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View article: Shape‐shifting in relative wing length of juvenile shorebirds: no evidence of developmental temperatures driving morphological changes
Shape‐shifting in relative wing length of juvenile shorebirds: no evidence of developmental temperatures driving morphological changes Open
Morphological changes concurrent with climate change are increasingly identified in birds, often through decreasing body size and increasing appendage size. Such changes could have thermoregulatory implications, through the improved surfac…
View article: Multiple regression, not ratios, for analyzing relative appendage size
Multiple regression, not ratios, for analyzing relative appendage size Open
In recent years, research has increasingly identified changes in animal body shape occurring concomitantly with climate change. Shape changes, or ‘shape-shifting’, are believed to reflect a temporal extension of Allen’s rule, wherein appen…
View article: Predicting high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 susceptibility in wild birds, with special reference to Australia
Predicting high pathogenicity avian influenza H5N1 susceptibility in wild birds, with special reference to Australia Open
High pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) has caused widespread sickness and mortality in poultry and wildlife, especially since the emergence of a novel H5 virus belonging to clade 2.3.4.4b in 2021. The ongoing panzootic caused by this li…
View article: Impacts of a Potential <scp>HPAI H</scp>5<scp>N</scp>1 Incursion on Australian Wildlife
Impacts of a Potential <span>HPAI H</span>5<span>N</span>1 Incursion on Australian Wildlife Open
Avian influenza HPAI H5N1 is catastrophic and will likely have negative consequences for Australian wildlife.
View article: Shorebirds are shrinking and shape-shifting: declining body size and lengthening bills in the past half-century
Shorebirds are shrinking and shape-shifting: declining body size and lengthening bills in the past half-century Open
Animals are predicted to shrink and shape-shift as the climate warms; declining in size, while their appendages lengthen. Determining which types of species are undergoing these morphological changes, and why, is critical to understanding …
View article: Long‐ and short‐term responses to climate change in body and appendage size of diverse Australian birds
Long‐ and short‐term responses to climate change in body and appendage size of diverse Australian birds Open
Changes to body size and shape have been identified as potential adaptive responses to climate change, but the pervasiveness of these responses has been questioned. To address this, we measured body and appendage size from 5013 museum bird…
View article: Measuring avian bill size: comparing and evaluating 3D surface scanning with traditional size estimates in Australian birds
Measuring avian bill size: comparing and evaluating 3D surface scanning with traditional size estimates in Australian birds Open
Unidimensional measurements for estimating bill size, like length and width, are commonly used in ecology and evolution, but can be criticised due to issues with repeatability and accuracy. Furthermore, formula‐based estimates of bill surf…
View article: Pervasive morphological responses to climate change in bird body and appendage size
Pervasive morphological responses to climate change in bird body and appendage size Open
Changes to body size and shape have been identified as potential adaptive responses to climate change, but the pervasiveness of these responses is questioned. To address this, we measured body and appendage size from 5013 museum bird skins…
View article: Impulsivity is affected by cognitive enrichment and links to brain gene expression in red junglefowl chicks
Impulsivity is affected by cognitive enrichment and links to brain gene expression in red junglefowl chicks Open
Despite reported findings, explanations for within-species variation in behavioural performance on cognitive tests are still understudied. Cognitive processes are influenced by environmental and genetic differences, where cognitive stimula…
View article: Exploring the Relationship Between Boldness, Activity, Exploration and Monoaminergic Gene Expression in Red Junglefowl Chicks
Exploring the Relationship Between Boldness, Activity, Exploration and Monoaminergic Gene Expression in Red Junglefowl Chicks Open
Why individuals differ in behavioral responses has received intense research attention (particularly in the context of animal personality), and has typically focused on describing variation in boldness, activity, and exploration. Neverthel…
View article: EQ-5D-Y-5L as a patient-reported outcome measure in psychiatric inpatient care for children and adolescents – a cross-sectional study
EQ-5D-Y-5L as a patient-reported outcome measure in psychiatric inpatient care for children and adolescents – a cross-sectional study Open
Background Psychiatric disorders have a major individual and societal impact. Until now, the association between health-related quality of life and physical disorders has been far more investigated than the association with psychiatric dis…
View article: The relationship between monoaminergic gene expression, learning, and optimism in red junglefowl chicks
The relationship between monoaminergic gene expression, learning, and optimism in red junglefowl chicks Open
Intra-species cognitive variation is commonly observed, but explanations for why individuals within a species differ in cognition are still understudied and not yet clear. Cognitive processes are likely influenced by genetic differences, w…