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Bird Displacement by Wind Turbines: Assessing Current Knowledge and Recommendations for Future Studies

open access: yesBirds, 2021
Wind energy developments can be responsible for negative impacts on birds, including displacement. In this study we performed a systematic review of the literature available on bird displacement due to wind turbines, both onshore and offshore, to: (i ...
Ana Teresa Marques   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Waves of genomic hitchhikers shed light on the evolution of gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) : research article [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Background The phylogenetic tree of Galliformes (gamebirds, including megapodes, currassows, guinea fowl, New and Old World quails, chicken, pheasants, grouse, and turkeys) has been considerably remodeled over the last decades as new data and analytical ...
Kriegs, Jan Ole   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing Habitat Suitability for the Common Pochard, Aythya Ferina (Anseriformes, Anatidae) at different Spatial Scales in Orel’ River Valley, Ukraine

open access: yesEkológia (Bratislava), 2021
The habitat suitability for the Common Pochard, a duck species in decline, was studied in the middle reaches of the Orel’ River, Central Ukraine, in 2015–2017.
O. Ponomarenko, Myhaylo Banik, O. Zhukov
semanticscholar   +1 more source

First Record of Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Trematoda, Echinostomatidae) in Pakistan with New Avian Definitive Host, Vanellus leucurus

open access: yes, 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   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Genetic Monitoring of the Captive Population of the Critically Endangered Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus)

open access: yesBirds
The Brazilian Merganser (Mergus octosetaceus) is one of the rarest birds in South America, and it is a critically endangered Anatidae species with an estimated population of less than 250 adult individuals in the Brazilian Cerrado.
Davidson P. Campos   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

MERS-CoV in Arabian camels in Africa and Central Asia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causing infections in humans is genetically indistinguishable from the virus found in Arabian camels (dromedaries) in the Middle East. Although no primary human case of MERS was reported outside the
Chan, Samuel M.S.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

First data on the trematode fauna of wetland birds in the Samara region (European Russia)

open access: yesActa Biologica Sibirica
We have conducted the first study of trematodes in wetland birds of the Samara region (European Russia). A total of 25 trematode species from 12 families were identified in 8 species of birds.
Nadezhda Yu. Kirillova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimation of the populations status and habitat conditions of Anseriformes in the State Nature Reserve «Gydansky» (Russia) using ultralight aviation

open access: yesNature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2018
The Gydan Peninsula is one of the least explored and inaccessible Arctic regions in both the Yamalo-Nenetsky Autonomous Okrug and Russia as a whole. In 2016–2017 we conducted a survey of the Gydansky State Nature Reserve and adjacent areas, counted and ...
Sofia B. Rozenfeld   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the heritability of geographic range sizes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Within taxonomic groups, most species are restricted in their geographic range sizes, with only a few being widespread. The possibility that species-level selection on range sizes contributes to the characteristic form of such speciesrange size ...
Gaston, K.J., Webb, T.J.
core   +1 more source

Microsatellite typing of avian clinical and environmental isolates of Aspergillus fumigatus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Aspergillosis is one of the most common causes of death in captive birds. Aspergillosis in birds is mainly caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a ubiquitous and opportunistic saprophyte.
Beernaert, Lies   +8 more
core   +3 more sources

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