although host species generally face increased risk of brood parasitism in fragmented temperate landscapes and forest edge, little information exists to assess such risks in tropical birds. we studied how cuculidae species populations, host species population, and micro-environmental variables changed along an edge-to-interior gradient in peninsular malaysia. bird observations and environmental...

Crossley's babbler (Mystacornis crossleyi) is a passerine endemic to Madagascar. Traditionally, it has been classified as a babbler (Timaliidae), although affinities with warblers and vangas have been suggested. We investigated the phylogenetic affinities of Crossley's babbler using sequence data from two nuclear introns (myoglobin intron 2 and beta-fibrinogen intron 5) and one mitochondrial ge...

Analysis of one of the most comprehensive datasets to date of the largest passerine bird clade, Passerida, identified 10 primary well-supported lineages corresponding to Sylvioidea, Muscicapoidea, Certhioidea, Passeroidea, the 'bombycillids' (here proposed to be recognized as Bombycilloidea), Paridae/Remizidae (proposed to be recognized as Paroidea), Stenostiridae, Hyliotidae, Regulidae (propos...

Hierarchical wurtzite ZnS architectures assembled from nanosheets and nanorods, such as branched flowers and fluffy solid and hollow spheres, have been synthesized by a facile, template-free, low-temperature solution route. The growth of wurtzite ZnS nanostructures at temperatures as low as 4 ◦C without any organic additives has been realized by the slow reaction between Zn(NH3) 2+ 4 and thioac...

System security issue has been worried as of late, the expectation of system security circumstance can guarantee the wellbeing of system, and subsequently the use of fluffy nonpartisan system on it is concentrated on top to bottom. To begin with, the casing of anticipating arrangement of system security circumstance is outlined; Second, the fundamental hypothesis of fluffy impartial system is e...

Ayer Hitam Utara Forest Reserve (AHUFR) is the largest and last existing peat swamp forest in Johor. Peat are known to be very important as it serve a home variety of flora fauna, especially bird species. Other than that, also prone fire become major threat during hot weather or drought (El Nino events). This problem will cause biodiversity loss threaten bird’s habitat behaviour since some bird...

When serious official political statements are not enough to get people’s votes, politicians often turn attention-grabbing and emotion-triggering self-presentation. They give the public access their “normal, everyday” lives through personalisation use other tools of “new” politics create a favourable image themselves. can also show unexpected, backstage aspects lives, such as interactions with ...