Latest Posts
13th August 2020
Into the pine woods
Posted in: competition, foraging, forest birds
High group density results in fierce competition between groups of Red-cockaded Woodpecker.
16th July 2020
Understanding competition between colonies helps to protect seabirds
Posted in: Bird Protection, competition, Seabirds
High levels of inter-colony competition can lead to segregation of foraging areas.
6th May 2019
Battle of the sexes
Posted in: competition, island birds, morphological niche, sexual dimorphism
Niche contraction in females but not males in high density island populations
5th November 2018
Kingfisher evolution in the Wallacea region
Posted in: competition, evolution, island birds
Differing responses of closely related migratory and resident species
2nd January 2018
Too close for comfort? Coloniality and density dependence in vultures
Posted in: colonial birds, communal, competition, vultures
Trade-off between the benefits and costs of coloniality in a recovering population of Cinereous Vultures
24th April 2017
The real treasure of Juan Fernández
Posted in: competition, forest birds, hummingbirds, island birds
Does a congeneric competitor affect the Critically Endangered Juan Fernández Firecrown?
30th May 2016
The riddle of elevation for tropical birds
Posted in: bird communities, bird song, cloud forest, competition, distribution, song, tropical birds
Does interspecific aggression influence elevational limits in closely related species that replace one another along the elevational gradient?
16th November 2015
Ghost robins in the New Guinean cloud forest
Posted in: bird assemblages, competition, forest birds, habitat, Science
Twos company?
19th October 2015
Do non-native birds compete or coexist with native species?
Posted in: bird assemblages, bird communities, competition, Science
Friend or foe?