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Relationship between carina size and sternum morphology in birds reflects physical constraints of body size and flight style

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Sternum morphology varies among birds and is a function of body mass and order. The area of the sternum is inversely related to the area of the keel suggesting that the increase in bone mass associated with a large keel has been mitigated by a reduction in bone mass of the sternum.
D. C. Deeming
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Rapid responses of marsh birds to large‐scale tidal wetland restoration in California's Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Tidal wetland restoration is widely used to recover ecosystem function in modified estuaries, yet uncertainty remains about how quickly wildlife communities respond. Early trajectories are central to evaluating restoration success, guiding adaptive management, and building ecosystem resilience in engineered landscapes. Marsh birds
Jason Riggio, Danielle T. Fradet, Amanda S. Kindel, Michelle Mah, Kristen A. Zumdahl, Molly Ferrell, Andrew Engilis   +6 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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A Multispecies Systematic and Critical Review of Intranasal Administration in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Emergency Care: Promising Evidence and Overlooked Challenges

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 4, July 2026.
This review evaluates the clinical potential and limitations of intranasal (IN) drug administration in veterinary anaesthesia and emergency care. IN delivery can provide clinically relevant sedation, analgesia and drug reversal, but its success is not universally reliable and is strongly influenced by species‐specific anatomy, formulation ...
Majid Jafarbeglou
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Welfare Assessment for Captive Anseriformes: A Guide for Practitioners and Animal Keepers

Animals, 2020
Welfare assessment is a tool to both identify welfare challenges and to evidence where current husbandry practices support positive welfare outcomes. Such tools are becoming more available and can be amended based on the nature of the facility and needs ...
Paul Rose, Michelle O’Brien
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Gross pathology of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus H5N1 2021–2022 epizootic in naturally infected birds in the United Kingdom

One Health, 2022
High pathogenicity avian influenza virus (HPAIV) clade 2.3.4.4b has re-emerged in the United Kingdom in 2021–2022 winter season, with over 90 cases of HPAIV detected among poultry and captive birds in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland ...
Fabian Z.X. Lean, Ana Gómez Vitores, Scott M. Reid, Ashley C. Banyard, Ian H. Brown, Alejandro Núñez, Rowena D.E. Hansen   +6 more
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Candling Analysis of Egg Development in an Endangered Bird Species Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
Using candling images from 98 eggs, we present the first detailed description of egg and embryonic development in the endangered crested ibis. We identify diagnostic features of nonviable eggs and reveal that embryo mortality is concentrated during mid‐incubation and shortly before hatching. These findings provide a standardized reference for assessing
Yuansi He, Xuebo Xi, Siyi Zeng, Hua Huang, Xiangjiang Zhan, Daiping Wang   +5 more
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Migration routes and key stopovers of Anser fabalis fabalis (Anseriformes): critical protection gaps

Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука
The population of Anser fabalis fabalis wintering in Europe have shown decline in recent decades. At the same time, the population dynamic of most migratory birds largely depends on the quality of migratory stopover sites, which are necessary to ...
Sofya B. Rozenfeld, Eugeny G. Strelnikov, Sergey V. Volkov   +2 more
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 2, Page 305-322, June 2026.
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Denise C. Wawman, Adrian L. Smith, Ben C. Sheldon   +2 more
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A Guild‐Based Ecological Assessment: Integrating Multi‐Model Approaches to Reveal Key Environmental Associations for Waterbirds in Nansi Lake, China

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
In Nansi Lake, waterbird guild densities were consistently linked to environmental gradients, with negative responses to nutrients and sediment variables, but positive responses to fish diversity and periphyton. Piscivores specifically favored high dissolved oxygen and low nitrogen conditions.
Sai Jiang, Yuewei Yang, Fengfei Sun, Xingjia Zheng, Wei He, Meizhen Tang, Junfeng Chen, Shiqiang Ma, Gang Li   +8 more
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