<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001</id><updated>2012-02-02T08:25:18.596-08:00</updated><category term='molt'/><category term='habitat selection'/><category term='colour'/><category term='simbiosis'/><category term='conservation'/><category term='waders'/><category term='behaviour'/><category term='feathers'/><category term='tropics'/><category term='invasion ecology'/><category term='morphology'/><category term='flight'/><category term='song'/><category term='migration'/><category term='scaling'/><category term='reproduction'/><category term='climate change'/><category term='eggs'/><category term='evolution'/><category term='parasites'/><category term='storks'/><category term='sex'/><category term='NAO'/><category term='frogs'/><category term='coloniality'/><category term='raptors'/><category term='moult'/><category term='predation'/><category term='ringing'/><category term='foraging'/><category term='self-organization'/><category term='owls'/><category term='seabirds'/><category term='songbirds'/><title type='text'>Birds and Science</title><subtitle type='html'>latest news in bird biology</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>50</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-4345825875042309956</id><published>2012-01-17T01:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T01:22:21.236-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parasites'/><title type='text'>Migratory flyway influences avian influenza virus gene flow among North American birds</title><summary type='text'>by Diego Santiago Alarcón
Long distance migrants are capable of moving pathogens across large geographical regions; this can aid parasites and the diseases they produce to expand their geographical range. This study investigates the "movement" patterns of Avian Influenza Virus (AIV) across USA and Canada and how long distance migratory birds affect such "movement". 
In this paper Tsan-Yuk Lam et </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/4345825875042309956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2012/01/migratory-flyway-influences-avian.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/4345825875042309956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/4345825875042309956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2012/01/migratory-flyway-influences-avian.html' title='Migratory flyway influences avian influenza virus gene flow among North American birds'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-watrPFKeNwE/TxQhumZpEgI/AAAAAAAADEE/p-GiLV-mseI/s72-c/Captura.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-400252329302719264</id><published>2011-06-07T07:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T09:34:00.539-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morphology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='habitat selection'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feathers'/><title type='text'>Morphological response of songbirds to 100 years of landscape change in North America</title><summary type='text'>by J.C. Senar
It is generally recognized that pointed wings allow a faster flight than rounded wings and hence, this shape has been favoured in migrating species or subpopulations. On the other side, rounded wings allow more manoeuvrability, being favoured in closed habitats.

In the last 100 years, eastern North America has experienced extensive clear-cutting in boreal areas, while afforestation</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/400252329302719264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/morphological-response-of-songbirds-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/400252329302719264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/400252329302719264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/morphological-response-of-songbirds-to.html' title='Morphological response of songbirds to 100 years of landscape change in North America'/><author><name>Juan Carlos</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00062080845380643702</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ORLLfpijL9Y/Te3JqTODOwI/AAAAAAAAC_w/xQBbasQURFk/s72-c/wing+tip.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-6200819164701368837</id><published>2011-06-02T12:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-02T12:23:12.544-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Birds and Science becomes a collaborative project</title><summary type='text'>Birds and Science starts a new exciting period, becoming a collaborative project. From now on, a reduced group of people will keep Birds and Science updated with the latest news on bird biology. You can see current team members on the right-hand corner of Birds and Science. Anyone interested to become member of the team, please send an e-mail to roger.jovani_gmail.com.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/6200819164701368837/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/birds-and-science-becomes-collaborative.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/6200819164701368837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/6200819164701368837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2011/06/birds-and-science-becomes-collaborative.html' title='Birds and Science becomes a collaborative project'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8915774348584227936</id><published>2011-05-18T04:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-18T04:58:45.949-07:00</updated><title type='text'>HELP NEEDED to keep "Birds and Science" alive</title><summary type='text'>After two and a half years, Birds and Science may be coming to its end because of time constraints. If somebody want to help me on selecting relevant ornithological news (and even post new comments on recent papers), contact me at roger.jovani -- googlemail.com and we can explore how to do it. Otherwise, Birds and Science will be over. Thank you all for your kind support, advice and encouragement</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8915774348584227936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2011/05/help-needed-to-keep-birds-and-science.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8915774348584227936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8915774348584227936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2011/05/help-needed-to-keep-birds-and-science.html' title='HELP NEEDED to keep &quot;Birds and Science&quot; alive'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5771739034051045867</id><published>2009-08-12T07:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T09:36:10.171-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='simbiosis'/><title type='text'>Feather mites and God?</title><summary type='text'>This is what I thought when I discovered the surprising connection between mite behavior and God existence. This is the story. In 2001, I published a paper with David Serrano about feather mites and bird molt. The sequence of wing molt in songbirds is very predictable; if you have a molting bird on hands you know exactly which feather will be the next to be molted. Counting mites on wing feathers</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5771739034051045867/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/08/feather-mites-and-god.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5771739034051045867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5771739034051045867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/08/feather-mites-and-god.html' title='Feather mites and God?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/StciVjT-QrI/AAAAAAAACvY/VW_ca1YE14c/s72-c/FEATHERMITES2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-1877658230152444365</id><published>2009-07-18T08:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T09:58:05.344-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='scaling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='moult'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='molt'/><title type='text'>Bird moult allometry</title><summary type='text'>Take a cable from your computer and measure the perimeter of your fist. This is, more or less, the length of your foot (check it now!). This is useful to buy socks without compromising the hygiene of the country, but it also enhances our understanding of bird moult. The ratio fist perimeter/foot length is constant among people; that is, it follows an isometric law: if you plot for different </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/1877658230152444365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/07/bird-moult-allometry.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1877658230152444365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1877658230152444365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/07/bird-moult-allometry.html' title='Bird moult allometry'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SmHxJhXKAAI/AAAAAAAABhI/JgVAb_f8ltQ/s72-c/oreneta+mudant+quadrat+Julian+Robinson.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-4084908281207896862</id><published>2009-06-21T14:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T05:00:19.902-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='predation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-organization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raptors'/><title type='text'>The magic of a dancing flock of starlings</title><summary type='text'>
A dancing flock of starlings hypnotize us like the fire. The flock fly as a single bird; contracting and expanding, going up and then down into the trees of the avenue. The flock is clearly more than the messy sum of some hundreds of birds: it is a self-organized dynamic system showing emergent properties that escape to our comprehension.



This is why science exists, to explain the magic trick</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/4084908281207896862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/06/magic-of-dancing-flock-of-starlings.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/4084908281207896862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/4084908281207896862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/06/magic-of-dancing-flock-of-starlings.html' title='The magic of a dancing flock of starlings'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sj6kBYvBhwI/AAAAAAAABVc/jH3plMxC_h4/s72-c/starlings2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8432999050263277144</id><published>2009-06-03T07:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-19T05:17:22.572-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ringing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Out of the harvester, into the shotgun</title><summary type='text'>Common quails (Coturnix coturnix) breed in Spanish wheat and barley fields; when harvesters arrive, destroy their habitat as if you cut the forest of a woodpecker. Harvesting is not simultaneous through Spain and the authors of this paper already suspected from long ago that quails respond to this ecological threat migrating from early towards later fields. But…. How to test this hypothesis? </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8432999050263277144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-harvester-into-shotgun.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8432999050263277144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8432999050263277144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/06/out-of-harvester-into-shotgun.html' title='Out of the harvester, into the shotgun'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SiaWGclk29I/AAAAAAAABUE/tuQGxzkBYdY/s72-c/quail-small.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3820571950641331889</id><published>2009-04-03T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T10:42:42.483-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='song'/><title type='text'>Fight and coordination in bird duets</title><summary type='text'>The pairs of some bird species, as the Hypocnemis peruviana, sing together performing duets (listen here). Sometimes, the male and the female are well coordinated (sonogram A and B) but other times the duet is much more complex and overlapped (C and D). Nathalie Seddon Joseph Tobias did a study in Peru in order to understand how duets are created by means of experiments with 17 pairs. Different </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3820571950641331889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/04/fight-and-coordination-in-bird-duets.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3820571950641331889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3820571950641331889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/04/fight-and-coordination-in-bird-duets.html' title='Fight and coordination in bird duets'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SdXKlFrz9sI/AAAAAAAABNc/nIxpMZ-EwxE/s72-c/Hypocnemis+peruviana+Foto+de+Tobias.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-2841096220109919927</id><published>2009-03-04T03:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T06:00:09.856-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coloniality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seabirds'/><title type='text'>How do huge bird colonies synchronize?</title><summary type='text'> Bird colonies are a natural spectacle: hundreds or thousands of birds breeding in synchrony. That is, in a given moment, the bulk of the birds are at the same breeding stage, e.g. rearing small chicks. This synchrony seems to be a manifestation of the “harmony of the colonies”, but a computer simulation model suggests that it may be the outcome of birds being adaptively scared of their </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/2841096220109919927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-do-huge-bird-colonies-synchronize.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2841096220109919927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2841096220109919927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-do-huge-bird-colonies-synchronize.html' title='How do huge bird colonies synchronize?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb1ws5xkXeI/AAAAAAAABD0/4RI233O_dVM/s72-c/morus+petit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-7784920368869354522</id><published>2009-02-20T06:34:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:25:38.866-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='invasion ecology'/><title type='text'>Caged budgerigars and invasive parakeets</title><summary type='text'>Soon or later caged birds escape, and can eventually create stable invasive populations. In Spain, there are around 300 native breeding bird species and more than 200 exotic species in captivity. Currently, around 50 of these pet species have been reported breeding on the wild (are successful invaders), but nobody knows why some species are invasive and others not. A potential explanation is that</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/7784920368869354522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/caged-budgerigars-and-invasive.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/7784920368869354522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/7784920368869354522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/caged-budgerigars-and-invasive.html' title='Caged budgerigars and invasive parakeets'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SZ6_m43jdjI/AAAAAAAAAxI/d6YDC2Uw8Wk/s72-c/periquito+y+cotorra.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-402011432013752609</id><published>2009-02-12T09:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T05:58:19.678-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parasites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raptors'/><title type='text'>Carrera armamentística entre cucuts i boscarles</title><summary type='text'>El cucut (Cuculus canorus) neix en un niu d’una altra espècie, i esdevé fill únic eliminant els ous “germans”; rebent així totes les atencions dels pares adoptius. Fins aquí res de nou, però Justin A. Welbergen i Nicholas B. Davis de la Universitat de Cambridge encara tenen molt a dir sobre aquesta relació paràsit-hostatger tant estudiada.Durant vuit anys d'estudi van trobar 9.8% d’un total de </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/402011432013752609/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/carrera-armamentistica-entre-cucuts-i.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/402011432013752609'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/402011432013752609'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/02/carrera-armamentistica-entre-cucuts-i.html' title='Carrera armamentística entre cucuts i boscarles'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SZ8A0H_gPgI/AAAAAAAAAyI/lUSXDt2Mofo/s72-c/cucut+boscarla.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3612311500680868964</id><published>2009-01-23T01:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:26:40.407-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seabirds'/><title type='text'>Cria cooperativa i la longitud dels dits</title><summary type='text'>Mira’t la mà dreta... quin dit tens més curt, l’índex o l‘anular? si ets home, possiblement tinguis el dit índex més curt que l’anular; si ets dona, possiblement siguin igual de llargs. Com ho sé? Sembla ser que els mateixos gens que governen el desenvolupament dels òrgans sexuals també afecten a la formació dels dits. Aquest gens s’expressen de manera diferent segons la concentració de certes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3612311500680868964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/01/cria-cooperativa-i-la-longitud-dels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3612311500680868964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3612311500680868964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2009/01/cria-cooperativa-i-la-longitud-dels.html' title='Cria cooperativa i la longitud dels dits'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SZ8ByZz-XSI/AAAAAAAAAyQ/YBkzOgZb8cw/s72-c/pardela.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-6650397696959702669</id><published>2008-12-12T11:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:26:58.591-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Competidors útils</title><summary type='text'>Botxins (Lanius excubitor) i escorxadors (Lanius senator) són rapinyaires en miniatura. A Polònia, els botxins són residents i els escorxadors arriben cada primavera des d’Àfrica i han de decidir en poc temps on criar. No tots els llocs són iguals, i criar en un mal lloc pot ser nefast.Els botxins són més grans però mengen coses semblants als escorxadors; és a dir: són competidors. Per tant, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/6650397696959702669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/competidors-tils.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/6650397696959702669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/6650397696959702669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/competidors-tils.html' title='Competidors útils'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SZ8CVPcfEjI/AAAAAAAAAyY/6JKDWMZZnOk/s72-c/botxi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5878646739178086409</id><published>2008-12-09T07:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:27:17.929-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Micro-migdiades</title><summary type='text'>Els ocells que migren durant la nit perden moltes hores de son. En els mamífers, la pèrdua de son se sap que té conseqüències negatives, però els ocells semblen portar molt bé el fer llargues jornades de vol nocturn. Com s’ho fan?S’ha vist que durant el dia els ocells poden tancar un ull o l’altre (o els dos). En aquest estudi, Fuch i col·laboradors van estudiar l’activitat cerebral durant </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5878646739178086409/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/micro-migdiades_09.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5878646739178086409'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5878646739178086409'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/micro-migdiades_09.html' title='Micro-migdiades'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/ST6UJXEKENI/AAAAAAAAAl4/QbDJqkoMjN4/s72-c/sleeo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3359035593397488097</id><published>2008-12-07T06:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:28:00.259-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='parasites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ringing'/><title type='text'>Virus del Nil Occidental: un estudi en anelladors</title><summary type='text'>El virus del Nil Occidental (o West Nile Virus, WNV) es troba sobretot en aus i pot infectar humans a través de les picades de mosquit. En principi, el risc de mort és baix en adults sans i nens, i acostuma a passar com una malaltia lleu amb símptomes similars als d’una grip. A Catalunya i Espanya s’han trobat anticossos d’aquest virus en humans, però no s’ha aïllat el virus. Els anelladors, és </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3359035593397488097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/virus-del-nil-occidental-un-estudi-en.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3359035593397488097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3359035593397488097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/virus-del-nil-occidental-un-estudi-en.html' title='Virus del Nil Occidental: un estudi en anelladors'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvjTAOELKI/AAAAAAAAAhk/RnbiFXCNmQw/s72-c/West+Nile+Virus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8296032029434378475</id><published>2008-12-07T06:34:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:30:18.123-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='simbiosis'/><title type='text'>Simbiosis entre bacteris i Puputs</title><summary type='text'>Juan José Soler i el seu equip estan fent passos molt importants per entendre una relació evolutiva ben curiosa, la d’uns certs bacteris amb les Puputs (Upupa epops). Els Enterococcus en qüestió viuen dins la glàndula uropigial flotant en l’oli que els ocells escampen no només per les plomes sinó també per la superfície dels ous. En aquest estudi es mostra com substàncies produïdes per aquests </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8296032029434378475/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/simbiosis-entre-bacteris-i-puputs.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8296032029434378475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8296032029434378475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/simbiosis-entre-bacteris-i-puputs.html' title='Simbiosis entre bacteris i Puputs'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvg_2AeWxI/AAAAAAAAAhc/f4eQ8T2RKvQ/s72-c/upupa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-7487579882337222138</id><published>2008-12-07T06:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:30:47.415-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feathers'/><title type='text'>El color dels ocells fòssils</title><summary type='text'>Saber la coloració dels ocells fòssils seria un avenç per l'estudi de la seva ecologia i comportament, així com per l'estudi de l'evolució de la coloració. El problema és que les plomes dels ocells fòssils perden el color. S'havia observat que les plomes fossilitzades presentaven unes estructures allargades d'uns 2 micròmetres. Fins ara es pensava que es tractava dels bacteris que degraden la </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/7487579882337222138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-color-dels-ocells-fssils.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/7487579882337222138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/7487579882337222138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-color-dels-ocells-fssils.html' title='El color dels ocells fòssils'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SZ8D_-FmPvI/AAAAAAAAAyg/CeaT3MLiB3E/s72-c/fossil.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-1534549356476892226</id><published>2008-12-07T06:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:31:22.588-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Què estressa els ocells?</title><summary type='text'>Sovint pensem que podem deduir l’estrès que experimenta un ocell observant el seu comportament. Per exemple, una oreneta (Hirundo rustica) sembla molt tranquil•la quan l’estem anellant i un gaig (Garrulus glandarius) sembla histèric. Possiblement, si féssim un estudi com el que van fer Wascher i col•laboradors ens sorprendríem dels resultats.Aquests investigadors van estudiar el grup d’oques (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/1534549356476892226/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/qu-estresa-els-ocells.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1534549356476892226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1534549356476892226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/qu-estresa-els-ocells.html' title='Què estressa els ocells?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvdi8qkN7I/AAAAAAAAAg0/BUFWLEKixMo/s72-c/Konrad+lorenz.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3347371172408207853</id><published>2008-12-07T05:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:36:11.502-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seabirds'/><title type='text'>Monogàmia homosexual</title><summary type='text'>Els albatros son l’exemple clàssic d’au monògama que s’aparella de per vida. Això encara fa més interessant el cas que documenten Lindsay C. Young i col•laboradors. Estudiant una població d’albatros (Phoebastria immutabilis) a unes illes de Hawaii han trobat que 39 parelles d’un total de 125 estaven compostes per dues femelles. Aquesta és la proporció (31%) més alta d’aparellaments homosexuals </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3347371172408207853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/monogmia-homosexual.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3347371172408207853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3347371172408207853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/monogmia-homosexual.html' title='Monogàmia homosexual'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvPzfgpPrI/AAAAAAAAAgs/3DRH6xgWDKY/s72-c/Phoebastria+immutabilis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3333632238991494801</id><published>2008-12-07T05:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:31:56.981-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feathers'/><title type='text'>La fórmula alar</title><summary type='text'>Les ales punxegudes són per volar més amb menysEls anelladors sabem que un “collybita” te l’ala més arrodonida que un “trochilus”… i en general, que les espècies més migradores tenen ales més punxegudes. Entre d’altres coses, Melissa S. Bowlin i Martin Wikelski responen en aquest article (per primera vegada amb ocells en llibertat) al per què d’aquestes diferències morfològiques, i ho fan amb un </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3333632238991494801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-frmula-alar.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3333632238991494801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3333632238991494801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-frmula-alar.html' title='La fórmula alar'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvOng8ruCI/AAAAAAAAAgk/7gmJDYWSuVk/s72-c/Catharus+ustulatus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8976175728746092384</id><published>2008-12-07T05:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:36:40.261-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='predation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Ensumant el depredador</title><summary type='text'>Si féssim una enquesta a ornitòlegs, molts dirien que els ocells no tenen olfacte, o com a mínim, que no és un sentit rellevant. I no és d’estranyar - els estudis sobre aquest tema són ben escassos. Una situació on l’olfacte podria ser molt beneficiós seria en ocells que nidifiquen en cavitats, ja que podrien detectar a temps un depredador que s’hi hagués amagat.Luisa Amo y col•laboradors (</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8976175728746092384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/ensumant-el-depredador.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8976175728746092384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8976175728746092384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/ensumant-el-depredador.html' title='Ensumant el depredador'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvNcg-PMlI/AAAAAAAAAgU/kWOfLeineII/s72-c/1.+Author+G.+Tomas.+FE-2007-00318.R1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-97718393324441513</id><published>2008-12-07T04:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:32:32.894-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tropics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>“Me estás estresaaaaaaaaaando”</title><summary type='text'>Ja fa temps que se sap que en els tròpics la incubació és més perllongada (al voltant d’un 10%) que en les zones temperades. És un patró sorprenent ja que la pressió de depredació és més elevada, i per tant, s’esperaria que els ocells haguessin evolucionat cap a temps d’incubació més curts per evadir la depredació. L’explicació actual, doncs, és que la incubació als tròpics és més intermitent per</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/97718393324441513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/me-ests-estresaaaaaaaaaando.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/97718393324441513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/97718393324441513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/me-ests-estresaaaaaaaaaando.html' title='“Me estás estresaaaaaaaaaando”'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvHwBiHsmI/AAAAAAAAAgE/h8nG53l1xBM/s72-c/Troglodytes+aedon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-555740612448356217</id><published>2008-12-07T04:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:37:27.112-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='predation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foraging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='storks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='frogs'/><title type='text'>Sobre granotes i cigonyes</title><summary type='text'>El cant nupcial de les granotes és un clar exemple de caràcter evolucionat per selecció sexual. Això no vol dir, però, que no pugui ser modulat per altres fonts de selecció. En aquest estudi s’explora el possible ús del cant de la Granota camperola (Rana arvalis) per part de la cigonya blanca (Ciconia ciconia) per depredar sobre ella.A Latvia i Estonia, Kristine Iguane i col•laboradors van situar</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/555740612448356217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/sobre-granotes-i-cigonyes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/555740612448356217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/555740612448356217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/sobre-granotes-i-cigonyes.html' title='Sobre granotes i cigonyes'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/ST4zjZ0TnoI/AAAAAAAAAlw/Fm8q1by4jTE/s72-c/DSCN2301.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-1999760275201079655</id><published>2008-12-07T04:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:33:18.144-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foraging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><title type='text'>Les menjadores del jardí</title><summary type='text'>Només entre el Regne Unit i els Estats Units d’Amèrica es subministren unes 500.000 tones de menjar pels ocells durant el hivern. Només el menjar que es dóna en els jardins del Regne Unit permetria mantenir una població de 30 milions de Mallerengues carboneres (Parus major) que només s’alimentessin d’aquest recurs.Gillian N. Robb i col•laboradors han fet un experiment per explorar les </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/1999760275201079655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/les-menjadores-del-jard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1999760275201079655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1999760275201079655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/les-menjadores-del-jard.html' title='Les menjadores del jardí'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvFueG93hI/AAAAAAAAAfs/0Vgc3fyOkOE/s72-c/feeder.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-730433220782978419</id><published>2008-12-07T04:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:33:45.357-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tropics'/><title type='text'>Per què els ocells ponen menys ous al tròpic?</title><summary type='text'>Michael A. Patten té una nova idea per explicar perquè la mida de posta augmenta amb la latitud tant dins com entre espècies properes. La closca dels ous és de calci (CaCO3), i per tant, pot veure’s afectada per la disponibilitat de calci en el medi. De fet, recopilant informació de 3699 punts de mostreig de calci disponible en el sòl l’autor demostra que el calci es particularment escàs en els </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/730433220782978419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/per-qu-els-ocells-ponen-menys-ous-al.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/730433220782978419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/730433220782978419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/per-qu-els-ocells-ponen-menys-ous-al.html' title='Per què els ocells ponen menys ous al tròpic?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvCl_RirAI/AAAAAAAAAfk/8jhHIoeBUwY/s72-c/egg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-2690424600115857151</id><published>2008-12-07T04:17:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:37:43.643-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='predation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='self-organization'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>La màgia del estols d’estornells</title><summary type='text'>Veure volar un estol d’estornells (Sturnus vulgaris) ens hipnotitza com una llar de foc. L’estol es mou com un tot, com un sol individu; es contrau i s’expandeix, s’enlaira i es deixa caure sobre els plàtans del passeig. L’estol se’ns presenta davant dels ulls com quelcom més que una suma desordenada d’ocells: l’estol és un sistema dinàmic autoorganitzat amb propietats emergents que escapen al </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/2690424600115857151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-mgia-del-estols-destornells.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2690424600115857151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2690424600115857151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-mgia-del-estols-destornells.html' title='La màgia del estols d’estornells'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvAmFWZ3DI/AAAAAAAAAfc/jOag968x4xI/s72-c/starlings.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5817374513679630539</id><published>2008-12-07T04:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-13T05:59:34.990-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><title type='text'>Fer pinya en mals temps</title><summary type='text'>Aquest estudi documenta els primers dos casos de cria cooperativa en Picot garser petit. En general, el perquè de la cria cooperativa en els ocells està poc entès, i diferents factors sembla que poden estar involucrats en diferents casos. Aquestes observacions es van efectuar en una plantació de pollancres d’Hostalric (Girona) els anys 2005 i 2006 on es va retirar la fusta morta durant l'estiu </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5817374513679630539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/fer-pinya-en-mals-temps.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5817374513679630539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5817374513679630539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/fer-pinya-en-mals-temps.html' title='Fer pinya en mals temps'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STvL93NXUEI/AAAAAAAAAgM/R8Zb_wjGPek/s72-c/Dendrocopos+minor.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8801302300454989219</id><published>2008-12-07T03:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:34:32.535-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='song'/><title type='text'>Per què els Pit rojos canten per la nit a les ciutats?</title><summary type='text'>A les ciutats hi ha molt soroll... però molt! Per nosaltres és molest i estressant, però pels ocells que es comuniquen sobretot pel cant (sense veure’s) pot arribar a ser vital. Hi ha ocells diürns que canten durant la nit a les ciutats. Una explicació és que la contaminació llumínica pot fer pensar als ocells que encara no s’ha fet de nit. Una altra explicació és que les nits també són més </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8801302300454989219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/per-qu-els-pit-rojos-canten-per-la-nit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8801302300454989219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8801302300454989219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/per-qu-els-pit-rojos-canten-per-la-nit.html' title='Per què els Pit rojos canten per la nit a les ciutats?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SaJYJPmQ17I/AAAAAAAAAzw/BsEEBhXXiKg/s72-c/erithacus+cantant+flickr+Tomas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-7198753343317760675</id><published>2008-12-07T03:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:34:47.812-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='owls'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Demana-li a la mare</title><summary type='text'>Entre els últims articles publicats a la revista Animal Behaviour (“Comportament Animal”) hi ha un article curiós. Curiós pel tema que tracta i perquè els autors accepten no trobar explicació a allò que han descobert. El primer autor, Alexandre Roulin, fa temps que estudia a fons diferents aspectes de la biologia de l’òliba (Tyto alba), però sembla que aquesta vegada s’ha trobat amb un enigma </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/7198753343317760675/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/demana-li-la-mare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/7198753343317760675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/7198753343317760675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/demana-li-la-mare.html' title='Demana-li a la mare'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sbt0EqgbTNI/AAAAAAAABCc/H4A1HmE6rkQ/s72-c/owlets.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5759035705026526588</id><published>2008-12-07T03:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T03:20:39.623-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='climate change'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ringing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Anellament a Doñana i cites d’ocells rars al Regne Unit</title><summary type='text'>En les zones Mediterrànies els ambients aquàtics acostumen a ser molt canviants, depenent sovint de les precipitacions. En aquests ambients viuen els Cames llargues (Himantopus himantopus) a Doñana. El nostre company Jordi Figuerola va estudiar les dades d’anellament i lectura d’anelles fetes a Doñana des dels anys 80. A més, va estudiar una font encara poc utilitzada per fer estudis científics: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5759035705026526588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/anellament-doana-i-cites-docells-rars.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5759035705026526588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5759035705026526588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/anellament-doana-i-cites-docells-rars.html' title='Anellament a Doñana i cites d’ocells rars al Regne Unit'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STu1f4QoztI/AAAAAAAAAe0/J0F5RiNo4Qc/s72-c/Black_winged_Stilt_I-_Kolkata_IMG_0400.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8390918937371503825</id><published>2008-12-07T03:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T06:02:45.438-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Els ocells poden modificar la seva data de naixement</title><summary type='text'>És ben sabut que la posta dels ous és sovint molt més perllongada en el temps que no pas el naixement dels polls, que sol ser més sincrònic. Nilsson i Persson van combinar ous de diferents edats i els van incubar en incubadores fins el seu naixement. Van estudiar tant ànecs collverds (Anas platyrhynchos) com faisans (Phasianus colchicus). Entre d’altres resultats, van veure que els embrions que s</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8390918937371503825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/els-ocells-poden-modificar-la-seva-data.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8390918937371503825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8390918937371503825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/els-ocells-poden-modificar-la-seva-data.html' title='Els ocells poden modificar la seva data de naixement'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SbuUZIjULTI/AAAAAAAABCs/9jX02c5B9dI/s72-c/Anas_platyrhynchos_(nest).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5744189247070280891</id><published>2008-12-06T11:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:35:31.165-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tropics'/><title type='text'>Al tròpic es prenen la vida amb calma</title><summary type='text'>La taxa metabòlica basal dels ocells tropicals és més baix que el dels ocells residents a casa nostra.Els ocells tropicals viuen més, ponen menys ous, els polls creixen més lentament i depenen dels pares durant més temps que els ocells residents en zones temperades. Sembla, per tant, que tenen una vida més calmada... es reflexa això en la seva fisiologia?Popko Wiersma i col•laboradors han </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5744189247070280891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-taxa-metablica-basal-dels-ocells.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5744189247070280891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5744189247070280891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-taxa-metablica-basal-dels-ocells.html' title='Al tròpic es prenen la vida amb calma'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STuvtTkYfBI/AAAAAAAAAeU/GUa7ZE97GBM/s72-c/Quiscalus+mexicanus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3116898100053964049</id><published>2008-12-06T11:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:38:32.318-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='waders'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Refrescar-se per continuar incubant a ple Sol</title><summary type='text'>En algunes espècies d’ocell s’ha observat que els individus que estan incubant van a mullar-se les plomes del ventre. S’ha especulat que podria servir tan per reduir la temperatura de l’adult com la dels ous.Juan A. Amat i Jose A. Masero han estudiat aquest comportament en corriols camanegres (Charadrius alexandrinus) incubant a ple sol a la llacuna de “Fuente de Piedra”. Han vist que els ocells </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3116898100053964049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/refrescar-se-per-continuar-incubant-ple.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3116898100053964049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3116898100053964049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/refrescar-se-per-continuar-incubant-ple.html' title='Refrescar-se per continuar incubant a ple Sol'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/SbuXCaMETyI/AAAAAAAABDE/9frmuQFyQqo/s72-c/Charadrius+alexandrinus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-1873255975477719654</id><published>2008-12-06T10:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:41:03.402-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ringing'/><title type='text'>Datar ocells pel color dels ulls</title><summary type='text'>És ben sabut que moltes espècies d’ocells canvien la coloració dels ulls en fer-se adults. En el cas de la Mallerenga de bigotis (Panurus biarmicus) el canvi és molt acusat, passant de marró fosc quan surten del niu a groc o taronja després d’uns quants mesos de vida. John Wilson i Ian R. Hartley van fer un estudi detallat d’aquest canvi. Van mesurar el color dels ulls de molts polls (per tant </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/1873255975477719654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/datar-ocells-pel-color-dels-ulls.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1873255975477719654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1873255975477719654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/datar-ocells-pel-color-dels-ulls.html' title='Datar ocells pel color dels ulls'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STrLvxUA5yI/AAAAAAAAAds/yhBB-ojpcyM/s72-c/panurus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-6733388745024306031</id><published>2008-12-06T10:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:41:28.318-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Com creuen el Sahara els passeriformes migrants?</title><summary type='text'>Fins ara no estava clar si els passeriformes creuaven el desert del Sahara d’una tirada o si per contra paraven durant el dia i volaven durant la nit. Investigadors suïssos equipats amb radars van estudiar el pas d’ocells (durant les 24 h del dia) en tres localitats de Mauritània, una en un oasis, i dues enmig del desert. El resultat va ser molt clar: els ocells migren de nit i paren durant el </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/6733388745024306031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/com-creuen-el-sahara-els-passeriformes.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/6733388745024306031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/6733388745024306031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/com-creuen-el-sahara-els-passeriformes.html' title='Com creuen el Sahara els passeriformes migrants?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STrJs9c82tI/AAAAAAAAAdc/ThTcT_iyhBc/s72-c/oasis+sahara.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8416371347258301451</id><published>2008-12-06T10:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T06:01:55.672-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Aprenent quan pondre els ous</title><summary type='text'>En els ocells insectívors, un bon ajust de la temporada de cria amb el pic d’abundància d’insectes es vital. El problema es que per fer–ho cal ser futuròleg, ja que l’ajust ha de ser amb el pic de demanda d’aliment dels polls. I això passa força després de la data de posta dels ous, que és quan s’ha de prendre la decisió.Investigadors holandesos van fer un experiment enginyós: a la meitat de les </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8416371347258301451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/aprenent-quan-pondre-els-ous.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8416371347258301451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8416371347258301451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/aprenent-quan-pondre-els-ous.html' title='Aprenent quan pondre els ous'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb450zPLCqI/AAAAAAAABEU/YmkfmKgYw2A/s72-c/blue+tit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-8024493183038282173</id><published>2008-12-06T09:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T06:00:48.834-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='coloniality'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='habitat selection'/><title type='text'>Ciència aplicada a la gestió</title><summary type='text'>Els ocells han de prendre decisions sobre on construir el seu niu. Sembla clar que els ocells colonials (com els de la fotografia) es veuen atrets per la presencia d’altres individus; però passa el mateix en ocells territorials? Doncs cada vegada hi ha més evidencies que els ocells territorials, a part d’avaluar directament la qualitat de l’hàbitat, també fan servir la presencia d’altres </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/8024493183038282173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/cincia-aplicada-la-gesti.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8024493183038282173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/8024493183038282173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/cincia-aplicada-la-gesti.html' title='Ciència aplicada a la gestió'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb4_jZa95UI/AAAAAAAABEs/8gR7ARSpi7Y/s72-c/pingiuns.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-2592678386411287484</id><published>2008-12-06T09:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T05:19:01.145-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foraging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='habitat selection'/><title type='text'>[Entrevistador] Una última pregunta: la mallerenga… neix o es fa?</title><summary type='text'>Simplificant, les mallerengues blaves mengen a les parts altes (branques fines) dels arbres, i les m. carboneres pel terra i a les parts baixes (branques gruixudes) dels arbres. Està clar que la morfologia d’una mallerenga no està feta per caçar conills o pescar sardines a alta mar, però... podrien intercanviar-se els papers d’aquestes dues espècies de mallerenga? En altres paraules: el nínxol </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/2592678386411287484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/entrevistador-una-ltima-pregunta-la.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2592678386411287484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2592678386411287484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/entrevistador-una-ltima-pregunta-la.html' title='[Entrevistador] Una última pregunta: la mallerenga… neix o es fa?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb5C7pa_LPI/AAAAAAAABFU/QNOX4fIaYQM/s72-c/great+blue+tit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5538499177871510480</id><published>2008-12-06T09:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T05:59:01.291-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='predation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foraging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='raptors'/><title type='text'>Caçant en ultravioleta</title><summary type='text'>Els humans no podem veure l'espectre ultraviolat (UV), però fa temps que sabem que molts ocells sí que poden, i que, a més, l’utilitzen per diferents propòsits com la selecció de parella, o la orientació i navegació. En aquest estudi, Eleonora Zampiga i col•laboradors es van centrar en la importància de la llum UV per caçar en el xoriguer comú (Falco tinnunculus).A Xoriguers joves i adults d’un </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5538499177871510480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/caant-en-ultravioleta.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5538499177871510480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5538499177871510480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/caant-en-ultravioleta.html' title='Caçant en ultravioleta'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STq56NYlJiI/AAAAAAAAAcc/kc7HmHeyhqU/s72-c/kestrel.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5071168053966070306</id><published>2008-12-06T09:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:44:08.118-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morphology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feathers'/><title type='text'>Llucaretes veïnes però diferents en el Pirineu català</title><summary type='text'>A 2000 metres s.n.m en Juan Carlos Senar i el seu equip fa temps que estudien dues poblacions de Llucareta (Serinus citrinella)separades tan sols 5 Km. una de l’altre; una a la cara nord (La Vansa) i l’altre a la cara sud (La Bofia) de la muntanya, on les condicions ambientals són contrastades. La Vansa és freda i humida amb abundància de pins; La Bofia és més càlida, seca i amb menys pins. Per </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5071168053966070306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/llucaretes-venes-per-diferents-en-el.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5071168053966070306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5071168053966070306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/llucaretes-venes-per-diferents-en-el.html' title='Llucaretes veïnes però diferents en el Pirineu català'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb5FmQpQTSI/AAAAAAAABFs/yLS__Ya_sKg/s72-c/Serinus+citrinella.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-9165643809277711180</id><published>2008-12-06T09:01:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T05:57:26.170-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seabirds'/><title type='text'>La última cosa que cal fer abans de morir</title><summary type='text'>Models teòrics prediuen que els ocells (en particular els de llarga vida) han d’augmentar el seu esforç reproductor quan les seves esperances futures de reproducció disminueixen. La teoria te certa lògica perquè se sap que reproduir-se disminueix l’esperança de vida, i per tant, els ocells només farien un últim esforç si creuen que no tindran una altra ocasió.Alberto Velando i col•laboradors han </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/9165643809277711180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-ltima-cosa-que-cal-fer-abans-de.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/9165643809277711180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/9165643809277711180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/la-ltima-cosa-que-cal-fer-abans-de.html' title='La última cosa que cal fer abans de morir'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb5JK_N4AbI/AAAAAAAABGM/IBR322YynUM/s72-c/Sula+nebouxii.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-3701622451847771098</id><published>2008-12-06T08:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:43:04.168-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='conservation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sex'/><title type='text'>Kakapo: ciència bàsica i biologia de la conservació</title><summary type='text'>A Nova Zelanda queden uns 90 Kakapos (Strigops habroptilus), sent l’espècie de lloro més amenaçada i peculiar del món: és nocturn, no vola, i pesa fins a 3.5 Kg. Des de l’any 1989 se’ls proporciona menjar suplementari que els ajuda a criar amb èxit, però naixien un 70% de mascles, disminuint el ritme de recuperació de l’espècie per falta de femelles.José Luis Tella, aplicant els coneixements </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/3701622451847771098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/kakapo-cincia-bsica-i-biologia-de-la.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3701622451847771098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/3701622451847771098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/kakapo-cincia-bsica-i-biologia-de-la.html' title='Kakapo: ciència bàsica i biologia de la conservació'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STqvC3xOWoI/AAAAAAAAAb8/e8CvrPpaWe0/s72-c/Kakapo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5931471590949703102</id><published>2008-12-06T08:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T05:57:52.729-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foraging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Falciots a dieta</title><summary type='text'>Els polls de falciot negre (Apus apus) poden passar-se uns quants dies sense rebre menjar dels seus pares, per exemple, per culpa del mal temps. Per fer front a aquest dejunis tenen l’estratègia d’acumular greix “extra”, però just abans de volar han de perdre’l per assolir una relació adequada entre pes i superfície alar.Wright i col•laboradors van afegir pes o van disminuir la superfície alar a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5931471590949703102/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/falciots-dieta.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5931471590949703102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5931471590949703102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/falciots-dieta.html' title='Falciots a dieta'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb40SWH4W_I/AAAAAAAABEE/7c-_d6vnW50/s72-c/Apus+apus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-2641061567150107224</id><published>2008-12-06T08:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T05:48:36.414-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='migration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><title type='text'>Zugunruhe: ganes de migrar</title><summary type='text'>En espècies migrants és típic observar (en captivitat) un comportament anomenat “zugunruhe” que consisteix en saltar, aletejar, volar... sent especialment notori en migrants nocturns com el Bitxac comú (Saxicola torquata), ja que l’ocell no para quiet durant la nit, quan hauria d’estar descansant. Aquest comportament es realitza durant l’època de migració i dura més o menys el temps que duraria </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/2641061567150107224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/una-subspcie-resident-de-bitxac-com.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2641061567150107224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/2641061567150107224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/una-subspcie-resident-de-bitxac-com.html' title='Zugunruhe: ganes de migrar'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb5KZMb0XWI/AAAAAAAABGU/Wvw4fB6U2MU/s72-c/Saxicola+torquata.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5085883492726767947</id><published>2008-12-06T08:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T05:55:40.315-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morphology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><title type='text'>El dia a dia de la selecció natural</title><summary type='text'>L’evolució l’acostumem a veure com quelcom que no podem observar perquè necessita de mils, o milions d’anys per operar. Peter i Rosemary Grant estudien els pinsans de les Illes Galápagos des de fa més de 30 anys. Capturant, anellant, mesurant... aquests ocells han pogut documentar processos de selecció natural que han portat a una evolució en caràcters com la mida corporal o la forma del bec. En </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5085883492726767947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-dia-dia-de-la-selecci-natural.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5085883492726767947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5085883492726767947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-dia-dia-de-la-selecci-natural.html' title='El dia a dia de la selecció natural'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb5L-IpMJEI/AAAAAAAABGs/qxCaYaqGQtI/s72-c/Geospiza+fortis.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-767507542334386148</id><published>2008-12-06T08:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T06:00:30.501-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='foraging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='behaviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seabirds'/><title type='text'>Els corbs marins pesquen de nit durant l’hivern polar</title><summary type='text'>Els corbs marins grossos (Phalacrocorax carbo) que viuen en latituds altes han de fer front a l’hivern polar. En aquestes zones, entre els mesos de novembre i gener la llum solar dura unes 6 hores cada dia. David Grémillet i el seu equip van utilitzar «data loggers» per registrar l’activitat de set corbs marins entre el juliol i l’abril. Van poder constatar que els ocells bussejaven a diari amb </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/767507542334386148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/els-corbs-marins-pesquen-de-nit-durant.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/767507542334386148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/767507542334386148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/els-corbs-marins-pesquen-de-nit-durant.html' title='Els corbs marins pesquen de nit durant l’hivern polar'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/Sb5NO9LFY5I/AAAAAAAABG0/ZNu_b5__Muw/s72-c/Phalacrocorax+carbo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-5954586747006376009</id><published>2008-12-06T08:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T05:59:46.041-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feathers'/><title type='text'>El secret del color vermell del pit dels passarells</title><summary type='text'>Els passerells (Carduelis cannabina) mascles fan una muda hivernal tan reduïda que no pot explicar el canvi de color del seu pit, que passa de ser marronós durant l’hivern, a ser vermell intens a principis de primavera. Guillermo Blanco i el seu equip van posar unes quantes plomes a la intempèrie i unes altres dins de casa, des de l’hivern fins a la primavera; només les plomes que havien estat </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/5954586747006376009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-secret-del-color-vermell-del-pit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5954586747006376009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/5954586747006376009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/el-secret-del-color-vermell-del-pit.html' title='El secret del color vermell del pit dels passarells'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STqj42CeoXI/AAAAAAAAAbM/KXhb22uaCC0/s72-c/carduelis+cannabina.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-1256377258948451291</id><published>2008-12-06T07:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-16T06:17:33.798-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='songbirds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='song'/><title type='text'>Els ocells no criden de qualsevol manera</title><summary type='text'>Paola Laiolo i col.laboradors mesurant el crit de les Terreroles rogenques (Calandrella rufescens) quan fugen d’un depredador han descobert que el so és més aspre en individus en una millor condició física. Això suggereix que el crit d’alarma podria servir de senyal honesta cap al depredador que, al sentir-lo, desistiria d’intentar capturar a aquells ocells amb un crit d’alarma més potent.Per la </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/1256377258948451291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/els-ocells-no-criden-de-qualsevol.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1256377258948451291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1256377258948451291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/els-ocells-no-criden-de-qualsevol.html' title='Els ocells no criden de qualsevol manera'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STqhwwsQOBI/AAAAAAAAAbE/-0fXN1qVqLQ/s72-c/crit+alarma.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5732357290026132001.post-1165966043749481482</id><published>2008-12-05T12:01:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-23T04:45:04.673-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reproduction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eggs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='morphology'/><title type='text'>Per què els ous del ocells tenen taques?</title><summary type='text'>Fins ara es pensava que les taques dels ous dels ocells només tenien funcions visuals, p.ex. per camuflar-los dels depredadors. Andrew G. Gosler i els seus col•laboradors han qüestionat aquesta idea estudiant els ous de les mallerengues carboneres (Parus major). Aquesta espècie fa niu en forats (foscos), i durant els dies de posta la femella tapa els ous amb material de niu. Per tant, possibles </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/feeds/1165966043749481482/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/per-qu-els-ous-del-ocells-tenen-taques.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1165966043749481482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5732357290026132001/posts/default/1165966043749481482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://birdsandscience.blogspot.com/2008/12/per-qu-els-ous-del-ocells-tenen-taques.html' title='Per què els ous del ocells tenen taques?'/><author><name>Roger Jovani</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02487605434889685781</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jfVzdJBvP9E/TeaGuyqPgCI/AAAAAAAAC_A/B8Ucb-skAg0/s220/Roger%2BJovani.png'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CxO8uBT42rs/STqfyDd5rSI/AAAAAAAAAa0/5KxaoIqjPB8/s72-c/Eggs_of_Parus_major.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
