| knemidocoptes sp. on wild passerines at the mai po nature reserve, hong kong. | free-ranging passerine birds banded at the mai po nature reserve, hong kong, were affected with a skin disease characterized by crusty, proliferative lesions on legs, feet and beaks. based on retrospective examination of 1990 to 1992 banding records, 83 of 16,353 birds and 5 of 161 species banded at mai po were identified as having these lesions. eurasian tree sparrows (passer montanus) were most commonly affected (58 of 411 birds) although 19 of 428 black-faced buntings (emberiza pusilla), 3 of ... | 1994 | 8028111 |
| mitochondrial genome of the emberiza pusilla (emberizidae: emberiza). | the emberiza pusilla is a common bunting with very wide geographical range. here, the complete mitochondrial genome of e. pusilla (16,790 bp in length) has been analyzed for building the database. the results showed that it consisted of 13 protein-coding genes, 22 transfer rna genes, 2 ribosomal rna genes, and 1 control region. the base composition of mtdna was a (29.6%), g (14.8%), c (32.8%), and t (22.9%), so the percentage of a and t (52.5%) was slightly higher than g and c. all the genes in ... | 2013 | 23391161 |
| geographic variation in basal thermogenesis in little buntings: relationship to cellular thermogenesis and thyroid hormone concentrations. | acclimatization to different ambient conditions is an essential prerequisite for survival of small passerine birds. long-distance migration and winter acclimatization induce similar physiological and biochemical adjustments in passerines. to understand metabolic adaptations, the resting metabolic rate (rmr), the thermogenic properties of mitochondria in liver and muscle, and the activity of thyroid hormones were examined in field-captured little buntings (emberiza pusilla) between southeastern ( ... | 2013 | 23246502 |