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The impact of tree loss on carbon management in West Africa
Carbon Management, 2021 This study quantifies the amount of carbon stored and sequestered by vegetation in west Africa, carbon loss due to tree cover loss, and the potential natural sequestration relative to projected carbon emissions in 2030.
Graeme M. Buchanan +4 more
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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2022 Documenting and interpreting trends in the abundance and distribution of bird populations is critical to monitoring their status and setting conservation priorities.
Danielle M. Ethier +2 more
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Detection of Laryngotracheitis Virus in Poultry Flocks with Respiratory Disorders in Slovenia
Viruses, 2021 Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is an acute, highly contagious infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract in chickens and other poultry species that causes significant economic losses in countries worldwide.
Olga Zorman Rojs +5 more
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1879 Abstract Our knowledge of the recent Avifauna of the island of Rodriguez has hitherto been confined to a few memoirs published by Mr. Edward Newton, and Professor Alfred Newton of Cambridge. The former has given us an account of a hurried trip of a few days duration made by him in 1864 (Ibis, 1865, pp.
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Organochlorine pesticides and birds
, 2013 This is the second paper in a series to mark the research interests of former BB editor Stanley Cramp, and looks at the impact of pesticides on birds over the past 50 years or so.
Newton, I.
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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2022 Waterfowl (ducks, geese, swans) are among the few bird groups showing recent population increases in North America. By contrast, marsh birds (bitterns, rails, grebes) are declining, despite this group appearing to benefit from many of the same ...
Katharine R. Studholme +4 more
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Was dinosaurian physiology inherited by birds? [PDF]
, 2009 Archaeopteryx is the oldest and most primitive known bird (Avialae). It is believed that the growth and energetic physiology of basalmost birds such as Archaeopteryx were inherited in their entirety from non-avialan dinosaurs.
Erickson Gregory M. +25 more
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BMC Veterinary Research, 2023 Background Mycoplasmas are found in many different species. Until now 26 avian mycoplasma species have been described, but in the most free ranging bird species the prevalence and significance of Mycoplasma spp. is still unclear. Case presentation In May
Theresa Sophie Klostermann +1 more
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Physical cognition : birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material [PDF]
, 2014 This work was supported by the BBSRC (BB/I019502/1) and Roslin Institute Strategic Grant funding from the BBSRC. The APC was paid through RCUK OA block grant funds.It is generally assumed that birds’ choice of structurally suitable materials for nest ...
Meddle, Simone L. +9 more
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Tusk anomalies in narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Greenland
Polar Research, 2022 The elongated, spiraled tusk of male narwhals (Monodon monoceros) grows continuously throughout the life of the whale and is most likely a secondary sexual trait used in male–male hierarchical competition and possibly in female mate choice.
Eva Garde, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
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