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The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.Abstract Knowing about species interactions is essential for ecological research, conservation efforts, resource management, and maintaining healthy ecosystems, but many of these, such as reports of predation, may not always be published in easily located resources—if they are published at all.
Matthijs P. van den Burg, Hinrich Kaiser
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Nutritional osteodystrophy in South American birds of prey [PDF]
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira: Nutritional osteodystrophy is a metabolic bone disease characterized by increased bone resorption and replacement by fibrous connective tissue, resulting from a diet with excess phosphorus or deficient in calcium or vitamin D.
Luiz G.S. Oliveira +7 more
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Ibis, EarlyView.Mist‐net sampling comprises a key methodological component of assemblage‐wide avifaunal studies, particularly in the understorey of closed‐canopy tropical forests. To investigate mist‐net bird captures and species assemblage structure, we compiled data from 312 sites across the Pan‐Amazon.
Pilar L. Maia‐Braga +14 more
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Molecular sex identification in birds of prey [PDF]
, 2015 [Resumen] La correcta identificación del sexo de los animales es de vital importancia para la gestión y conservación de la fauna. En el caso de las aves, el sexado a partir de rasgos fenotípicos resulta complicado o imposible en numerosas ocasiones ...
Caeiro Aguado, Manuel
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Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.This report explores which muscles of the pectoral girdle are employed to allow birds to hold their wings horizontally with a level aerofoil surface during a glide. Abstract Whilst many birds glide briefly with wings held horizontally, some species maintain this posture for extended periods during soaring.
D. Charles Deeming, María Clelia Mosto
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A case of partial leucism in the American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) (Temminck, 1827), from Buenos Aires province, Argentina [PDF]
, 2014 The diverse colorations of a birds’ plumage are due to either structural colors or pigments that are synthesized in specialized cells or incorporated through the diet.
Chiale, Maria Cecilia +1 more
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Integrative Conservation, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 600-615, December 2025.Only 1541 (34.2%) of 4503 recognized non‐passerine bird species are held in ZIMS institutions worldwide. Approximately ~83% of the species kept globally are classified as non‐threatened and ~16% as threatened. To improve the conservation of threatened birds, a shift toward keeping threatened species should be considered within ex situ management ...
Anna Wahle +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2019 This is the first study to describe the mitochondrial genome of the Himalayan Griffon, Gyps himalayensis, which is an Old World vulture belonging to the family Accipitridae and occurring along the Himalayas and the adjoining Tibetan Plateau.
Lichun Jiang +8 more
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Journal of Biogeography, Volume 52, Issue 11, November 2025.ABSTRACT Aim We evaluate the potential consequences of climate change on the Caatinga Dry Forest, asking how the future climate would affect its avifauna under three different carbon emission scenarios. First, we evaluate potential climate‐induced distributional changes.
Victor Leandro‐Silva +2 more
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Estudio sobre peligro aviario: Análisis del riesgo de impactos entre aves y aeronaves en el Aeropuerto Internacional Augusto C. Sandino, Managua, Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2011 El peligro aviario es el riesgo de coliciones entre aves y aeronaves. Para reducir ese peligro es necesario entender la naturaleza de las aves que habitan dentro y alrededor del aeropuerto y clasificarlas numericamente en base a la peligrosidad que ...
Garmendia-Zapata , Miguel +3 more
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