Urbanization strongly affects biodiversity, altering natural communities and often leading to a
reduced species richness. Yet, despite its increasingly recognized importance, how …

The knowledge of raptor pathogens and associated lesions may be extremely important to
enhancing raptor conservation efforts and reducing pathogen spillover to humans and …

Birds may be important vectors of bacterial infections. The prevalence of some bacterial
species in the digestive tract of the Dunnock (Prunella modularis), the numerically dominant …

Gut bacterial loads in avian nestlings may be affected by factors such as climate, seasonality
and brood size. There is no published information on this subject for wild birds, despite its …

The study presents the prevalence of Yersinia species in dunnok Prunella modularis from
the sub-alpine zone of the Western Carpathians. Bacteria were detected from cloacal and …

Observations were carried out on winter aggregations of alpine accentors. This species of
bird was more likely to feed at dawn and dusk. During winter, regular feeding groups of …