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Bird conservation status and cultural values in Indigenous Mexican communities: towards a bioculturally informed conservation policy

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background We summarize comparative ethnoornithological data for ten Mexican Indigenous communities, an initial step towards a comprehensive archive of the avian diversity conserved within Mexico’s Indigenous territories. We do so by counting highlighted
Graciela Alcántara-Salinas, Eugene S. Hunn, María Elena Ibáñez-Bravo, Elda Miriam Aldasoro-Maya, Noé Flores-Hernández, Juan Antonio Pérez-Sato, Natalia Real-Luna, Rafael Arturo Muñoz-Márquez Trujillo, Diana Lope-Alzina, Jaime Ernesto Rivera-Hernández   +9 more
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A climate change vulnerability assessment of California's at-risk birds. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Conservationists must develop new strategies and adapt existing tools to address the consequences of anthropogenic climate change. To support statewide climate change adaptation, we developed a framework for assessing climate change vulnerability of ...
Thomas Gardali, Nathaniel E Seavy, Ryan T DiGaudio, Lyann A Comrack   +3 more
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An updated checklist of the marine birds (Aves) of Golfo Dulce, southern Costa Rica [PDF]

Check List
Golfo Dulce is a fjord-like embayment on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica, which encompasses the marine protected area of Piedras Blancas National Park.
Alejandra Rojas-Barrantes, Luis Sandoval
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Mesopotamian and Indian Bird Omens

Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2022
This paper explores the relationship between bird omens that occur in both the Sanskrit Gārgīyajyotiṣa Aṅga 42 and the Akkadian Šumma Ālu and related Cuneiform tablets.
Kenneth Zysk
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Bird species present in urban parks are more colorful than urban avoiders: A test in the Argentinian Pampas

Avian Research
Bird plumage color has been assessed as a possible trait driving the presence of bird species in urban areas. Although some species can see the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum, the mentioned studies did not take into account UV reflectance when characterizing ...
Lucas M. Leveau
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European Roller thief nailed by DNA found in a bird carrier

Avocetta, 2022
In 2018 a bird poacher, who used to remove chicks illegally from their wild nests in Central Italy, was the focus of a complex investigation by law-enforcement.
Luisa Garofalo, Rita Fanelli, Annalisa Brucoli, Sebastian Cannarella, Rita Lorenzini   +4 more
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Fourteen new additions to the list of birds of Quindío department, Colombia [PDF]

Check List, 2015
Recent records of bird species in the Colombian Andes have shown that this region is not as well known as was previously believed. We compiled data from a major collection of Colombian birds and from our recent field observations to complement the bird ...
Enrique Arbeláez-Cortés, Javier Garzón-Z., María Sierra, Fernando Forero, Pedro Cardona-Camacho, Alejandro Bayer, Yully Beltrán-Arcila, Laura Urrea, Gustavo Patiño, Jorge Morales-Sánchez, Diego Duque-Montoya, Oscar Marín-Gómez   +11 more
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Some food sources of the Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis) in Malta [PDF]

, 2012
The Zitting Cisticola, Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque, 1810) is a small insectivorous bird which started breeding in Malta some 40 years ago and is now one of the most diffused species of warblers in the Maltese Islands (Fenech, 2010).
Fenech, Natalino
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Global Trends in the Status of Bird and Mammal Pollinators [PDF]

, 2015
Biodiversity is declining, with direct and indirect effects on ecosystem func-tions and services that are poorly quantified. Here, we develop the first globalassessment of trends in pollinators, focusing on pollinating birds and mam-mals.
Barnosky, Benning, Biesmeijer, BirdLife International, Borgella, Butchart, Butchart, Butchart, Böhm, Courter, Cronk, De Grammont, Eilers, Fleming, Gallai, Garibaldi, Gerlach, Hadley, Hoffmann, Hoffmann, Howell, Hoyo, IUCN, Kasso, Klein, Kremen, Kunz, Lebuhn, Lewis, McKinney, Mickleburgh, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Muchhala, Nicolson, Olesen, Ollerton, Potts, Stuart, Sumner, Tittensor, Velthuis   +40 more
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Advanced Flame Retardant Strategies and Fire Performance Assessment for Safer Photovoltaics in Buildings: A Two‐Part Review

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
The integration of photovoltaic (PV) systems into building structures introduces distinct fire risks with critical implications for occupant safety. This review examines the key fire hazards associated with PV implementation and explores mitigation strategies, including flame‐retardant additives.
Florian Ollagnon, Olaia Aurrekoetxea‐Arratibel, Emma Gottis, Heng‐Yu Li, Xabier Olano‐Azkune, Matthieu Despeisse, Antonin Faes, Christophe Ballif   +7 more
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