Aquatic birds have middle ears adapted to amphibious lifestyles [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Birds exhibit wide variation in their use of aquatic environments, on a spectrum from entirely terrestrial, through amphibious, to highly aquatic. Although there are limited empirical data on hearing sensitivity of birds underwater, mounting evidence ...
Jeffrey N. Zeyl +11 more
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Monitoring of aquatic birds and surveillance of avian influenza and Newcastle disease of waterfowls at the National Park of Urmia Lake [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2022 Background Urmia lake, as a national park, is one of the most valuable aquatic ecosystems in the Middle East and quatitative and qualitative changes in Urmia lake water have a great impact on its ecological performance and in the region.
Saied Dehgany‐Asl +4 more
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Distribution patterns of aquatic birds in a high-Andean wetland in southeastern Peru: An approach based on environmental factors. [PDF]
PLoS ONEHigh-Andean wetlands play a crucial role in avian biodiversity conservation, serving as ecological oases in arid mountain regions. These ecosystems face increasing anthropogenic pressures, yet research remains limited, hindering conservation efforts.
Carlos Lazo +8 more
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A Novel Group of Avian Astroviruses in Wild Aquatic Birds [PDF]
Journal of Virology, 2012 ABSTRACT Using a pan-astrovirus reverse transcription-PCR assay, a great diversity of novel avastroviruses was detected from wild bird and poultry samples. Two groups of astroviruses detected from wild birds are genetically related or highly similar to previously known viruses in poultry.
D. K. W. Chu +10 more
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Genotypic characterisation of Avian paramyxovirus type-1 viruses isolated from aquatic birds in Uganda [PDF]
Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2018 Avian paramyxovirus type-1 (APMV-1) viruses of the lentogenic pathotypes are often isolated from wild aquatic birds and may mutate to high pathogenicity when they cross into poultry and cause debilitating Newcastle disease.
Agnes Wanyana +7 more
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Molecular Characterization of Subtype H11N9 Avian Influenza Virus Isolated from Shorebirds in Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Migratory aquatic birds play an important role in the maintenance and spread of avian influenza viruses (AIV). Many species of aquatic migratory birds tend to use similar migration routes, also known as flyways, which serve as important circuits for the ...
Renata Hurtado +6 more
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Some chewing lice (Phthiraptera) species as ectoparasites infested aquatic birds with a new record of three species from Al-Sanaf marsh/ southern Iraq [PDF]
Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020 The present study was carried out to determine additional chewing lice of aquatic birds and additional data on the prevalence of chewing lice in aquatic birds found on the Southern marshes of Iraq.
Zainab A. Mohammad
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Zhongguo gonggong weisheng, 2023 ObjectiveTo investigate species diversity and potential pathogenicity of bacteria carried by wild birds’ claws preliminarily for clarifying the necessity of monitoring pathogenic bacteria carried by wild birds.
Lin JIANG, Wei DENG, Shu-xia ZHANG
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River food chains lead to riparian bats and birds in two mid‐order rivers
Ecosphere, 2020 River regulation can modify natural flow regimes with deleterious effects on aquatic communities. While the effects of flow manipulation on the physical environment and populations and assemblages of aquatic organisms have been described thoroughly, how ...
Breeanne K. Jackson +5 more
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A Beginner's Guide to Water Management: Common Aquatic Birds Using Florida Lakes
EDIS, 2020 Florida LAKEWATCH is a citizen scientist program that monitors Florida's lakes. Since it was established in 1991, Florida LAKEWATCH has worked with thousands of volunteers to collect water quality data on more than 2,700 aquatic systems in Florida.
Mark V. Hoyer
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