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Peru: Tropical Birds Confront Warming

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Image by Daniel Grossman.
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Why do many species of Amazon birds live at very specific elevations? A biologist comes up with a...

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Two researchers observe a bird up close. Both hold the animal in place as one takes a measurement using calipers.
Researchers monitor the health of birds they capture in mist nets. Image by Dan Grossman, 2014.

Gustavo Londoño hunts birds' nests in the Manú National Park in Peru. He rigs them with cameras to identify what predators eat eggs and chicks. His research results suggest surprising challenges that some birds will face as the region warms further.

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