All Outputs (3)

The role of cultivated versus wild seeds in the diet of European turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) across European breeding and African wintering grounds (2024)
Journal Article
Young, R. E., Dunn, J. C., Vaughan, I. P., Mallord, J. W., Drake, L. E., Orsman, C. J., …Symondson, W. O. C. (2024). The role of cultivated versus wild seeds in the diet of European turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) across European breeding and African wintering grounds. Environmental DNA, 6(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.539

Agricultural intensification is a major driver in species declines, with changes in land use resulting in widespread alteration of resource availability. An increase in anthropogenic food resources, alongside decreasing natural resources, has resulte... Read More about The role of cultivated versus wild seeds in the diet of European turtle doves (Streptopelia turtur) across European breeding and African wintering grounds.

Parasite exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface (2023)
Journal Article
Smith, W. J., Jezierski, M. T., Dunn, J. C., & Clegg, S. M. (2023). Parasite exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface. International Journal for Parasitology, 53(14), 797-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.005

Interactions between wild, feral, and domestic animals are of economic and conservation significance. The pigeon Columba livia is a synanthropic species in a feral form, but it also includes the rare Rock Dove. Columba livia is an important player at... Read More about Parasite exchange and hybridisation at a wild-feral-domestic interface.

Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway (2023)
Journal Article
La Chapelle, M., Ruta, M., & Dunn, J. C. (2023). Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway. International Journal for Parasitology, 53(14), 787-796. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2023.06.002

Avian blood parasites, from the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon, are predicted to alter their range and prevalence as global temperatures change, and host and vector ranges shift. Understanding large-scale patterns in the prevalence... Read More about Bird species with wider geographical ranges have higher blood parasite diversity but not prevalence across the African-Eurasian flyway.