Birds

"Birds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Warm-blooded VERTEBRATES possessing FEATHERS and belonging to the class Aves.

Descriptor ID	D001717
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.248
Concept/Terms	Birds Birds Bird Aves

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Birds [B01.050.150.900.248]

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Bar chart showing 88 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 10 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2003	1	2	3
2004	1	0	1
2007	0	2	2
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	0	1
2010	3	1	4
2011	7	3	10
2012	2	0	2
2013	3	2	5
2014	3	0	3
2015	5	2	7
2016	1	1	2
2017	5	1	6
2018	2	1	3
2019	2	1	3
2020	4	1	5
2021	2	4	6
2022	3	1	4
2023	2	5	7
2024	3	1	4
2025	4	0	4
2026	2	0	2

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Carroll RA, Ricemeyer ES, Hillier LW, DaCosta JM, Osipova E, Smith S, Jamie GA, Martinez JG, Molina-Morales M, Marques-Bonet T, Manthey JD, Haddad D, Fuxjager MJ, Lynch KS, Wood JMD, Jarvis E, Masterson P, Thibaud-Nissen F, Hauber ME, Spottiswoode CN, Sackton TB, Balakrishnan CN, Sorenson MD, Warren WC. Genomic resources for comparative analyses of avian obligate brood parasitism. J Hered. 2026 May 06; 117(3):545-556.

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Ausprey IJ, Dominguez JS, Pollock HS, Hauber ME. Eye size across avian lineages covaries with participation in a specialized foraging behaviour. J Evol Biol. 2026 Jan 08; 39(1):148-157.

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Feeney WE, Kennerley JA, Wheatcroft D, Liang W, Lamb JB, Teunissen N, Lawson SL, Enos JK, Zhou B, Poje C, Richardson NM, Ryan TA, Cowan ZL, Brooker RM, Attwood M, Boersma J, Zamora M, Attisano A, Gula R, Theuerkauf J, Gloag R, Fiorini VD, Gill SA, Peters A, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Hauber ME, Manica A, Webster MS, Blasi DE. Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2103-2115.

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Hanley D, Hauber ME, Holford M, Moya C, Spottiswoode CN, Dixit T. Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host-brood parasite system. Biol Lett. 2025 Jun; 21(6):20250112.

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Hauber ME, Mosk?t C. Acoustic overtones improve the discrimination of conspecific female calls by male common cuckoos from similar heterospecific calls. Anim Cogn. 2025 Jun 05; 28(1):45.

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Panda BP, Parida SP, Pradhan A, Mohanta YK, Parthipan P, Narayan M, Sarma H. Identifying ecological risk zones using spatial prioritization of heavy metal pollution and bioaccumulation in birds. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2025 Apr; 32(18):11727-11748.

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McClelland SC, Lund J, Dixit T, Hamama S, McClean LA, Spottiswoode CN, White CR, Louder MIM, Hauber ME, Honza M, Portugal SJ. Highly virulent avian brood-parasitic species show elevated embryonic metabolic rates at specific incubation stages compared to less virulent and non-parasitic species. Biol Lett. 2024 Sep; 20(9):20240411.

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Merondun J, Marques CI, Andrade P, Meshcheryagina S, Galv?n I, Afonso S, Alves JM, Ara?jo PM, Bachurin G, Balacco J, B?n M, Fedrigo O, Formenti G, Foss?y F, F?l?p A, Golovatin M, Granja S, Hewson C, Honza M, Howe K, Larson G, Marton A, Mosk?t C, Mountcastle J, Proch?zka P, Red'kin Y, Sims Y, ?ulc M, Tracey A, Wood JMD, Jarvis ED, Hauber ME, Carneiro M, Wolf JBW. Evolution and genetic architecture of sex-limited polymorphism in cuckoos. Sci Adv. 2024 04 26; 10(17):eadl5255.

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Nagy J, Hauber ME, L?ki V, Mainwaring MC. Plumage and eggshell colouration covary with the level of sex-specific parental contributions to nest building in birds. Naturwissenschaften. 2024 Feb 27; 111(2):12.

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Hauber ME, Nagy J, Sheard C, Antonson ND, Street SE, Healy SD, Lala KN, Mainwaring MC. Nest architecture influences host use by avian brood parasites and is shaped by coevolutionary dynamics. Proc Biol Sci. 2024 Jan 10; 291(2014):20231734.

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