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  • Open Access
15 Citations
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22 January 2023

About four million photographic records of Brazilian birds are deposited in the WikiAves database. The objective of this study was to examine the spatiotemporal distribution of photographic records available in this database. Searches were performed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,991 Views
10 Pages

1 March 2023

Bird sound classification plays an important role in large-scale temporal and spatial environmental monitoring. In this paper, we investigate both transfer learning and training from scratch for bird sound classification, where pre-trained models are...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,828 Views
12 Pages

5 February 2023

Predation is a major source of mortality for many avian species. Species that face more predators, and those with less effective anti-predator responses, are presumably more likely to die from predation over time. Predation rate, as a measure of susc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,309 Views
30 Pages

12 June 2024

More than 40 hypotheses predict associations between features of nest architecture and at least one measure of reproductive success. However, quantitative studies of reproductive consequences of nest characteristics remain scarce. In addition, most s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
11,678 Views
19 Pages

Identifying and Counting Avian Blood Cells in Whole Slide Images via Deep Learning

  • Markus Vogelbacher,
  • Finja Strehmann,
  • Hicham Bellafkir,
  • Markus Mühling,
  • Nikolaus Korfhage,
  • Daniel Schneider,
  • Sascha Rösner,
  • Dana G. Schabo,
  • Nina Farwig and
  • Bernd Freisleben

19 January 2024

Avian blood analysis is a fundamental method for investigating a wide range of topics concerning individual birds and populations of birds. Determining precise blood cell counts helps researchers gain insights into the health condition of birds. For...

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  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,016 Views
25 Pages

Birds as Bioindicators: Revealing the Widespread Impact of Microplastics

  • Lara Carrasco,
  • Eva Jiménez-Mora,
  • Maria J. Utrilla,
  • Inés Téllez Pizarro,
  • Marina M. Reglero,
  • Laura Rico-San Román and
  • Barbara Martin-Maldonado

11 February 2025

The global crisis of plastic pollution, particularly involving microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs), has profound ecological implications. Birds, serving as bioindicators, are especially susceptible to these pollutants. This systematic review s...

  • Perspective
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,177 Views
17 Pages

16 June 2023

Bird–forestry relationships have been the subject of research and conservation initiatives for decades, but there are few reviews of resulting recommendations for use by forest managers. We define “bird-friendly forestry” as forest...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,784 Views
23 Pages

Nestling Diet of Two Sympatric Insectivorous Passerines in Different Habitats—A Metabarcoding Study

  • Daniel Höhn,
  • Juan F. Masello,
  • Marc N. Kümmel,
  • Sven Griep,
  • Alexander Goesmann and
  • Petra Quillfeldt

23 January 2024

Increasing landscape transformations and urbanisation affect insectivorous bird populations in various ways such as food availability, breeding phenology, or reproductive success. Especially during the breeding season, many passerine birds rely on th...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,034 Views
12 Pages

Fruit Color Preference of Frugivorous Birds in an Agroecosystem in Southcentral Mindanao, Philippines

  • Navel Kyla B. Balasa,
  • Jirriza O. Roquero,
  • Asraf K. Lidasan,
  • Lothy F. Casim,
  • Angelo Rellama Agduma and
  • Krizler Cejuela Tanalgo

24 April 2023

The removal of fruit is a consequence of plant–animal interactions, and is a vital step in the natural regeneration cycle of plant populations. This research aimed to determine the effect of fruit color and local landscape on plant–bird i...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,176 Views
10 Pages

Flight Initiation Distance in an Urban Bird: Influence of the Number of People, Gaze Orientation, and Bird Behavior

  • Natália Cardoso de Resende,
  • Camila Palhares Teixeira and
  • Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo

5 June 2024

The flight initiation distance (FID) measures the distance a bird flees from an approaching predator. Factors such as the frequency of predator approaches, the direction of predator gaze, variations in predator presence across different areas, and th...

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