Of the many pollutants wildlife is exposed to, mercury ranks among the most toxic. In birds, mercury does not only accumulate within generations, but also is transferred across generations via matern...

Summary: Age and sex influence mitochondrial function in a long-lived seabird, offering insights into ageing and individual differences in performance.

Voortplanting kost energie. Ecologen in Zürich hebben met zes generaties Japanse kwartels uitgezocht wat de relatie is tussen hun levensduur en de grootte van hun eieren.

In den letzten Jahren haben sich Zecken in Deutschland weiter ausgebreitet und es sind neue Arten hinzugekommen. Gemeinsam mit Ihnen möchten NABU|naturgucker und wir mehr über das Verhalten und die Ve...

Seminal fluid proteins are important modulators of male fertility and reproductive success, yet little is known about how their abundance responds to early-life developmental stress. Japanese quail C...

This study investigates the contamination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in eggs of great tits (Parus major) from urban, agricultural, and woodland ...

PhD Project - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Gamebirds: A One Health Approach to Understanding and Mitigating the Risk of AMR Evolution and Spread through Ecosystems at University of Exeter, list...

With my colleagues Romain Pigeault and Jérôme Moreau we offer a 6-months internship position for a master student (2nd year) about the potential effect of pesticides on passerine birds. Check the atta...

What hope is there for science reform, if we can't agree on what to reform? Right now, principles are more important than practices.

Animals typically reproduce at the time of year when environmental conditions and food availability are optimal. These may decline after the reproductive period; consequently, individuals that...

Subject description The goal of the project is to uncover the mechanisms explaining why global warming and heatwaves reduce reproductive success and cause excess mortality in wild and domesticated war