Avian leptin: bird's-eye view of the evolution of vertebrate energy-balance control

M Friedman-Einat, E Seroussi - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
Discovery of the satiety hormone leptin in 1994 and its characterization in mammals
provided a key tool to deciphering the complex mechanism governing adipose tissue …

A colonial-nesting seabird shows no heart-rate response to drone-based population surveys

EA Geldart, AF Barnas, CAD Semeniuk, HG Gilchrist… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Aerial drones are increasingly being used as tools for ecological research and wildlife
monitoring in hard-to-access study systems, such as in studies of colonial-nesting birds …

Breeding stage and tissue isotopic consistency suggests colony-level flexibility in niche breadth of an Arctic marine bird

KJL Parkinson, HL Hennin, HG Gilchrist, KA Hobson… - Oecologia, 2022 - Springer
Organisms must overcome environmental limitations to optimize their investment in life
history stages to maximize fitness. Human-induced climate change is generating …

[图书][B] Reproductive Strategies Of Common Eiders (Somateria Mollissima)

SD Hervey - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Many reproductive strategies exist all with the same goal to maximize fitness. Because
reproductive strategies affect fitness directly, there is interest to understand how they are …