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Sixteen year study of remote sea birds shows sub-annual breeding to maximise offspring

Sixteen year study of remote sea birds shows sub-annual breeding to maximise offspring
Description
A bird species that makes its breeding home on a remote Atlantic island has been shown to breed consistently for the first time with a cycle of less than a year, following a 16-year study by University of Birmingham researchers – potentially to maximise the total number of offspring they produce.
Date:
11/04/2014

Help our researchers track sooty terns

Help our researchers track sooty terns
Description
Researchers within the Centre for Ornithology at the School of Biosciences are beginning to unravel the mysteries of where sooty terns go when they are not breeding on Ascension Island in the South Atlantic.
Date:
03/07/2012
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research

Centre for Ornithology research featured in BBC Springwatch

Centre for Ornithology research featured in BBC Springwatch
Description
Recent research carried out by scientists including several members of the Centre for Ornithology was featured on the BBC Springwatch programme on Wednesday 6 June 2012.
Date:
07/06/2012
Categories:
Life and Environmental Sciences, Research
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