Winter Waterbird Community Composition and Use at Created Wetlands in West Virginia, USA
Scientifica, 2017 Information on nonbreeding waterbirds using created wetlands in the Central Appalachian region of the United States is limited. We compared waterbird communities of two managed wetlands, created in 2013 and 2001, in West Virginia.
Hannah L. Clipp +2 more
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Population and Spatial Dynamics of Resident Canada Geese in Southeastern Nebraska
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 In response to increasing populations, damage complaints, and a desire to understand population and spatial dynamics, we studied population size, survival rates, home ranges, movements, and site fidelity of female resident Canada geese (Branta canadensis)
Scott R. Groepper +5 more
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Plant traits associated with seed dispersal by ducks and geese in urban and natural habitats
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Ducks and geese are little studied dispersal vectors for plants lacking a fleshy fruit, and our understanding of the traits associated with these plants is limited.
Pál Tóth +4 more
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Quantification of bone surface textures: exploring a new method of ontogenetic ageing
Journal of Analytical Science and Technology, 2023 Identification of ontogenetic age classes plays an important role in the fields of zoology, palaeontology and archaeology, where accurate age classifications of (sub)fossil remains are a crucial component for the reconstruction of past life.
Jimmy de Rooij +4 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Wildlife research has benefitted from the development of new methods that allow data to be collected remotely, with less disturbance to focal animals. The proliferation of livestreaming webcams, for example, those used by nature reserves for public engagement purposes, have offered new possibilities for the study of wildlife behaviour.
Kevin A. Wood +2 more
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Documentation of new bird taxa, part 3, report for 2007 [PDF]
, 2012 Dieser dritte Beitrag in unserer Reihe über neue Vogeltaxa gibt eine Übersicht der im Jahre 2007 neu beschriebenen Gattungen, Arten und Unterarten rezenter Vögel und basiert auf umfangreicher Literaturrecherche.
Bahr, Norbert, Martens, Jochen
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18. správa Faunistickej komisie Slovenskej ornitologickej spoločnosti/BirdLife Slovensko / The 18th report of the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia [PDF]
Tichodroma, 2018 In 2017, the Rarities Committee of the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia reviewed 82 records, of which 67 were accepted in the category A, four in category C, two in category D, two in category E.
Richard KVETKO +1 more
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Using programmable infusion pump in avian species – a validation methodology in geese
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Wildlife face anthropogenic and natural stressors that affect their physiology and behaviour. The activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and glucocorticoid (GC) production is intrinsically linked with energy regulation and environmental stressors.
Myriam Trottier‐Paquet +5 more
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Secondary reproductive strategies in Pacific black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) [PDF]
, 1999 Thesis (M.S.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1999Waterfowl are known to use secondary reproductive strategies, both extra-pair copulations and intraspecific brood parasitism, to increase fitness. We used five polymorphic microsatellite loci to determine
Svete, Pamela A.
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Human infections associated with wild birds. [PDF]
, 2008 IntroductionWild birds and especially migratory species can become long-distance vectors for a wide range of microorganisms. The objective of the current paper is to summarize available literature on pathogens causing human disease that have been ...
Bauchinger, Ulf +4 more
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