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- Birds of Toronto - Biodiversity Series
Imagine a Toronto with flourishing natural habitats and an urban environment made safe for a great diversity of wildlife Envision a city whose residents treasure their daily encounters with the remarkable and inspiring world of nature, and the variety of plants and animals who share this world Take pride in a Toronto that aspires to be a world leader in the development of urban initiatives
- The structure of mixed-species bird flocks, and their . . .
Mixed-species flocks of birds are distributed world-wide and can be especially dominant in temperate forests during the non-breeding season and in tropical rainforests year-round We review from a community ecology perspective what is known about the structure and organization of flocks, emphasizing that flocking species tend to be those particularly vulnerable to predation, and flocks tend to
- What is the biggest bird in the world? - Natural History Museum
There are around 11,000 species of bird living on our planet They come in all shapes, colours and sizes, but which is the biggest of them all? From the tallest and the heaviest to giant nests and extra-long toes, discover the world’s record-breaking birds Ostriches are the world’s biggest and
- The Worlds Largest Collection of Bird Specimens | AMNH
The Museum houses the largest collection of bird specimens in the world Representing all continents and nearly 99 percent of avian species, these specimens help researchers study the evolutionary history of birds and patterns of geographic variation
- Light pollution is greatest within migration passage areas . . .
Light pollution within geographic ranges was relatively greater during the migration season, for shorter-distance migrants, for species with smaller ranges, and for species in the western hemisphere
- Powered by Data from eBird and NASA, These Maps Are a Game . . .
In December 2018, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology released the first in a series of new maps, charts, and data resources that reveal unprecedented details about not just where birds are, but how their numbers and habitats change through the seasons and years Unlocking this wealth of information required more than 114 years of cloud computing time, provided by Amazon Web Services, to process
- Migrant birds and mammals live faster than residents - Nature
After controlling for latitudinal and evolutionary patterns, we find that migratory birds and mammals have faster paces of life than their non-migratory relatives
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