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American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica statius Muller, 1776): New species in the ornithofauna of Serbia [PDF]

Zaštita prirode, 2021
This paper presents the finding of a new bird species in the fauna of Serbia - American golden plover Pluvialis dominica that was recorded at the Ečka fishpond near Zrenjanin city (UTM 34T DR51).
Mareš Miroslav, Rajković Draženko
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Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full potential that tracking holds for conservation involves understanding what has been performed on shorebirds to date and identifying regional and ...
Michel G, Nightingale J, Beal M, Bernard A, Dias MP, Alves JA.   +5 more
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The geographical distribution of the family Charadriidae, or the plovers, sandpipers, snipes, and their allies

, 1888
Henry Seebohm, J. G. Keulemans, Hanhart
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Description of the wing spur in the subfossil Malagasy lapwing, Vanellus madagascariensis (Aves: Charadriiformes, Charadriidae): Insights into some of its possible life history traits and why it is extinct

Geobios
Steven M. Goodman, Harimanjaka A. M. Rasolonjatovo   +1 more
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A Derived Morphology of the Quadrate May Support a Previously Unrecognized Major Higher-Level Clade of Neoavian Birds. [PDF]

J Morphol
The avian quadrate plays a critical role in cranial kinesis, but few comparative studies exist of its morphological variation across higher‐level taxa. In this study, the occurrence of a markedly concave articular facet of the condylus medialis is surveyed across neornithine birds.
Mayr G.
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Seebohm on the CharadriidaeThe Geographical Distribution of the Charadriidae.Henry Seebohm [PDF]

The American Naturalist, 1888
E. D. C.
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Effects of Poplar Ecological Retreat on Habitat Suitability for Migratory Birds in China’s Dongting Lake Wetland

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The Poplar Ecological Retreat (PER) project in Dongting Lake wetland is an important measure in response to China’s ecological civilization construction policy, it aims to remove eastern cottonwoods (Populus deltoides) that artificial large-scale planted
Xinyu Qu, Xinyu Qu, Chunyan Du, Chunyan Du, Chunyan Du, Haipeng Wu, Haipeng Wu, Haipeng Wu, Ying Xiong, Ying Xiong, Ying Xiong, Guanlong Yu, Guanlong Yu, Guanlong Yu, Jiasheng Wang, Juan Dai, Lixue Wu, Lixue Wu, Zhuo Zhang, Zhuo Zhang, Yuqian Zhu, Yuqian Zhu, Jingdu Liu, Jingdu Liu   +23 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the gray-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) from Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
We determined the whole mtDNA genome of the gray-headed lapwing (Vanellus cinereus) in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. The complete mitochondrial genome is 17,078 bp in length and consists of 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 tRNA genes, 2 rRNA ...
Hao Zhai, Dehuai Meng, Yuhui Si, Zongzhi Li, Zeyan Cui, Hongxian Yu, Liwei Teng, Zhensheng Liu   +7 more
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Responses of habitat suitability for migratory birds to increased water level during middle of dry season in the two largest freshwater lake wetlands of China

Ecological Indicators, 2021
Dongting Lake (DTL) and Poyang Lake (PYL), the China’s two largest freshwater lakes, are vital migration routes and wintering habitats for the migratory birds of East Asian – Australia. Due to damming and climate change, the water level during the middle
Haipeng Wu, Juan Dai, Shiquan Sun, Chunyan Du, Yuannan Long, Hong Chen, Guanlong Yu, Shujing Ye, Jing Chen   +8 more
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Phylogenetic position and subspecies divergence of the endangered New Zealand Dotterel (Charadrius obscurus). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
The New Zealand Dotterel (Charadrius obscurus), an endangered shorebird of the family Charadriidae, is endemic to New Zealand where two subspecies are recognized. These subspecies are not only separated geographically, with C. o.
Julia M I Barth, Michael Matschiner, Bruce C Robertson   +2 more
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