Promoting urban ecological resilience through the lens of avian biodiversity

MWD McCloy, RK Andringa, TJ Maness… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The significance of urban landscapes in safeguarding biodiversity is often disregarded, even
though a considerable amount of conservation focus is directed toward biodiversity hotspots …

Illuminating the Mysteries of the Smallest Birds: Hummingbird Population Health, Disease Ecology, and Genomics

HB Ernest, LA Tell, CA Bishop… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Hummingbirds share biologically distinctive traits: sustained hovering flight, the smallest bird
body size, and high metabolic rates fueled partially by nectar feeding that provides …

Blaming the wind? The impact of wind turbine on bird biodiversity

L Meng, P Liu, Y Zhou, Y Mei - Journal of Development Economics, 2025 - Elsevier
We quantitatively assess the impacts of onshore wind turbines on bird diversity using citizen
science data in China. Results show that a one-standard-deviation increase in wind turbines …

Heavy migration traffic and bad weather are a dangerous combination: Bird collisions in New York City

K Chen, SM Kross, K Parkins… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bird–building collisions account for 365–988 million bird fatalities every year in the United
States alone. Understanding conditions that heighten collision risk is critical to developing …

Nocturnal avian migration drives high daily turnover but limited change in abundance on the ground

R Nussbaumer, BM Van Doren, WM Hochachka… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Every night during spring and autumn, the mass movement of migratory birds redistributes
bird abundances found on the ground during the day. However, the connection between the …

[PDF][PDF] 城市动物需要更多关注与研究

李晟, 王放 - 生物多样性, 2024 - biodiversity-science.net
随着人口的增长与社会经济的快速发展, 20 世纪以来全球城市面积快速增加,
城镇化比例迅速提升, 城市已成为全球陆地面积中最重要的组成部分之一(Reba et al, 2016) …

Monitoring bird migration using nocturnal flight calls on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway: a case from Beijing

S Liu, T Townshend, A Farnsworth… - Bird Conservation …, 2024 - cambridge.org
Migratory birds are experiencing widespread population declines, underscoring the urgency
of effective conservation actions. Long-term monitoring of migratory birds, especially during …

[PDF][PDF] Urban animals need more attention and research

S Li, F Wang - Biodiversity Science, 2024 - biodiversity-science.net
随着人口的增长与社会经济的快速发展, 20 世纪以来全球城市面积快速增加,
城镇化比例迅速提升, 城市已成为全球陆地面积中最重要的组成部分之一 (Reba et al, 2016) …

Long-term changes in the timing of autumn migration in Alaska's boreal songbirds

AH Scurr, J Hagelin, G Pendleton, K DuBour, T Blake… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Alaska's boreal birds face a rapidly changing environment, but we know little about shifts in
migratory timing, particularly in autumn. We used quantile regression to quantify long-term …

Monitoring the Frequency and Severity of Bird Collisions: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the UBC Chan Centre and Wall Institute

R Little - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
Bird-building collisions are the leading cause in avian mortality, accounting annually for
millions of mortal collisions in Canada. Because of the important contribution birds have to …