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Show me how you sleep and I will tell you how much heat you lose
Heat loss during sleep in migratory warblers
Read MoreOut of Africa: who’s running ahead?
Changes in migration timing of birds depend on where they spend the winter
Read MoreIg Nobel Prize Winners 2020
The Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis) that participated in the Heliox – study that won the Ig Nobel Prize 2020.
Read MoreManakins adapt their courtship display to environmental disruptions
Males use motor sequence learning to modify their display when the physical structure of the court is altered
Read MoreStopover strategies of 12 passerines on Ponza
Resting and sleeping could be the main reason for stopovers
Read MoreUsing an immune response to measure stress in migrating birds
Leukocyte Coping Capacity (LCC) as a complementary tool to measure stress
Read MoreLean migratory songbirds move more when food is scarce
Studies with captive birds show effects of food availability on locomotor activity
Read MoreEnergy reserves but not oxidative balance influence sleep
Sleep pattern associated with energy reserves but not oxidative status
Read MoreMSc projects in migratory bird physiology available for spring 2020
We are currently recruiting two MSc students for exploring physiological and behavioural aspects of bird migration in spring 2020. The project will start in February 2020 and the students’ availability for continuous fieldwork on the island of Ponza in Italy from…
Read MoreBald Ibis: Migration and data collection successfully completed
An update on the project progresses
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