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A New Species of Large Duck (Aves: Anatidae) from the Miocene of New Zealand

Taxonomy, 2022
We describe a new species of extinct duck, Miotadorna catrionae sp. nov. (Anatidae, Tadornini, Tadorninae), based on a right humerus from the Miocene lacustrine deposits of St Bathans, Otago, New Zealand. Principal component analysis reveals that the new
Alan J. D. Tennyson, Liam Greer, Pascale Lubbe, Felix G. Marx, Marcus D. Richards, Simone Giovanardi, Nicolas J. Rawlence   +6 more
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Contrasting diversity patterns of breeding Anatidae in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
For sustaining ecosystem functions and services, environmental conservation strategies increasingly target to maintain the multiple facets of biodiversity, such as functional diversity (FD) and phylogenetic diversity (PD), not just taxonomic diversity ...
Qing Zeng, Julian Reid, Neil Saintilan, Matthew J. Colloff, Guangchun Lei, Li Wen   +5 more
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Anatidae Migration in the Western Palearctic and Spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Virus

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
During the second half of 2005, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 virus spread rapidly from central Asia to eastern Europe. The relative roles of wild migratory birds and the poultry trade are still unclear, given that little is yet known ...
Hongjie Yu, Xiangming Xiao, Joseph Domenech, Juan Lubroth, Vincent Martin, Jan Slingenbergh   +5 more
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Aggressiveness predicts dominance rank in greylag geese: mirror tests and agonistic interactions

Royal Society Open Science
Individual differences in aggressiveness, if consistent across time and contexts, may contribute to the long-term maintenance of social hierarchies in complex animal societies.
Sonia Kleindorfer, Mara A. Krupka, Andrew C. Katsis, Didone Frigerio, Lauren K. Common   +4 more
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First Record of Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) in Pakistan with New Avian Definitive Host, Vanellus leucurus

, 2019
Parasitological examinations of White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae) collected from Dadu district (Sindh Province, Southern Pakistan) were carried out at the Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
Birmani, Nadir, Mouahid, Gabriel, Naz, Saima   +2 more
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FIRST RECORD OF MELANITTA FUSCA IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND UPDATE ON NORTHEAST ASIAN RECORDS

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2022
We report the first confirmed sighting of the globally Vulnerable Melanitta fusca (Anatidae, Anseriformes) from Yeongil Bay in Pohang in the Republic of Korea.
Amaël Borzée, Nial Moores
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Passero Passer italiae x hispaniolensis nidificante su barca da pesca in Sicilia

Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2022
Si segnala la nidificazione di passera sarda Passer prope hispaniolensis su delle barche da pesca (gozzi) ormeggiate a Margi Spanò (Trapani). Sebbene la nidificazione di uccelli su imbarcazioni sia stata documentata, la maggioranza dei casi è riferita a
Salvatore Surdo
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Current status of las tablas de daimiel national park wetland and actions required for conservation [PDF]

, 2019
Wetlands are complex ecosystems that play multiple roles. ‘Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park’ (TDNP) undoubtedly plays a role in several ecosystem services and provides a connection between nature, farmers, scientists, residents, and other stakeholders.
Bravo-Martin, Sandra, García-Navarro, Francisco J., Jiménez-Ballesta, Raimundo, Mejías, Miguel   +3 more
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Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis Explores Diverse Domestic Goose Management Practices in Medieval and Postmedieval Russia

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Studying goose domestication through archaeological finds has been challenging due to the similar skeletal morphology of the European domestic goose and its wild progenitor, the greylag goose (Anser anser). We analyzed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopes from bone collagen of subfossil domestic and potentially domestic geese to ...
Johanna Honka, Clément Massé, Arthur O. Askeyev, Igor V. Askeyev, Oleg V. Askeyev, Jouni Aspi, Dilyara N. Shaymuratova, Laura Kvist   +7 more
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A hitherto unrecorded sighting of the Common Pochard Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) in Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2014
The Common Pochard Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves: Anseriformes: Anatidae) is recorded for the first time in Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, India.
Samidurai Jayakumar, Subramanian Muralidharan, Santhanakrishnan Babu   +2 more
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