matches

Two new studies from Europe have found that the number of farm birds in France has crashed by a third in just 15 years, with some species being almost eradicated.

JULY 29, 2011 New research by Chinese scientists has thrown the winged Archaeopteryx — long thought to be the «original bird» — off the evolutionary pedestal as the case study for evolution from dinosaur to bird.

CAPTION By University of Florida Mercury pollution causes a surprising tendency of male white ibis birds to mate with other males, finds a new University of Florida study.

This study radiotracked several species of resident forest birds in the Coto Brus province of southern Costa Rica, now «dominated by sparsely - shaded coffee farms» — recall that in my post on coffee growing in Costa Rica that most farms, including those marketed as «shade» coffee, have few shade trees of only a couple of species, and lack the structural complexity necessary for true biodiversity preservation.

A study by the British Trust for Ornithology (1995) compared breeding and over-wintering of birds on 44 organic and conventional farms.

A study by Rhône - Poulenc (1997) has shown a steady annual increase in the number of bird territories on land converted to organic production and a higher overall number of territories on the organically managed land.

According to a study in 2013 by Bird Breakdown, 3.24 percent of punts from left - footed punters were muffed over a nearly 12 - season span, compared to 2.34 percent of right - footed punters.

In a high - flying illustration of how global warming appears to be changing New York's natural landscape, a new study by a state researcher and an experienced birdwatcher has found that more and bird species are being found higher and higher on a well - known Adirondack mountain.

Without much data available about drone collisions or even near - misses, a March 2016 report by George Mason University's Mercatus Center studied bird strikes as a proxy for quadcopters (pdf).

In the new study, led by graduate student Steven Briscoe, the team found that other populations of neurons in the bird DVR share molecular signatures with neocortical intratelencephalic cells, or IT neurons.

The study, to be published in Ibis, sets a new record for nesting site habitation by birds of prey.

When Lars Schmitz at the University of California, Davis, studied 77 bird species, he found he could predict the foraging lifestyle of any species simply by measuring the bones that their eyes are set in.

«Several studies have measured parasite infection in urban animals, but surprisingly we are the first to measure whether wild birds living in a city were more or less infected by a parasite and a pathogen, as well as how these infections are linked to their physiological stress,» said Mathieu Giraudeau, a post-doctoral associate who previously worked with Kevin McGraw, ASU associate professor with the School of Life Sciences.

The study, by researchers at University of Wisconsin - Madison, the National Park Service and the U.S. Geological Survey, focused on a nest - protection program that was based on the logical assumption that endangered birds would reproduce and prosper if people are kept away from their nests.

The new study shows that small invertebrates can be transported over hundreds of kilometers by migrating birds.

For example, narwhals in northwest Greenland have long been hunted by subsistence hunters, notes study co-author Fernando Ugarte, head of the department of birds and mammals at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk.

Studies involving rabbits and larger mammals, for example, are overseen chiefly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. Federally funded studies of rats, mice, and birds are subject to different rules and a different overseer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MaStudies involving rabbits and larger mammals, for example, are overseen chiefly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in Washington, D.C. Federally funded studies of rats, mice, and birds are subject to different rules and a different overseer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Mastudies of rats, mice, and birds are subject to different rules and a different overseer, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.

The birds were locked in cages in Frankfurt, Germany, where they were being studied by biologist Hans Fromme.

«We were staggered by the number of birds moving through this trade,» says Martin Gilbert, a veterinarian at the Wildlife Conservation Society who recently co-authored a study in Biological Conservation on merit releases.

In one compelling example, wildlife researcher Stacia Backensto, a graduate student at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, was stymied by bird cognition when she began studying how ravens used ambient heat from buildings to adapt to life on the dark, frigid oil fields of the Arctic coast.

So far scientists do not understand the underlying mechanisms, but if bird brains share certain key circuits with humans, then scientists may find answers by studying them.

But a new study led by the University of Nebraska - Lincoln and Chinese Academy of Sciences has found that these birds often evolved different blueprints for assembling the proteins — hemoglobins — that actually capture oxygen.

Dr. Nell added, «Our study is the first to demonstrate a mutually beneficial relationship between nesting birds and a crocodilian: nesting wading birds provide nutrition for alligators that, by their mere presence, create predator - free space for birds.

Breeding birds that nest above alligators for protection from mammalian predators may also provide a source of food for the alligators living in the Everglades, Florida, according to a study published March 2, 2016 in the open - access journal PLOS ONE by Lucas Nell from the University of Florida and colleagues.

AUSTIN — Millions of birds slam into buildings, wind turbines, and other structures every year — a problem that could be lessened by erecting «acoustic lighthouses» to warn them of their impending doom, according to a study presented here today at the annual meeting of AAAS, which publishes Science.

Wild birds that are more clever than others at foraging for food have different levels of a neurotransmitter receptor that has been linked with intelligence in humans, according to a study led by McGill University researchers.

The study, which involved collaboration with British Trust for Ornithology, Aberystwyth University and the University of Leeds and part - funded by the RSPB, showed that the humble crane fly, more commonly known as «daddy longlegs», is a crucial link in determining the impact of climate change on these peatland bird species.

But years of data from long - term studies by Doak and other scientists examining plants, birds, mammals and fungi in the field are showing the flaws in these assumptions.

Of the seven birds studied, the gray vireo is expected to flourish, its habitat increasing anywhere from 58 to 71 percent by the end of the century.

«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the impacts of climate change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate change.

This is according to a study of blue tit birds led by Seyed Mehdi Amininasab of the University of Groningen in The Netherlands and Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology in Iran.

The 14 juvenile birds used in the study were hand - reared at Vienna Zoo by human foster parents from the Waldrappteam.

Now a study suggests that leks may provide another benefit for the birds by lowering the odds of getting picked off by a predator.

But now, a study shows that some female birds can benefit by pairing with males of another species — as long as they sneak in some same - species matings on the sly.

In a study population made up of 68 bird nests, the researchers found that chicks that were raised in groups received 19 % more food than those fed by their parents alone.

The study is the first to collect data from free - flying birds and was made possible by the logging devices custom - built at the Structure and Motion Laboratory at the Royal Veterinary College.

Now, two studies show how some birds do it: Pelicans save energy by flying in formation, while sandpipers fly more efficiently by gorging themselves before long migrations.

«Census data gathered by volunteer bird watchers is invaluable for the comprehensively study of long - term changes in bird populations.

Although the magnetic compass of birds has been studied by the research community for a long time, the understanding of how it works is still very incomplete, according to Atticus Pinzón - Rodríguez.

Bird, Prendini, and co-author Robert Wharton, a professor at Texas A&M University, studied the jaws of 188 camel spider species representing all solifuge families from historical collections at the Museum and elsewhere, including material collected during expeditions by Prendini and Bird over the past decade — no easy feat.

According to the new study, the mean weighted latitude of density of Finnish bird populations has shifted northward by an average of 45 km, as predicted.

«Our study shows that it would be relatively cheap to secure the future of the forest — and protect its plants, birds and other animals — by paying land owners on a large scale to set aside land for conservation.

That is among the conclusions in a new study testing the importance of «first arrival» in controlling adaptive radiation of species, a hypothesis famously proposed for «Darwin's Finches,» birds from the Galapagos Islands that were first brought to scientific attention by Darwin.

The sociability of swans, geese and birds of the crow family has been studied and is well understood by scientists.

A new study in Nature Communications by Luis Ossa, Jorge Mpodozis and Alexander Vargas, from the University of Chile, provides a careful re-examination of ankle development in 6 different major groups of birds, selected specifically to clarify conditions in their last common ancestor.

By studying avian bone fragments, James and husband Storrs Olson, both of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, have pieced together a picture of bird life before the first Polynesian settlers arrived sometime between a.d. 400 and 600.

In this study, Badás and her research team wanted to test whether difficulties encountered by the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) during the breeding season might influence the precise intensity of the new blue, white and yellow feathers growing once these birds have moulted.