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Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colorful and less brown, study finds
Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link ...
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Prof. Dr. Bart Kempenaers
Born 1967 in Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. Study of biology at the Univ. in Limburg and Antwerp (1985-1989), doctorate Univ. in Antwerp (1994), postdoctoral qualification in Heteren, The Netherlands ...
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Colourful city birds: Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colourful and less brown
Species that thrive in cities are less brown and sport more elaborate colours. These colour differences are probably due to differences in habitat structure and predation pressure: cities are less ...
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Colourful city birds: Bird species that do well in urban areas are more colourful and less brown
Led by Bart Kempenaers, researchers at the MPI for Biological Intelligence and the University of Granada wanted to get to the bottom of this issue. They used a global dataset on the abundance of ...