Conventional farming has been implicated in global biodiversity loss, with many farmland
birds in decline. Organic farming is often considered a more ecological alternative since it …

Vocal communication is broadly distributed in a wide range of nonhuman animal species
and is hypothesized to play an important role in mate attraction, territory defence, predator …

Environmental change associated with urbanization is considered one of the major threats
to biodiversity. Some species nevertheless seem to thrive in the urban areas, probably …

Evidence is accumulating on the regular and systematic Neanderthal exploitation of birds.
However, the motivations, mechanisms, and circumstances underlying this behavior …

Animal research commonly requires temporary handling of study animals. In this study, we
compared the response to handling stress in urban and forest Great Tits (Parus major). We …

Blood gas partial pressures, pH, and bicarbonate and lactate concentrations were measured
from the basilic vein of mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) and the jugular vein of boat …

This article applies Mary Louise Pratt's “contact” perspective within a multispecies
ethnography of conservation encounters on the Delaware Bay. Using critical insights from …

Blood sampling from the brachial vein and sub-cutaneous implantation of PIT-tags ('passive
integrated transponders') are techniques widely practiced in ornithological research. Longer …

Highlights•We investigated how long blue tit parents stay away from the nest after
capture.•Return latencies averaged 4.2 h (1.9 h for previously captured birds).•Once …

The aim of this work was to characterize stress coping styles of Senegalese sole (Solea
senegalensis) juveniles and breeders and to select an operational behavioural screening …