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Loss of Sunda clouded leopards and forest integrity drive potential impacts of mesopredator release on vulnerable avifauna [PDF]

open access: yesHeliyon
Amongst the unintended consequences of anthropogenic landscape conversion is declining apex predator abundance linked to loss of forest integrity, which can potentially re-order trophic networks.
Darwin S. Mayhew   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Three new endemic species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the highlands of Ecuador [PDF]

open access: yesPhytoKeys, 2021
Three new species of Lepanthes from Ecuador are described and illustrated. These additions to the Ecuadorean flora were recorded in evergreen montane forest and páramo as part of three different research projects conducted during the last five years ...
Francisco Tobar Suarez   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Modelling the timing of migration of a partial migrant bird using ringing and observation data: a case study with the Song Thrush in Italy

open access: yesMovement Ecology, 2023
Background The study of the timing of migration is fundamental to the understanding of the ecology of many bird species and their response to climate change, and it has important conservation and management implications e.g., for assessing the hunting ...
Roberto Ambrosini   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

An annotated avian inventory of the Brazilian state of Alagoas, one of the world’s most threatened avifauna [PDF]

open access: yesPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2022
The northeast Brazilian state of Alagoas harbors a rather diverse, and one of the world’s most threatened, avifauna. However, the knowledge about its avifauna is currently scattered on several publications and the state’s birds have never been ...
Rafael Dantas Lima   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Successional Pathways of Avifauna in a Shifting Mosaic Landscape: Interplay between Land Abandonment and Wildfires

open access: yesFire, 2022
In Mediterranean hinterlands, land abandonment has led to the encroachment of woody vegetation prone to fire. The resulting alternation between vegetation closure and sudden opening modifies the composition of avifauna.
Roger Prodon
doaj   +1 more source

Weather, sex and body condition affect post-fledging migration behaviour of the greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

open access: yesMovement Ecology, 2023
Background Understanding which intrinsic and extrinsic factors dictate decision-making processes such as leaving the natal area or not (migratory vs resident strategy), departure time, and non-breeding destination are key-issues in movement ecology. This
Davide Scridel   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Aves, Thraupidae, Indigo Flowerpiercer Diglossa indigotica (Sclater, 1856): New country records, natural history notes, and occurrence in northwest Ecuador [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2012
Only old records of the Indigo Flowerpiercer Diglossa indigotica are known from Pichincha province, Ecuador. Here we report 26 sight records of this rare species at a new locality, the Bosque Protector Mashpi. These novel records confirm that the species
Alejandro Solano-Ugalde   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Assessing Important Conservation Areas for Colonial Species From Individual Tracking Data: An Evaluation of the Effects of Colony Structure and Temporal Heterogeneity in Movement Patterns

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Sensitivity of marine ecosystems to human disturbance leads to an increasing need to devise effective conservation initiatives. One key conservation leverage tool is the establishment of marine protected areas, which can be derived by inspecting where ...
Jennifer Morinay   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Wintering passerines in the Oasi Stagni Urbani Fano (Province of Pesaro and Urbino, Italy)

open access: yesRivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2012
In winter 2006-2007 a project aimed at monitoring little passerines wintering winthin the “Stagni Urbani” Wildlife Protection Area of Fano - along the Metauro River - was carried out. The recorded data refer to 7 ringing sessions which were held from 3rd
Gabriele Angeletti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inventario de avifauna del norte de Entre Ríos, Argentina: registros notables y perspectivas de conservación [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Biodiversity inventories remain fundamental tools for biodiversity conservation. Neotropical biota has poor faunal inventories. In Argentina, the avifauna of the province of Entre Ríos is still not well known.
Dardanelli, Sebastián   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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