Evolution of short tails and breakdown of honest signaling system during a severe winter in the Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica
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DOI: 10.1007/s10682-019-09978-z
Abstract: In dynamic selection regimes, an honest signal that indicates high quality in favorable environments might be negatively related to quality in unfavorable environments, though empirical evidence is scarce. Here, we studied the relationship between plumage… read more here.
Keywords: winter; hirundo tahitica; pacific swallow; severe winter ... See more keywords
Snow cover and snowfall impact corticosterone and immunoglobulin a levels in a threatened steppe bird.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.02.014
Abstract: Birds use both the corticosterone stress response and immune system to meet physiological challenges during exposure to adverse climatic conditions. To assess the stress level and immune response of the Asian Great Bustard during conditions… read more here.
Keywords: corticosterone; immunoglobulin; severe winter; snow cover ... See more keywords
Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on midlatitude severe winter weather
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DOI: 10.1038/s41558-019-0662-y
Abstract: The Arctic has warmed more than twice as fast as the global average since the late twentieth century, a phenomenon known as Arctic amplification (AA). Recently, there have been considerable advances in understanding the physical… read more here.
Keywords: winter; midlatitude; severe winter; weather ... See more keywords
X-Band Dual-Polarization Radar Observations of Snow Growth Processes of a Severe Winter Storm: Case of 12 December 2013 in South Korea
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DOI: 10.1175/jtech-d-18-0076.1
Abstract: The characteristics of microphysical processes of a severe winter storm that occurred on the Korean Peninsula on 12 December 2013 was studied in this work for the first time via X-band dual-polarization weather radar observations.… read more here.
Keywords: growth; methodology; polarization; severe winter ... See more keywords