Sentences with phrase «study migratory»

They should be tranquilized, ear - tagged, and then tracked to study their migratory patterns.

«Holzschuh and Deutschlander study migratory songbirds with a discerning eye toward understanding how energetic condition during passage might carry - over to impact breeding biology.

Ornithologist Eduardo Inigo - Elias, senior research associate with the conservation science program at the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, talks about the challenges of studying migratory birds and how improved relations between the U.S. and Cuba will help his field

First though Eduardo Inigo - Elias will talk to us about the challenges of studying migratory birds and the potential beneficial effects in his field of the thawing of the U.S. relationship with Cuba.

Mirsky: As somebody who really studies migratory birds just what one thing maybe just pops to the top of your head that still after all of these years just amazes you about the physical achievement of some of these creatures?

Not exact matches

And when placed in a large, inverted funnel used to study birds» migratory orientations, the neonic - fed birds tried to fly in directions other than north.

If you're like me, you're thinking, «But I went into science because I want to study quasars,» or «because I'm obsessed with migratory birds,» or «because I was too nerdy for a Ph.D. in anthropology but not nerdy enough for a Ph.D. in engineering.»

The researchers are continuing to study more bluefin tissue samples to see if elevated radiation levels persist, and are also looking into radiation levels in other long distance migratory species including sea turtles, sharks and seabirds.

Their migratory route overlaps with the general path of hurricanes traveling from the waters off Africa up to the United States, a new study finds.

A new study finds that your use of facial expressions, such as smiles, is related to the migratory history of where you're from.

Meanwhile another study published February 20 in PLoS ONE, describing the migratory patterns of the highly threatened oceanic whitetip shark, reveals why international cooperation may be the last option available to preventing this shark's extinction.

The paper discusses the potential for hydropower sources in the region (30 gigawatts), migratory patterns of its fish, the importance of fish - friendly technology, and further studies needed to understand hydro's impact on fish of the Mekong.

Lugassy and Barnhill began studying the way cancer, especially melanoma, spreads (metastasizes) more than fifteen years ago, when they conceived and developed a process that they termed extravascular migratory metastasis (EVMM).

Local scientists studying whale shark migratory behaviors shared their knowledge with Conservation International and Georgia Aquarium, and have in turn received a more complete worldview of whale shark migratory patterns — an important aspect of conserving a wide - ranging species.

One of the interesting things to study, we know Central Park is important for migratory birds and we know that they depend upon the food resources that are here, but no one has ever really done a systematic survey of what actually they are feeding on, like we have never done a canopy study of all the invertebrates up in the trees to see what's coming out when and what is the predominant part of the diet of different birds and sort of quantifying; but what they have done — people have done — with shore birds and sort of gauging, weighing them, you know, catching them, weighing them, seeing how much weight they gain over time while they are rather resting and feeding before they depart on their northern trip.

A recent study from researchers at the University of Montana, National Audubon Society, Oregon State University and East Cascades Audubon Society shows food sources for migratory birds decline with low water levels and high salt content in lakes.

A new study shows that when feather replacement and parental care overlap in time, migratory songbirds make a striking trade - off; they desert their offspring, leaving their mates to provide all remaining parental care.

This radical solution to conflict between parental care and the annual molt provides «a nice illustration of the complex lives that migratory songbirds lead,» says Ron Mumme, the study's author and Professor of Biology at Allegheny College in northwestern Pennsylvania.

To do that, Dove tapped Peter Marra, an ornithologist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center in Washington, D.C. Marra studies bird migrations in part by doing a sophisticated chemical analysis of feathers.

Tonra, previously with the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, worked with Kimberly Sager - Fradkin of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and Peter Marra of the Smithsonian on both studies.

According to a new study by biologists at Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, the offspring of a certain songbird, the wood thrush, are more likely to survive drought in larger forest plots that offer plenty of shade and resources.

«We found that migratory beekeeping influences the lifespan of bees, but how this impacts health and honey bee aging is more complicated and often more influenced by the environment these colonies are in,» said Michael Simone - Finstrom, an NC State postdoctoral researcher during this research and co-first author of the study who currently works at the USDA honey bee research lab in Baton Rouge, La..

As the sun peeks over the horizon at the Tutakoke River field camp in Alaska's Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, chambers dot a field used to study how a warmer Arctic is affecting migratory animals and the tundra plants they feed on.

This study has allowed the assessment of the effectiveness of the measures adopted by countries signing the Agreement on the Conservation of African - Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA).

In order to investigate the migratory mechanisms of various phagocytes, researchers usually study genetically modified mice which display inflammatory diseases.

The study, appearing October 29 in Nature, may improve conservation efforts for migratory birds.

A recent study showed that this new winter destination has led blackcaps to breed mainly with their migratory companions.

The study also identifies migratory corridors by which plants and animals can move from one stronghold to another without impediment.

The magnetic sense in migratory birds has been studied in considerable detail: unlike a boy scout's compass, which shows the compass direction, a bird's compass recognizes the inclination of the magnetic field lines relative to Earth's surface.

For a study forthcoming in The Condor: Ornithological Applications, authors David Nelson of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Todd Katzner of the U.S. Geological Survey (formerly West Virginia University), and colleagues traced individual eagles» movements through isotopes in their feathers to identify their breeding areas and to assess the population's migratory connectivity.

Field research on marine mammals is one of the most challenging of biological studies, primarily because scientists are often unable to follow ocean - going species such as whales across their full range; the humpback whale in particular undertakes some of the longest migratory movements of any mammal.

While prior studies have examined how monarch wing size varies within a migratory season, this study went beyond to include specific measures of wing shape and color that were obtained using fine - scale computer software.

Weimerskirch said the researchers will now study «the learning phase of young frigate birds, how they learn to use these extreme conditions... Also we will test whether living in different oceanic conditions — Galapagos, Western Pacific and Indian Ocean — results in different migratory and dispersal strategies.»

«Current studies on migratory species rarely integrate seasonal processes occurring outside the core breeding period or range.

Another result of the study suggests that many tropical species of birds are descendants of migratory ancestors that lost migration and stayed in the tropics year - round.

«In short, this is one of the first studies that examines the entire complex of terns breeding in inland US locations, along with migratory routes, stopover areas, and wintering sites.

Previously, more species in the tropics led to the assumption that temperate, migratory species are derived from tropical, nonmigratory ancestors; however, the results of our phylogenetic study suggest that the opposite pattern happened often in this group.»

«We find that a North American species is ancestral to migratory birds in the New World,» said Winger, who is the corresponding author on the study.

The data from this important study can be used in the future to more effectively manage these large migratory predators across national boundaries.

Some migratory bats are attracted to artificial green light which may interfere with their flight paths, according to a study published May 31,

The researchers then went on to study the immune system in three different groups: sedentary birds in tropical Africa, European sedentary birds, and migratory birds.

Through studying human individuals with a genetic mutation that increases the activity of the glucokinase enzyme, which is responsible for a pivotal step in the pathway, they demonstrated the migratory patterns of Tregs into tissues.

Nel will study leatherback and loggerhead turtles in South Africa to test the «refugee species» concept in marine conservation and inform conservation planning for migratory endangered species.

Furthermore, movement - independent ZENK expression in the forebrain of night - migratory birds performing magnetic orientation at night is confined to Cluster N [with the strongest activation in distinct subregions (the shell surrounding the DNH nucleus)-RSB-, as shown by the detailed quantification of ZENK expression within Cluster N performed in this study], and this expression massively decreased in corresponding brain areas of non-migratory songbirds and in all bird species during daytime [13].

But here at home, a much smaller organism may be circling the globe time and time again without accolades: According to a new study, the itty bitty dragonfly Pantala flavescens could take longer flights than any other known insect, putting it in the ballpark of larger migratory animals like birds and whales.

This is the first comprehensive study on impacts of migratory management on the health and oxidative stress of honey bees.

373 D IETARY, FUNCTIONAL, AND TOTAL FIBER Dietary Fiber and the Prevention of Colon Cancer Marked international differences in rates of colon cancer (Boyle et al., 1985), coupled with findings from migratory studies showing that indi - viduals take on the cancer demographics of the population to which they move (Haenszel and Kurihara, 1968), have suggested a strong role for environmental factors in colon cancer incidence.

To further the organization's mission in her capacity she draws upon a wide depth and breadth of practical and theoretical knowledge and experience gained from: ten years serving the SC Department of Education Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children / Youth program, five years as the state coordinator and five years as a state recruiter / outreach worker; working as an Spanish / English interpreter / translator for the University of SC's Center for Child and Family Studies HABLA project and an undergraduate professor in Political Philosophy and Ideology and World Politics; serving in the United State Peace Corps for three years in Mali, West Africa to improve women's financial sustainability and promotion of girls education; employment at the UN headquarters; living / studying / working / conducting research in the Philippines, Syria, Mali, France, and Spain; obtainment of a PhD in International Relations from the University of South Carolina in 2012; a MS in International Business, and a MA in Diplomacy and International Relations from Seton Hall University in 2001; and a BA in International Studies with a focus in Management, French, and Spanish from the College of Saint Elizabeth in 1999.

To learn more, a team of scientists at the Smithsonian's Migratory Bird Center studied the gray catbird (Dumatella carolinensis) in three suburban Maryland areas outside of Washington, D.C. — Bethesda, Opal Daniels and Spring Park.

A national debate has simmered since a 2013 study by the Smithsonian's Migratory Bird Center and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service concluded that cats kill up to 3.7 billion birds and 20.7 billion small mammals annually in the United States.