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In the Canary Islands (southernmost limit of its distribution) the species is in the verge of extinction, being necessary to adopt some urgent conservation measures and new surveys to know the...
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I am looking for recommendations on how to measure bird beak morphology (specifically Passer montanus) such as whether I should simply use calipers or use a computer program. Also, what is the...
07 July 2016 9,272 4 View
The rheophile snail Ancylus fluviatilis seems quite demanding and difficult to rear in captivity. Does anyone have suggestions? I tried to keep them in flumes with circular current while feeding...
04 July 2016 1,292 3 View
I would like to know whether any individual belonging to any extinct or extant bird species is conserved in any museum or other place worldwide. Would like to know about genetic studies on this...
30 June 2016 4,857 3 View
Hello, I would like to test the quality of aposematic signals on insect predators, but I am faced with a potential problem. For example, I was hoping to use ladybugs as predators, but they too are...
27 June 2016 2,834 2 View
I am looking for experimental data/papers on the salinity and pH of the faeces of a number of commensal bird species in urban environments. In particular I am looking for studies on pigeons,...
22 June 2016 1,281 6 View
Dear All I'm going to collaborate for studying a few species of migrating birds, of different size, from 150g to 1kg, roughly. We are going to purchase different models of GPS transmitters but...
22 June 2016 1,256 5 View
Hi all, I tried to convert Plink file to Treemix file, I remarked that in the note at different websites you need to get a .frq file from using --freq --within flag in Plink. But the thing is that...
16 June 2016 4,253 7 View
I would be pleased to know if there is published information on the amount of prey a owl may consume per night
09 June 2016 1,153 6 View
I would like ask for help in bird ID. Study site North Sumatra province, lower montane forest (ca 1300 masl). Im not sure about my guess, could be Red-headed trogon female? The male was observed...
08 June 2016 5,785 1 View
I have a list of threatened birds of Peru and Colombia, but I need of another countries
27 May 2016 346 2 View
There are numerous studies of the rarest species in the world, but none of the most common species. Population size is limited by resource availability. In breeding birds, it is also partly...
26 May 2016 9,329 31 View
My question is about the relation between blood metabolites with growth and important body parts in chicken?
21 May 2016 9,265 4 View
Dear colleagues, I am conducting a literature search on the application of species distribution modelling techniques to avian invaders, to see how frequently and for what purposes these modelling...
12 May 2016 6,902 3 View
Population studies of vulture, vulture breeding ecology, population monitoring
08 May 2016 5,397 2 View
Haugh Unit, Duck eggs
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I am interested to know of any publications that document the number of feathers on a bird's body and/or wings. I realize this will vary from one bird species to the next, and have found general...
04 April 2016 886 6 View
I wish to know what is the relationship between validity, repeatability of the test and 95% CI? Thanks a lot
04 April 2016 9,119 4 View
Vegitation analysis, vulture researcher
03 April 2016 1,112 1 View
Hello everyone, I am going to put Thermochron ibuttons into open cup nests to monitor microclimate temperature of the nest. I have all of the details sorted except when to actually put them into...
01 April 2016 6,121 3 View
If anyone already have experienced in this protocol please specify and suggested to me. I already quantify total protein content (Lowry method). So i need only quantify the keratin content.
31 March 2016 744 4 View
Hi everyone, I would like to monitor brooding temperatures in an open-cup nesting birds using Thermochron ibuttons, wired into the nest. Someone recently mentioned that ibuttons do poorly in humid...
30 March 2016 1,082 5 View
Which methodology is perfectly apt for to estimate vulture population in a confined area 1) Road transect 2) Carcasses count 3) Nest side count ?
30 March 2016 3,455 10 View
I need some general but complete information about hummingbirds in general but, now, i need about their reproduction, can someone help me? Thanks.
24 March 2016 7,475 2 View