A5060055799- Avian ecology and behavior
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Plant and animal studies
- Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
- Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
- Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery
- Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
- Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
- Congenital heart defects research
- Wound Healing and Treatments
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia
2022-2024
Eurogentec (Belgium)
2024
Ghent University
2017-2024
Instituto Biofisika
2022-2024
University of the Basque Country
2022
Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute
2018
Plumage coloration can have substantial effects on a bird's energy budget. This is because different colours reflect and absorb light differently, affecting the heat loads acquired from solar radiation. We examine thermal of feather gain flight performance discuss potential role plumage colour Early investigations thermoregulation revealed complex interactions between environmental conditions physical properties that may led to diverse behavioural physiological adaptations birds their...
How and why certain groups become speciose is a key question in evolutionary biology. Novel traits that enable diversification by opening new ecological niches are likely important mechanisms. However, ornamental can also promote up novel sensory thereby creating inter-specific interactions. More specifically, colors may more precise and/or easier species recognition act as innovations increasing the number of species-specific patterns promoting diversification. While influence coloration on...
Recent studies on bird flight propose that hotter wing surfaces reduce skin friction drag, thereby improving efficiency (lift-to-drag ratio). Darker wings may in turn heat up faster under solar radiation than lighter wings. We used three methods to test the impact of colour surface temperature. First, we modelled temperature based reflectance measurements. Second, thermal imaging live ospreys ( Pandion haliaetus ) examine changes with increasing irradiance. Third, experimentally heated...
The diverse colours of bird feathers are produced by both pigments and nanostructures, can have substantial thermal consequences. This is because reflectance, transmittance absorption differently coloured tissues affect the heat loads acquired from solar radiation. Using reflectance measurements heating experiments on sunbird museum specimens, we tested hypothesis that colour their producing mechanisms feather surface transferred to skin level. As predicted, found temperatures were strongly...
Seabirds have evolved numerous adaptations that allow them to thrive under hostile conditions. Many seabirds share similar colour patterns, often with dark wings, suggesting their coloration might be adaptive. Interestingly, these darker wings become hotter when birds fly high solar irradiance, and previous studies on aerofoils provided evidence aerofoil surface heating can affect the ratio between lift drag, i.e. flight efficiency. However, whether this effect benefits remains unknown....
Abstract How extravagant ornamental traits evolve is a key question in evolutionary biology. Bird plumages are among the most elaborate ornaments, displaying almost all colours of rainbow. Why and how birds evolved to be so colourful remains an open with multiple sometimes competing hypotheses. Different different patches (i.e. body parts) might have functions thus result from forms selection (e.g. natural vs. sexual selection). Here we test influence three factors on colour diversity...
During migration, birds often need to gain large fuel loads, especially if they must cross geographic barriers with poor or absent fuelling opportunities. The Willow Warbler is a songbird associated woodland that also opportunistically exploits other habitat types, such as reed beds, allowing it quickly. Reed beds along the coast of Bay Biscay constitute potentially targeted sites for moving from northern Europe Africa in autumn. Using data obtained ringing station, we tested what extent...
Wound healing is a fundamental mechanism for living animals. Understanding the process crucial numerous medical applications ranging from scarless to faster tissue regeneration and safer post-surgery recovery. In this work, we collect dataset of time-lapse sequences Drosophila embryos recovering laser-incised wound. We model wound as video prediction task which utilize two-stage approach with vector quantized variational autoencoder an autoregressive transformer. show our trained able...