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Season, Microclimate and Shoreline Disturbance Interactively Shape Bird Functional Diversity. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study examined the seasonal and spatial patterns of bird functional diversity across natural and urbanized coastal sites in Ghana. We found that natural shorelines undergo significant seasonal functional reorganization, whereas urbanized areas maintain stable, generalist‐dominated communities year‐round, losing the temporal dynamics that support ...
Tamekloe SE, Daniels JK, Monney KA, Deikumah JP.   +3 more
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Diversity, Abundance and Community Composition of Birds in Chitwan Annapurna Landscape, Central Nepal. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Understanding bird diversity and composition is important for assessing survival, adaptability, and extinction risks. This study investigated bird species abundance, richness, seasonal diversity, and composition across habitats, seasons, and physiographic zones of Chitwan Annapurna Landscape (CHAL) from 2020 to 2021 using the point count method.
Bastola SC, Kandel P, Mahato HR, Adhikari JN, Bhattarai BP.   +4 more
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Avian Diversity in the Ethiopian Orthodox Churches and Monasteries in the Case of Jer Silase Monastery in North Shoa Zone, Ethiopia. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal
Ethiopian Orthodox churches and monasteries help as critical biodiversity sanctuaries, mainly for bird species. The study was carried out in and around Jer Silase Monastery between October and January of 2021 using a stratified sample design by dividing the study area into four habitat types: riverine, cliff, natural forest, and farmland.
Desalegn T, Alemneh C, Diriba G, Shasho G.   +3 more
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A Socioecological Assessment of Vulture Abundance and Community Perceptions Before and After Landfill Site Shift in Pokhara, Nepal. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
ABSTRACT South Asia is home to nine species of vultures, and Nepal hosts all of them. Remarkably, all these species have also been recorded in Pokhara. This could be attributed to Pokhara's location along bird migration pathways and the year‐round availability of food sources for most of the vulture species, including the landfill.
Timilsina B, Magar MB, Poudel S, Bhusal D, Gurung D, Joshi AB, Timilsina YP.   +6 more
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Identification of Worm In Digestive Tract of Consumed Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) In Ujung Pangkah, Gresik

Journal of Parasite Science, 2019
Ujung Pangkah, Gresik was became the most habitat of fowls such as Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis). The aim of this research were to find out the type of worm that infected digestive tract of Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) in Ujung Pangkah, Gresik.
Nisa' Rachmaningtyas Putri, E Djoko Poetranto, Nunuk Dyah Retno Lastuti, Setiawan Koesdarto, Bambang Sektiari Lukiswanto, Kusnoto Kusnoto   +5 more
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Heavy metal levels in cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) foraging in some abattoirs in Lagos State metropolis

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background Heavy metal accumulation in the ecosystem constitutes a potential toxic effect which is hazardous to human health. Increasing environmental pollution has necessitated the use of cattle egrets to evaluate the levels of heavy metal contamination,
Elijah Abakpa Adegbe, Oluwaseyi Oluwabukola Babajide, Lois Riyo Maina, Shola Elijah Adeniji   +3 more
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The recent expansion of an avian invasive species (the Cattle Egret Ardea ibis) in Algeria [PDF]

, 2011
This study identifies new information on the recent distribution of an invasive bird species, the Cattle Egret Ardea ibis, in Algeria. Breeding and wintering distributions as well as breeding numbers were obtained from large-scale surveys in 1999 and ...
Barbraud, Christophe, Céréghino, Régis, Ferrah, Farah, Santoul, Frédéric, Si Bachir, Abdelkrim   +4 more
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Nesting of water birds in ensenada de la paz, baja california sur, mexico (1992-1994)

Ciencias Marinas, 1997
Se registra la anidación de aves acuáticas en la Ensenada de La Paz, de 1992 a 1994. Se contabilizaron 13 especies anidantes: Ardea herodias, Bubulcus ibis, Egretta rufescens, E. thula, E. tricolor, E. caerulea, Nyctanassa violacea, Nycticorax nycticorax,
F. Becerril-M., R. Carmona
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Monitoring of some species of colonial nesting Ardeidae at Lake Trasimeno (Central Italy).

Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2012
During 1993-2010 we have monitored at Lake Trasimeno the population of colonial nesting herons, with the exception of Ardea purpurea. Two distinct heronries have been found, placed 9 km away from each other and composed of the following species ...
Francesco Velatta, Mario Muzzatti, Monica Montefameglio, Maria Maddalena Chiappini   +3 more
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Observaciones sobre la anidación de tres especies de ardeidos en el estero Boca Negra, Jalisco, México

Huitzil, 2015
Se registró la reproducción de las garzas Egretta thula, Bubulcus ibis y Cochlearius cochlearius en el estero Boca Negra, Jalisco, México. El período reproductivo se presento al inició de la estación de secas (finales de marzo) y terminó a la mitad de la
Fabio Germán Cupul-Magaña
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