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Establishment of exotic parasites: the origins and characteristics of an avian malaria community in an isolated island avifauna.
TLDR
The results show that avian malaria parasites that successfully invaded are more globally generalist (both geographically widespread and with a broad taxonomic range of hosts) than AM parasites not co-introduced to New Zealand.
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Facultative primary sex ratio variation: a lack of evidence in birds?
TLDR
It is concluded that facultative control of offspring sex is not a characteristic biological phenomenon in breeding birds.
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Eggshell colour does not predict measures of maternal investment in eggs of Turdus thrushes
TLDR
It is shown that differences in the avian-perceived colours of individual eggs are not consistently correlated with different measures of maternal investment in the egg, and encourages the use of avian perceptual modelling for testing alternative non-signalling explanations for the structural and physiological basis of these relationships.
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Dynamics and Viability of a New Zealand Robin Population Reintroduced to Regenerating Fragmented Habitat
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It is concluded that the early reintroduction of this species was reasonable, in spite of the limited habitat available at the time, and maturation of the planted matrix should allow the population to expand to several hundred birds over the next few decades, preventing extreme loss of genetic variation.
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Reintroducing resurrected species: selecting DeExtinction candidates.
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Diversity, Loss, and Gain of Malaria Parasites in a Globally Invasive Bird
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The results show that haemosporidian parasites in the house sparrows' native range are replaced by species from local host-generalist parasite fauna in the alien environments of North and South America, which rejects the Novel Weapon Hypothesis and is concordant with the Enemy Releasehypothesis.
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Social and Sexual Monogamy in Translocated New Zealand Robin Populations Detected Using Minisatellite DNA
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This chapter discusses factors affecting Red-tailed Hawk reproductive success in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming and factors governing habitat selection by Prothonotary Warblers.
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Facultative control of offspring sex in the cooperatively breeding bell miner, Manorina melanophrys
TLDR
Treating forces associated with resource enhancement and competition as opposing sides of a single general principle is suggested and it is suggested that it is necessary to view both the costs and benefits of philopatric individuals within a variable environment.
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Standards for documenting and monitoring bird reintroduction projects
TLDR
A series of standards for documenting and monitoring the methods and outcomes associated with reintroduction projects for birds are suggested and it is suggested that organizations publically state whether they will adopt these approaches when undertaking reintroductions.
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Influences of carotenoid supplementation on the integrated antioxidant system of a free living endangered passerine, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta).
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