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Selected Papers from International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (IEOC 2023)

A special issue of Diversity (ISSN 1424-2818). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Diversity".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2693

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Prof. Dr. Michael Wink

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Institute of Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 329, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Interests: phytochemistry; molecular pharmacology of medicinal and toxic plants; alkaloids; evolution; chemical ecology; ornithology; phylogeny and evolution
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Prof. Dr. Tamer Albayrak

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Department of Biology, Science and Art Faculty, University of Mehmet Akif Ersoy, 15030 Burdur, Turkey
Interests: birds; phylogeography; population genetics; host–parasite interactions; evolution; conservation genetics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The VII. International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (IEOC 2023) will be held on 18–21 October 2023 in İzmir, Turkey, and selected papers will be published in this Special Issue. The aim of this conference is to bring together ornithologists and birdwatchers in general to create a platform for knowledge exchange and to discuss academic and applied problems and their solutions. This congress welcomes everybody who cares about nature, particularly ornithology and bird evolution. This Special Issue will cover subject areas including, though not limited to, the following:

  • Behavior;
  • Bird strikes and aircraft safety;
  • Climate change;
  • Collision with obstacles;
  • Conservation;
  • Ecology;
  • Evolution;
  • Migration;
  • Parasitology;
  • Phylogeography and phylogeny;
  • Wildlife management;
  • Other related topics.

We believe that this Special Issue can provide a broad overview of current avian research and we look forward to the contributions from IEOC 2023.

Prof. Dr. Michael Wink
Prof. Dr. Tamer Albayrak
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  • ornithology
  • aves

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Anatolia: A Hotspot of Avian Genetic Diversity in the Western Palaearctic
by Tamer Albayrak, Tuğba Tunçel, Pınar Öğe, Dieter Thomas Tietze and Giovanni Forcina
Diversity 2024, 16(6), 339; https://doi.org/10.3390/d16060339 - 11 Jun 2024
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Located at the crossroads of two continents and at the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Basin, Anatolia was one of the most important Pleistocene glacial refugia in the Western Palaearctic. As part of the Irano-Anatolian, Caucasus and Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspots, this region [...] Read more.
Located at the crossroads of two continents and at the southeastern edge of the Mediterranean Basin, Anatolia was one of the most important Pleistocene glacial refugia in the Western Palaearctic. As part of the Irano-Anatolian, Caucasus and Mediterranean Basin biodiversity hotspots, this region is also home to a rich avian community including nearly 400 breeding species. Nevertheless, research addressing the genetic structure and diversity of local bird populations is limited, and information on glacial refugia in this region is still scant, especially when compared to other large Mediterranean peninsulas, namely the Balkan, Italian and Iberian ones. In this study, we contribute to filling this gap by addressing the biogeographic pattern of four common resident songbirds—the Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), the great tit (Parus major), the Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) and the Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)—and one endemic species—the Krüper’s nuthatch (Sitta krueperi)—by amplifying two mitochondrial DNA genes in individuals from Anatolia (n = 329) and comparing their sequences to those of conspecifics from the rest of their distribution range across the western Palaearctic (n = 357) deposited in public databases. The overall genetic structure of these species is consistent with a scenario of isolation for multiple populations in different refugia across Anatolia and subsequent secondary contact in the wake of ice retreat, which makes this region a hotspot of genetic diversity for both widespread and endemic avian species. Full article
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Trade-Off between Song Complexity and Colorfulness in Parid Birds
by Dieter Thomas Tietze and Antje Hahn
Diversity 2024, 16(6), 332; https://doi.org/10.3390/d16060332 - 5 Jun 2024
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Passerines are the most successfully diversified bird order (around 60% of all avian species). They have developed complicated songs to defend their territories and to attract females for mating that can evolve quickly due to cultural transmission. Complex singing as well as plumage [...] Read more.
Passerines are the most successfully diversified bird order (around 60% of all avian species). They have developed complicated songs to defend their territories and to attract females for mating that can evolve quickly due to cultural transmission. Complex singing as well as plumage coloration of male birds are honest signals for potential partners and provide information about the males’ quality. To function as honest signals, both traits must be costly for the males. Of course, not all passerine species are equally clever or beautiful. Even within a single family of 50 to 70 species, relevant traits may vary considerably. Tits and chickadees (Paridae) comprise species of similar size, varying a lot in coloration and plumage pattern. The territorial songs are relatively short and simple. We investigated the relationship between song complexity and plumage coloration, taking phylogenetic relationships into account. We studied 55 out of the 64 species with 1084 song recordings retrieved from an online database. In the best model, besides colorfulness, body size had a negative impact on song complexity. Large colorful species were found to sing less complex songs. This result supports the hypothesis of a trade-off between costly traits and their likely intense signal function. This study contributes to a better understanding of how sexual selection influences the diversification of traits. In addition, we found that despite the relatively uniform size, the general negative correlation between body size and song frequency can be recovered. Some song traits are further influenced by distribution and thus by interspecific differences in climate niche. Full article
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