Endotherm homeotherms deal with the energetic cost of maintaining a stable body
temperature (T b) in ecosystems differing in ambient temperature (T a). In response, animals …

Abstract The Grande Comoro Scops Owl (Otus pauliani) is an endangered, rare and elusive
owl species restricted to the Karthala forest, Grande Comore. This scops owl species is …

Islands have been recognized as important diversification centres for a long time (Wallace
1880, MacArthur & Wilson 1967, Grant 1998, Whittaker et al. 2008) and the Gulf of Guinea …

Maintaining landscape connectivity is a conservation priority for biodiversity as it may
mitigate the adverse effects of forest degradation, fragmentation, and climate change by …

Little is known about Neotropical owls. In particular, in many areas their presence is
unconfirmed and several parameters about these populations are unknown. Hence, our …

Resumen en español:" México es un país megadiverso, por lo que presenta una gran
riqueza de especies, y los búhos no son la excepción. México tiene 34 especies de búhos …

A solid understanding of wild population status is needed to monitor biodiversity for
conservation (Milner-Gulland & Rowcliffe, 2007), but as time and money are seriously …

Mexico has 34 owl species, but little is known about their ecology particularly for tropical
species. Of the 12 genera of owl species in the country, the genera Megascops and …

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of working with the National Wildlife Federation on the
design and distribution of a bilingual poster about birds of prey. The poster was to dispel …

Otus capnodes is a critically endangered scops owl endemic to the island of Anjouan, an
island that is part of the Madagascan Biodiversity Hotspot. Its habitat is threatened by …