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Feathers and flu: identifying data gaps in avian influenza host dynamics to prioritize wildlife conservation Plumas y gripe: identificación de datos faltantes en la dinámica de hospedadores de la influenza aviar para priorizar la conservación de la vida silvestre

Wildlife Monographs, EarlyView.
We describe the host response continuum for highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (HPAIV), including the continuum of host responses to HPAIV infection and exposure based on the primary axis of host competence, ability to infect other hosts, and host vulnerability.
Johanna A. Harvey, Matthew Gonnerman, Shenglai Yin, Cody M. Kent, Joshua Cullen, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Jonathan B. Dain, Nichola J. Hill, Diann J. Prosser, Jennifer M. Mullinax   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge's Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes)

, 2008
Gjershaug, J. O., Diserud, O. H., Rasmussen, P. C., Warakagoda, D. (2008): An overlooked threatened species of eagle: Legge's Hawk Eagle Nisaetus kelaarti (Aves: Accipitriformes).
Diserud, O. H., Warakagoda, D., Rasmussen, P. C., Gjershaug, J. O.   +3 more
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"THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE OF THE CENOZOIC BIRDS OF ARGENTINA" BY TONNI 1980: FOUR DECADES AFTER

Publicación Electrónica de la Asociación Paleontológica Argentina, 2023
“The present state of knowledge of the Cenozoic birds of Argentina” published in Contributions in Sciences in 1980, written by the argentine paleontologist Eduardo Pedro Tonni, became a must-read for those interested in the record of fossil birds.
Claudia P. Tambussi, Federico Javier Degrange, Ricardo Santiago de Mendoza   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unraveling Occurrence Patterns and Diversity of Avian Malaria Parasites in Iberian Obligate and Facultative Scavenger Birds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal, Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Grethell Mabel López del Aguila, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Raptor morbidity, mortality, and post-release survival tracking: rehabilitation outcomes from a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Cyprus

Raptor Journal
Raptors as apex predators hold an ecologically important position in biological food webs and historically have faced numerous challenges. Wildlife rehabilitation centres provide an opportunity to understand the regional threats to local raptors.
Fuller Wayne J., Kiral Damla, Türkozan Oğuz, Pelgrims Rianne, Çanakçi Tayfun, Sinkovec Pera, Basat Kemal   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hippoboscid flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) on birds of prey in the Atlantic Forest, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2021
Hippoboscid flies are potential ectoparasites of several avian orders, including birds of prey, a group formed by the orders Falconiformes, Strigiformes, Cathartiformes and Accipitriformes.
Glauber Thiago Martins Barino, Roberto Júnio Pedroso Dias, Gustavo Graciolli   +2 more
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Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage‐grouse)

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Courtship displays among birds are widespread, particularly those which incorporate raised tail feathers for extended periods of time. The Gunnison sage‐grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is such a species. When we compared the tail muscles of the sage‐grouse to birds which do not engage in erected tail fan postures, both morphology proportional mass ...
Alexander D. Clark, Jessie Atterholt, Samantha J. Clark, Nathan W. Seward   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

FIGURE 1 in Taxonomy and distribution of the Pygmy Eagle Aquila (Hieraaetus) weiskei (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)

, 2009
FIGURE 1. Results of a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) of biometrics. 1 = Aquila weiskei, 2 = A. morphnoides, 3 = A. pennata. Filled symbols indicate females; open symbols indicate males.Published as part of Gjershaug, Jan O., Lerner, Heather R.L ...
Gjershaug, Jan O., Lerner, Heather R.L., Diserud, Ola H.   +2 more
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Gray-bellied Hawk, Accipiter poliogaster (Temminck, 1824) (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), in Costa Rica [PDF]

Check List, 2015
Gray-bellied Hawk (Accipiter poliogaster) is a diurnal raptor with a distribution range and movements poorly known. A juvenile was recorded in Costa Rica in 2008 and 2009 for in the Caribbean lowlands. In this note we reported the first adult observation
David Araya-H., Christian Contreras, Luis Sandoval   +2 more
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Computed tomography reveals multiple origins of extreme caudal vertebral pneumaticity in sauropod dinosaurs

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Here, we present novel CT scan data of caudal vertebrae of six Middle–Late Jurassic sauropods, representing several eusauropod lineages. We synthesise these new data with a comprehensive critical appraisal of purported external and internal evidence for caudal vertebral PSP in Sauropodomorpha.
Samantha L. Beeston, Daniela Schwarz, Paul Upchurch, Stephen F. Poropat, Patrick Asbach, Philip D. Mannion   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source