Ecology and conservation of cavity-nesting birds in the Neotropics: Recent advances, future directions, and contributions to ornithology

EB Bonaparte, C Cuatianquiz Lima… - Ornithological …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract About 35% of tree-cavity-nesting bird species inhabit the Neotropics, a region
crucial to understanding their breeding ecology, conservation, and roles in social-ecological …

Urbanization reduces diversity, simplifies community and filter bird species based on their functional traits in a tropical city

EG Santos, HC Wiederhecker, VT Pompermaier… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding how organisms are co** with major changes imposed by urban
intensification is a complex task. In fact, our understanding of the impacts of urbanization on …

Harnessing artificial intelligence to fill global shortfalls in biodiversity knowledge

LJ Pollock, J Kitzes, S Beery, KM Gaynor… - Nature Reviews …, 2025 - nature.com
Large, well described gaps exist in both what we know and what we need to know to
address the biodiversity crisis. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers new potential for filling these …

Sex and age differences in the preference for materials for the communal nests of sociable weavers Philetairus socius

NJ Silva, F Benoit, A Elliott, C Rault, P Colençon… - Ethology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many animals build structures that are used for shelter, reproduction or to capture prey. The
type of material used to build these structures is likely to influence their solidity …

The evolution of using shed snake skin in bird nests

VG Rohwer, JL Houtz, MN Vitousek… - The American …, 2025 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many species of birds use shed snake skin in nest construction, but this behavior remains
poorly understood. Ecological context is likely key for understanding how this unusual, but …

Urban green spaces with high connectivity and complex vegetation promote occupancy and richness of birds in a tropical megacity

MT Oropeza-Sánchez, I Solano-Zavaleta… - Urban …, 2025 - Springer
Urban growth often leads to land-use changes that result in biodiversity loss and reduced
human benefits. In urban zones, green areas facilitate physicochemical processes (such as …

Plumage and eggshell colouration covary with the level of sex-specific parental contributions to nest building in birds

J Nagy, ME Hauber, V Löki, MC Mainwaring - The Science of Nature, 2024 - Springer
Interspecific variation in sex-specific contributions to prenatal parental care, including avian
nest building, is becoming increasingly better understood as we amass more information on …

Skeletal trait measurements for thousands of bird species

BC Weeks, Z Zhou, CM Probst, JS Berv, BK O'Brien… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Large comparative datasets of avian functional traits have been used to address a wide
range of questions in ecology and evolution. To date, this work has been constrained by the …

Vivendo em ambientes urbanos: efeito da intensificação urbana sobre as aves do Distrito Federal

EG Santos - 2024 - realp.unb.br
Paisagens urbanas são cada vez mais dominantes ao redor do mundo criando uma nova
interface para a fauna silvestre. Apesar de ter sido ignorado por muito tempo pelos …