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“Coastal” versus “inland” shorebird species: interlinked fundamental dichotomies between their life- and demographic histories? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In this contribution I present an extended but testable hypothesis (or “evolutionary scenario”) to explain how and why many life-history features of latitudinal migrant shorebirds, basically characterised by the correlation between habitat choice in the ...
Piersma, Theunis; id_orcid   +2 more
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Linking Habitat Conditions, Human Pressures, and Waterbird Diversity in a West African Coastal Wetland

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, December 2025.
ABSTRACT The Tanji wetland complex, situated on the Atlantic coast of The Gambia, is a coastal mosaic of mangroves, riparian forest, lagoons, and offshore islands of high ornithological significance. Despite its protected status, the reserve faces mounting pressures from human activities and environmental change, yet comprehensive ecological data ...
Mariama Camara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva (Charadriiformes, charadriidae) [PDF]

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA Part B, 2016
Pacific golden plover Pluvialis fulva (Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae) is obligate long-distance migrant bird breeding from northernmost Asia into western Alaska, and wintering on islands in the Pacific Ocean and Australia. In this study, we report the complete mitochondrial genome of P.
Ding, Jingjing   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Effects of Semi‐Natural Habitats on Bird Occupancy in Different Intensity Agriculture: A Multi‐Species Approach

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 9, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Agriculture is a primary factor underlying worldwide declines in biodiversity. Incorporating semi‐natural habitat features within agricultural landscapes is considered an effective strategy for mitigating the biodiversity loss associated with agricultural intensification.
Wenyu Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two cases of leucism in Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) in the south of Brazil. [PDF]

open access: yesBiotemas, 2009
We present the reports of two leucistic individuals of the Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis obtained in the rural area of the municipality of Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, and at the Botanic Garden of Curitiba, Paraná, south of Brazil.
Ismael Franz, Rodrigo Fleck
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Datasets of Bird Species Composition in a Land Reclamation Area of Lake Kahokugata, Central Japan, in Relation to Various Farmland Types

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.
We present a dataset describing bird assemblages in a heterogeneous agricultural landscape surrounding Lake Kahokugata, located in a snow‐rich region on the Sea of Japan side of central Japan. Our data is useful in providing insights into how landscape heterogeneity, cropland composition, and seasonal dynamics influence bird diversity in snowy ...
Masumi Hisano   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wintering of the Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus (Aves: Charadriiformes: Charadriidae) in Kerala, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
Sightings of Grey-headed Lapwings wintering in Kerala were compiled from different sources.  With a total of 77 sightings from 1999–2016 in Kerala the bird, which was earlier thought to be a rare winter visitor, was found to be a frequent visitor to the ...
R Roshnath
doaj   +1 more source

Abundance and reproduction behavior data for waterbirds (Anatidae, Rallidae, Charadriiforms, Podicipediforms) breeding in European France based on a probability sampling design

open access: yesEcological Research, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 631-643, July 2025.
In this paper, we provide the dataset issued from field surveys of 2428 grid cells of 500 m × 500 m in French wetlands during springs 2021 and 2022. Such cells resulted from a stratified two‐stage sampling design. The 132,292 birds recorded in this study, together with their reproduction behavior, will be used to evaluate national breeding population ...
Matthieu Guillemain   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Species diversity of feathers cover mites of waders family Charadriidae vigors, 1825 in South of Ukaine

open access: yes, 2012
Вiсник Одеського нацiонального унiверситету = Вестник Одесского национального университетаВ работе проанализированы результаты обработки материалов, собранных в период 1991—2011 гг. на Тилигульском, Куяльницком лиманах и на Сиваше (Крым). Обследовано 527
Черничко, Екатерина Иосифовна   +5 more
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Host Interrelationship of waders of the family Charadriidae

open access: yes, 2017
Проаналізовано гостальні взаємозв′язки ектопаразитів куликів родини Charadriidae, мігруючих різними пролітними шляхами. У результаті досліджень на куликах, що мігрують Східно-Атлантичним шляхом відмічено 8 видів кліщів, що належать до 7 родів, 3 родин ...
Пасисніченко, Віталій Вікторович
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