Staffan Bensch

TL;DR: New advances in satellite telemetry, genetic analyses and stable isotope chemistry are now making it possible to determine the population and geographical origin of individual birds, and the relevance of understanding migratory connectivity to ecological, evolutionary and conservation issues is considered.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors link the expression of sexual ornaments to genetic variation in fitness-related traits, thus promoting the evolution of female mate choice and male sexual ornamentation.

TL;DR: A new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol is presented that enables simultaneous typing of species from the 3 most common avian blood parasite genera (Haemoproteus, Plasmodium, and Leucocytozoon) and provides an easy, rapid, and accurate method to separate and investigate these parasites within a blood sample.

TL;DR: A unified database of avian blood parasites of the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon identified by a partial region of their cytochrome b sequences is proposed, which uses a standardized nomenclature to remove synonymy, and concentrates all available information about each parasite in a public reference site.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that female great reed warblers obtain EPFs from neighbouring males with larger song repertoires than their social mate, and the relative post-fledging survival of offspring was positively correlated with their genetical fathers' song repertoire size.