Mercury in Neotropical birds: a synthesis and prospectus on 13 years of exposure data

CJ Sayers, DC Evers, V Ruiz-Gutierrez, E Adams… - Ecotoxicology, 2023 - Springer
Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination of the global tropics outpaces our understanding
of its consequences for biodiversity. Knowledge gaps of pollution exposure could obscure …

Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future

L Soares, KL Cockle, E Ruelas Inzunza… - Ornithological …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Una barrera importante para el avance de la ornitología es la exclusión sistémica de los
profesionales del Sur Global. Una colección especial de artículos publicada recientemente …

[HTML][HTML] Review of conservation challenges and possible solutions for grassland birds of the North American Great Plains

JS Bernath-Plaisted, MD Correll, SG Somershoe… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
North America's grassland birds remain in crisis despite decades of conservation efforts.
This review provides an overview of factors contributing to these declines, as well as …

Climate change and long-term human behaviour in the Neotropics: an archaeological view from the Global South

V Scheinsohn, AS Muñoz… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we argue for the inclusion of archaeology in discussions about how humans
have contributed to and dealt with climate change, especially in the long term. We suggest …

Understanding the conservation-genetics gap in Latin America: challenges and opportunities to integrate genetics into conservation practices

C Napolitano, C Clavijo, V Rojas-Bonzi, CI Miño… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Integrating genetic data into conservation management decisions is a
challenging task that requires strong partnerships between researchers and managers …

Rural children know cavity-nesting birds of the Atlantic Forest but may underappreciate their critical habitat

EB Bonaparte, JT Ibarra, AK Liefländer… - Ornithological …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cavity-nesting birds are a diverse and charismatic community, with a common need for tree
cavities that make them vulnerable to land management by humans. However, little research …

How to count bird calls? Vocal activity indices may provide different insights into bird abundance and behaviour depending on species traits

A Hutschenreiter, E Andresen… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) has become an important tool for surveying birds, and
there is a growing demand for approaches to obtain abundance and behavioural …

La voz de nuestras aves: contribuciones de la bioacústica a la ornitología colombiana

RA Fernández-Gómez… - Ornitología …, 2023 - revistas.ornitologiacolombiana.com
La bioacústica, o el estudio de los sonidos que producen los animales, es una herramienta
que ha sido ampliamente usada en el estudio de las aves, con un incremento en el número …

The Relationship between Grinnellian and Eltonian Niche Characteristics and Passerine Distribution across a Latitudinal Gradient

EE Stukenholtz, RD Stevens - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
The degree to which Grinnellian and Eltonian niche characteristics influence species
distribution may depend on latitude. Tropical regions are environmentally stable and …

[HTML][HTML] Bird names as critical communication infrastructure in the contexts of history, language, and culture

K Winker - Zootaxa, 2024 - mapress.com
Standardized taxonomies and lists of birds were created to improve communication. They
are linguistic infrastructure―biodiversity indices and dictionaries―that have been …