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An Open Dataset for the Acoustic Monitoring of Nocturnal Migratory Birds in Europe [PDF]

Scientific Data
The persisting threats on migratory bird populations highlight the urgent need for effective monitoring techniques that could assist in their conservation.
Louis Airale, Adrien Pajot, Juliette Linossier   +2 more
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Impacts and Challenges of ICT Based Scale-up Campaigns: Lessons Learnt from the Use of SMS to Support Maize Farmers in the UPTAKE Project, Tanzania

Data Science Journal, 2020
Providing smallholder farmers with support through conventional government extension approaches is challenging as the number of extension agents is decreasing. At the same time, new information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as short message
Lucy Karanja, Stephanie Gakuo, Monica Kansiime, Dannie Romney, Henry Mibei, James Watiti, Leonard Sabula, Daniel Karanja   +7 more
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Spatially different annual cycles but similar haemosporidian infections in distant populations of collared sand martins

BMC Zoology, 2021
Background Populations of long-distance migratory birds experience different environments and are consequently exposed to different parasites throughout their annual cycles.
Steffen Hahn, Martins Briedis, Christos Barboutis, Raffaella Schmid, Martin Schulze, Nina Seifert, Tibor Szép, Tamara Emmenegger   +7 more
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A 30,000-km journey by Apus apus pekinensis tracks arid lands between northern China and south-western Africa

Movement Ecology, 2022
Background As a widely distributed and aerial migratory bird, the Common Swift (Apus apus) flies over a wide geographic range in Eurasia and Africa during migration.
Yanyan Zhao, Xinru Zhao, Lan Wu, Tong Mu, Fang Yu, Lyndon Kearsley, Xuan Liang, Jianping Fu, Xiaoru Hou, Peng Peng, Xiaoyang Li, Tao Zhang, Su Yan, Dick Newell, Chris M. Hewson, Terry Townshend, Susanne Åkesson, Yang Liu   +17 more
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Tree cavity use by Chimney Swifts: implications for forestry and population recovery

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2014
The Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) is an aerial insectivore and a cavity-nesting/roosting specialist designated as threatened in several jurisdictions.
Carolyn Zanchetta, Douglas C. Tozer, Trina M. Fitzgerald, Kristyn Richardson, Debbie Badzinski   +4 more
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Modeling detection probability to improve marsh bird surveys in southern Canada and the Great Lakes states

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2016
Marsh birds are notoriously elusive, with variation in detection probability across species, regions, seasons, and different times of day and weather.
Douglas C. Tozer, Kiel L. Drake, C. Myles. Falconer   +2 more
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Intratropical migration of the Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) in Middle America

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2023
The Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) is a specialized and secretive Neotropical raptor that has received little research attention. Despite scattered records of Hook-billed Kite movements, this species was long thought to be non-migratory.
Ryan A. Phillips, Kashmir Wolf, Ryan P. Bourbour, Jonathan A. Urbina, Jorge Eduardo Ruano, Victor M. Bonilla, Victor Gamez, Isael I. Mai, Isaias Morataya, Ronaldi A. Martinez, Liberato Pop, Philip M. Balderamos, H. Lee Jones, Ronald E. Melcer Jr., Lynne A. Trulio, Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza   +15 more
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Spatial ecology of little egret (Egretta garzetta) in Hong Kong uncovers preference for commercial fishponds [PDF]

PeerJ, 2020
Many natural wetlands have been converted to human-influenced wetlands. In some instances, human-influenced wetlands could provide complementary habitats for waterbirds, compensating for the loss of natural wetlands.
Chun-chiu Pang, Yik-Hei Sung, Yun-tak Chung, Hak-king Ying, Helen Hoi Ning Fong, Yat-tung Yu   +5 more
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ABC’s Bird-Smart Wind Energy Campaign: Protecting Birds from Poorly Sited Wind Energy Development

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
This article summarizes American Bird Conservancy’s (ABC’s) strategies and goals for achieving Bird-Smart wind energy in the United States. We describe the current and projected impact of wind energy development on birds and bats in the United States. We
Michael Hutchins, Mike Parr, Darin Schroeder   +2 more
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Common Loon Reproductive Success in Canada: the West is Best but Not for Long

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2013
Reproductive success of Common Loons (Gavia immer) is a powerful indicator of aquatic ecosystem health, especially in relation to mercury and acid precipitation. We examined relationships between Common Loon reproductive success and longitude, year, lake
Douglas C. Tozer, C. Myles. Falconer, Debbie S. Badzinski   +2 more
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