Basal Anseriformes from the Early Paleogene of North America and Europe
Diversity, 2023 We describe nearly complete skeletons of basal Anseriformes from the Latest Paleocene to the early Eocene of North America and Europe. Collectively, these birds appear to be representative of anseriforms near the divergence of Anhimae and Anseres, but ...
Peter Houde, Meig Dickson
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Host Species Contribution to the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of the 2024-2025 H5N1 Epidemic in Italy. [PDF]
Influenza Other Respir VirusesABSTRACT This study uses a phylodynamic approach to investigate host species contribution in the spatiotemporal dynamics of the highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N1) viruses of clade 2.3.4.4b identified during the 2024–2025 epidemic in Italy.
Savegnago E +16 more
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Habitat Suitability Assessment of Wintering Herbivorous Anseriformes in Poyang Lake, China
Diversity, 2021 To design a good conservation strategy for herbivorous Anseriformes wintering in Poyang Lake, knowledge of habitat suitability is essential. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the habitat suitability of herbivorous Anseriformes of China’s Poyang Lake.
Debela Megersa Tsegaye
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The extreme insular adaptation of Garganornis ballmanni Meijer, 2014: a giant Anseriformes of the Neogene of the Mediterranean Basin [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 New skeletal elements of the recently described endemic giant anseriform Garganornis ballmanni Meijer, 2014 are presented, coming from the type-area of the Gargano and from Scontrone, southern and central Italy, respectively.
Marco Pavia +2 more
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Fit for purpose? Analysis of the relationship between skull, beak shape and feeding ecology in Psittaciformes. [PDF]
J AnatPsittaciformes exhibit high levels of morphological diversity, particularly in skull and beak structure, previously linked to diet and body size. Although there were some levels of significance between diet and beak shape, body mass was a much stronger co‐variate. Diet is not determining beak shape within the clade.
Harrison SL, Sutton GP, Deeming DC.
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A peculiar anseriform (Aves: Anseriformes) from the Miocene of Gargano (Italy)
Comptes Rendus - Palevol, 2014 Abstract A new large representative of the Anseriformes, Garganornis ballmanni n. gen. et n. sp., from the Miocene of Gargano, Italy, is described from the distal end of a left tibiotarsus. G. ballmanni displays morphological features that are characteristic of the Anseriformes, but differs from all extant and fossil Anseriformes, as well as ...
Hanneke J M Meijer
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Mechanism of Waterbird Diversity Succession and Its Contribution to Nutrient Loads in Chagan Lake, China [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAnalyzing the spatiotemporal variation of waterbird diversity is important for wetland restoration and protection. However, further research is needed to investigate the mutual feedback between the mechanisms of waterbird diversity and water quality ...
Xuemei Liu +3 more
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Phylogeny of waterfowl (Anseriformes) constructed using genome sequences provides insights into topological incongruences [PDF]
Molecular Biology and EvolutionXinye Zhang +2 more
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Population Genomics of the Critically Endangered Brazilian Merganser
Animals, 2023 The Brazilian merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is one of the most endangered bird species in South America and comprises less than 250 mature individuals in wild environments.
Davidson P. Campos +4 more
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The oldest diving anseriform bird from the late Eocene of Kazakhstan and the evolution of aquatic adaptations in the intertarsal joint of waterfowl [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 A specialized diving lifestyle has repeatedly evolved in several lineages of modern and fossil waterfowl (Anseriformes), with the oldest previously known representative being the late Oligocene Australian oxyurine ducks Pinpanetta.
Nikita Zelenkov
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