The Cracidae (curassows, guans, and chachalacas) include some of the most spectacular
and endangered Neotropical bird species. They lack a comprehensive phylogenetic …

Anthropogenic‐driven species extinctions are radically changing the biosphere. Biological
communities may become increasingly similar to or dissimilar from one another via the …

We used sequences from one mitochondrial gene and six nuclear loci to confirm genetically
the presumed identity of four large terns with an orange bill seen in Western Europe over the …

Espécies exóticas são aquelas que ocorrem fora de sua área de distribuição natural, pela
dispersão intencional ou acidental por atividades humanas. Quando se tornam abundantes …

Studies of biodiversity dynamics have been cast on either long (systematics) or short
(ecology) time scales, leaving a gap in coverage for moderate time scales of decades to …

Increasing aridity during glacial periods produced the retraction of forests and the expansion
of arid and semi‐arid environments in Africa, with consequences for birds. Cattle egret …

Bubulcus ibis ibis expanded its range by flying across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa or
Europe to South America. To provide insights into the source of migrant birds, we genotyped …

The Amazon floodplains become periodically submerged as result of seasonal changes in
the water levels throughout the year. These changes influence the availability of …

Waterbirds are increasingly affected by climate change and human disturbances to the
wetlands on which they roost, forage and breed. The evolutionary response of populations …

Colonial waterbirds such as herons, egrets and spoonbills exhibit ecological characteristics
that could have promoted the evolution of conspecific brood parasitism and extra-pair …