Taiwan Blue Magpie
Taiwan Blue Magpie
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Urbanization creates both opportunities and challenges for wildife. Although many species struggle to cope with such a rapid environmental change, some species manage to persist when facing this novel environmental condition. In this project, we wish to identify the underlain behavioral and sensory mechanisms that allow urban-tolerant or adapted species to thrive when facing urbanization. By leveraging our knowledge, we seek for potential solutions to create a more friendly environment for those vulnerable speices.
This study centers the interaction between the Taiwan Blue Magpie and its bird prey. Broadly, we aim to understand how the differences of visual and auditory environmental background between the rural and urban habitat is associated with the shift in the predator-prey interaction?
Opportunity
Opportunity
The Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) and its sibling species, the Red-billed Blue Magpie, were suggested to gradually increase their populations in urban areas. Yet, they seem to adopt different behavioral strategies for colonization─aggresiveness! Using a series of field observations and behavioral experiments, we conduct a cross-country study examining the behavioral tradeoff resulting in different levels of species aggressiveness.
The Taiwan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea) and its sibling species, the Red-billed Blue Magpie, were suggested to gradually increase their populations in urban areas. Yet, they seem to adopt different behavioral strategies for colonization─aggresiveness! Using a series of field observations and behavioral experiments, we conduct a cross-country study examining the behavioral tradeoff resulting in different levels of species aggressiveness.
Ultimately, we aim to establish a knowledge framework elucidating how urbanization acts as a novel selective force, driving rapid behavioral and evolutionary changes, and the role of behavior in species persistence in cities.
Ultimately, we aim to establish a knowledge framework elucidating how urbanization acts as a novel selective force, driving rapid behavioral and evolutionary changes, and the role of behavior in species persistence in cities.
Transects
Transects
Taiwan blue magpie baby
Taiwan blue magpie baby
The adult magpie!
The adult magpie!
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“Where is the magpie?"
We want to investigate the distribution of the Taiwan Blue Magpies in urban environments, and how it uses this habitat and access resources in cities.”
Challenge
Challenge
The Taiwan Blue Magpie preys on the eggs and fledglings of small-sized birds during breeding seasons. With its gradual establishment in urban areas, this new predator-prey interactions has be introduced, posing a new predatory threat to these small-sized birds.
The Taiwan Blue Magpie preys on the eggs and fledglings of small-sized birds during breeding seasons. With its gradual establishment in urban areas, this new predator-prey interactions has be introduced, posing a new predatory threat to these small-sized birds.
In this project, we investigate how small urban-dwelling birds sense and recognize the presence of predators in the environment? How does the relative importance among different sensory systems shift along the rural-urban environmetnal gradient for these birds with respect to predator detection?
In this project, we investigate how small urban-dwelling birds sense and recognize the presence of predators in the environment? How does the relative importance among different sensory systems shift along the rural-urban environmetnal gradient for these birds with respect to predator detection?
We estimated the refuge availability for bird prey in the urban environment
Team of Blue Magpie
Team of Blue Magpie
Yung-Chi Chang 張詠祺
Yung-Chi Chang 張詠祺
Jia-Yun Huang 黃珈耘
Jia-Yun Huang 黃珈耘
Chi-Heng Hsieh 謝季恆
Chi-Heng Hsieh 謝季恆
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