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Secomandi S, Gallo GR, Sozzoni M, Iannucci A, Galati E, Abueg L, Balacco J, Caprioli M, Chow W, Ciofi C, Collins J, Fedrigo O, Ferretti L, Fungtammasan A, Haase B, Howe K, Kwak W, Lombardo G, Masterson P, Messina G, Møller AP, Mountcastle J, Mousseau TA, Ferrer Obiol J, Olivieri A, Rhie A, Rubolini D, Saclier M, Stanyon R, Stucki D, Thibaud-Nissen F, Torrance J, Torroni A, Weber K, Ambrosini R, Bonisoli-Alquati A, Jarvis ED, Gianfranceschi L, Formenti G. A chromosome-level reference genome and pangenome for barn swallow population genomics. Cell Rep 2023; 42:111992. [PMID: 36662619 PMCID: PMC10044405 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.111992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Insights into the evolution of non-model organisms are limited by the lack of reference genomes of high accuracy, completeness, and contiguity. Here, we present a chromosome-level, karyotype-validated reference genome and pangenome for the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). We complement these resources with a reference-free multialignment of the reference genome with other bird genomes and with the most comprehensive catalog of genetic markers for the barn swallow. We identify potentially conserved and accelerated genes using the multialignment and estimate genome-wide linkage disequilibrium using the catalog. We use the pangenome to infer core and accessory genes and to detect variants using it as a reference. Overall, these resources will foster population genomics studies in the barn swallow, enable detection of candidate genes in comparative genomics studies, and help reduce bias toward a single reference genome.
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- Simona Secomandi
- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, The Catholic University of Korea, Bucheon 14662, Korea
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Genome Informatics Section, Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona, Pomona, CA, USA
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA; The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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- Vertebrate Genome Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
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Mundinger C, Fleischer T, Scheuerlein A, Kerth G. Global warming leads to larger bats with a faster life history pace in the long-lived Bechstein's bat (Myotis bechsteinii). Commun Biol 2022; 5:682. [PMID: 35810175 PMCID: PMC9271042 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03611-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Whether species can cope with environmental change depends considerably on their life history. Bats have long lifespans and low reproductive rates which make them vulnerable to environmental changes. Global warming causes Bechstein’s bats (Myotis bechsteinii) to produce larger females that face a higher mortality risk. Here, we test whether these larger females are able to offset their elevated mortality risk by adopting a faster life history. We analysed an individual-based 25-year dataset from 331 RFID-tagged wild bats and combine genetic pedigrees with data on survival, reproduction and body size. We find that size-dependent fecundity and age at first reproduction drive the observed increase in mortality. Because larger females have an earlier onset of reproduction and shorter generation times, lifetime reproductive success remains remarkably stable across individuals with different body sizes. Our study demonstrates a rapid shift to a faster pace of life in a mammal with a slow life history. Warming summers across a 25-year study are linked to larger body sizes in female bats, leading to a switch from a slow-reproducing, long-lived species to a faster pace of life.
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- Carolin Mundinger
- Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Loitzer Straße 26, 17489, Greifswald, Germany.
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- Leipzig University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweisstraße 10, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Loitzer Straße 26, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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- Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Loitzer Straße 26, 17489, Greifswald, Germany
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Parolini M, Sturini M, Maraschi F, Profumo A, Costanzo A, Caprioli M, Rubolini D, Ambrosini R, Canova L. Trace elements fingerprint of feathers differs between breeding and non-breeding areas in an Afro-Palearctic migratory bird, the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:15828-15837. [PMID: 33244688 PMCID: PMC7969698 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-11597-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Trace elements are widespread contaminants that can potentially threaten ecosystems and human health. Considering their distribution and toxicity, monitoring their presence in animals represents a priority in environmental risk assessment. Migratory birds have been suggested to be useful biomonitors for trace elements because they can provide information on contaminants even from remote areas that they may exploit during their life cycle. The aim of this study was to analyse the contamination fingerprint of trace elements of African non-breeding staging grounds and European breeding areas in a long-distance migratory passerine bird, the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica). We collected feathers grown in the African non-breeding grounds and those grown in the breeding areas of Northern Italy and measured the levels of 12 trace elements (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Se and Zn) by DRC-ICP-MS. Multivariate analysis showed that elemental profiles of feathers grown in African non-breeding areas and in the Italian breeding ones clearly differed, with feathers grown in Africa showing higher concentrations of Al, Cu, Fe, Mn and Ni, but lower concentrations of As, Se and Zn, compared to those grown in Italy. In addition, levels of trace elements were age-dependent, with higher levels in older individuals than in younger ones. Our results add to the growing evidence that feathers of long-distance migratory birds are useful tools to monitor trace elements contamination profiles across continents.
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- Marco Parolini
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, I-20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, via Taramelli 12, I-27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, via Taramelli 12, I-27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, via Taramelli 12, I-27100, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, I-20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, I-20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, I-20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, via Celoria 26, I-20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, via Taramelli 12, I-27100, Pavia, Italy
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Baloun DE, Webber QMR, McGuire LP, Boyles JG, Shrivastav A, Willis CKR. Testing the "Fasting While Foraging" Hypothesis: Effects of Recent Feeding on Plasma Metabolite Concentrations in Little Brown Bats ( Myotis lucifugus). Physiol Biochem Zool 2019; 92:373-380. [PMID: 31120325 DOI: 10.1086/704080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Plasma metabolite concentrations can be used to understand nutritional status and foraging behavior across ecological contexts including prehibernation fattening, migration refueling, and variation in foraging habitat quality. Generally, high plasma concentrations of the ketone β-hydroxybutyrate, a product of fat catabolism, indicate fasting, while triglycerides indicate recent feeding and fat accumulation. In recent studies of insectivorous bats, triglyceride concentration increased after feeding as expected, but β-hydroxybutyrate also unexpectedly increased rather than decreased. An aerial-hawking foraging strategy is energetically demanding, and thus it has been hypothesized that foraging by insectivorous bats requires catabolism of stored fat. We tested this hypothesis by quantifying plasma β-hydroxybutyrate and triglyceride concentration following feeding in little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) that were temporarily housed in individual cages to prevent flight. We provided a fixed amount of food and collected blood samples at different intervals after feeding to produce variation in plasma metabolite concentrations. Plasma triglyceride concentration responded as predicted, but similar to previous studies and contrary to our prediction, when flight was eliminated plasma β-hydroxybutyrate concentration responded similarly to triglyceride. Thus, it is unlikely that the unexpected plasma β-hydroxybutyrate patterns observed in previous studies were related to flight. The mechanism underlying this unexpected pattern remains unknown, but the response has been consistent in all studies to date. Thus, plasma metabolite analysis provides an effective tool for studies of nutritional status, although more work is needed to understand why insectivorous bats respond differently than other taxa.
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Podofillini S, Cecere JG, Griggio M, Corti M, De Capua EL, Parolini M, Saino N, Serra L, Rubolini D. Benefits of extra food to reproduction depend on maternal condition. OIKOS 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/oik.06067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Stefano Podofillini
- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) Ozzano Emilia (BO) Italy
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- Dipto di Biologia, Univ. degli Studi di Padova Padova Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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- Area Avifauna Migratrice, Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) Ozzano Emilia (BO) Italy
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- Dipto di Scienze e Politiche Ambientali, Univ. degli Studi di Milano via Celoria 26, IT‐20133 Milano Italy
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Crawley JAH, Mumby HS, Chapman SN, Lahdenperä M, Mar KU, Htut W, Thura Soe A, Aung HH, Lummaa V. Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephants. J Evol Biol 2017; 30:1836-1845. [DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 06/30/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Department of Zoology; University of Cambridge; Cambridge UK
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- Department of Biology; University of Turku; Turku Finland
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- Department of Biology; University of Turku; Turku Finland
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- Department of Animal and Plant Sciences; University of Sheffield; Sheffield UK
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- Myanma Timber Enterprise; Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry; Yangon Myanmar
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- Myanma Timber Enterprise; Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry; Yangon Myanmar
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- Myanma Timber Enterprise; Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry; Yangon Myanmar
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- Department of Biology; University of Turku; Turku Finland
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Kiat Y, Sapir N. Age-Dependent Modulation of Songbird Summer Feather Molt by Temporal and Functional Constraints. Am Nat 2017; 189:184-195. [DOI: 10.1086/690031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Cecere JG, Caprioli M, Carnevali C, Colombo G, Dalle-Donne I, Mancuso E, Milzani A, Parolini M, Portanova A, Saino N, Serra L, Rubolini D. Dietary flavonoids advance timing of moult but do not affect redox status of juvenile blackbirds (Turdus merula). J Exp Biol 2016; 219:3155-3162. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.141424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Flavonoids are the most abundant plant polyphenols, widely occurring in fruits and berries, and show a strong antioxidant activity in vitro. Studies of avian species feeding on berries suggest that dietary flavonoids have health-promoting effects and may enhance the expression of melanin-based plumage traits. These effects are likely mediated by the antioxidant activity of flavonoids. However, the effect of dietary flavonoids on oxidative status has never been investigated in any bird species. We analysed the effects of dietary flavonoids on blood non-enzymatic antioxidants and protein oxidative damage of juvenile European blackbirds (Turdus merula). In addition, we analysed the effects of the flavonoid-enriched diet on body condition and on timing of moult from juvenile to adult plumage. Dietary flavonoids did not significantly affect the redox status but significantly advanced the onset of moult, hastening plumage development. Moulting birds showed higher protein oxidative damage compared to those that had not yet started moulting. The probability to initiate moult after 40 days of dietary treatment was higher for birds with low circulating levels of oxidizing agents and high glutathione concentration. The metabolization of flavonoids could have altered their redox potential, resulting in not net effects on redox status. However, flavonoid consumption before and during moult may contribute to enhance plumage development. Moreover, our findings suggest that moulting feathers may result in redox imbalance. Given their effect on moult and growth of melanin-rich feathers, fruit flavonoids may have contributed to the evolution of plant fruiting time in relation to fruit consumption preferences by birds.
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- Jacopo G. Cecere
- ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via Cà Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via Cà Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via Cà Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via Cà Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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- ISPRA – Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale, Via Cà Fornacetta 9, I-40064 Ozzano dell'Emilia (BO), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Bioscienze, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan, Italy
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Saino N, Rubolini D, Ambrosini R, Romano M, Scandolara C, Fairhurst GD, Caprioli M, Romano A, Sicurella B, Liechti F. Light-level geolocators reveal covariation between winter plumage molt and phenology in a trans-Saharan migratory bird. Oecologia 2015; 178:1105-12. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3299-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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