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BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Background The Scolopacidae family (Suborder Scolopaci, Charadriiformes) is composed of sandpipers and snipes; these birds are long-distance migrants that show great diversity in their behavior and habitat use.
Melquizedec Luiz Silva Pinheiro +7 more
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Characterization of MHC class I in a long distance migratory wader, the Icelandic black-tailed godwit [PDF]
, 2017 The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encodes proteins that are central for antigen presentation and pathogen elimination. MHC class I (MHC-I) genes have attracted a great deal of interest among researchers in ecology and evolution and have been ...
Alves, Jose +4 more
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Avian botulism at a sugar beet processing plant inSouth Moravia (Czech Republic)
Veterinární Medicína, 2005 An episode of mortality in waterbirds occurred on a sedimentation reservoir with effluents from the sugar beet processing plant at Hrusovany n.J. (South Moravia, Czech Republic) in summer 2003: tens of black-headed gulls (Larus ridibundus), several ...
Z. Hubalek, V. Skorpikova, D. Horal
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020 The complete mitochondrial genome of Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis was sequenced in this study. The circular mitogenome was 16,799 bp in length, which contained 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal RNAs (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 22 transfer RNA ...
Jingjing Ding +5 more
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New Remains of Scandiavis mikkelseni Inform Avian Phylogenetic Relationships and Brain Evolution
Diversity, 2021 Although an increasing number of studies are combining skeletal and neural morphology data in a phylogenetic context, most studies do not include extinct taxa due to the rarity of preserved endocasts.
Miriam Heingård +3 more
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Evidence for West Nile Virus and Usutu Virus Infections in Wild and Resident Birds in Germany, 2017 and 2018 [PDF]
, 2019 Wild birds play an important role as reservoir hosts and vectors for zoonotic arboviruses and foster their spread. Usutu virus (USUV) has been circulating endemically in Germany since 2011, while West Nile virus (WNV) was first diagnosed in several bird ...
Eiden, Martin +19 more
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Animals, 2022 Microchromosomes, once considered unimportant elements of the genome, represent fundamental building blocks of bird karyotypes. Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) comprise a wide variety of approximately 390 species and are considered a valuable model group ...
Marcelo Santos de Souza +8 more
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Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021 The Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki is a species of the genus Turnix, which belongs to the order Charadriiformes. It is distributed across almost all of China. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird’s conservation
Xue Gou +7 more
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Birds, 2021 Wind energy developments can be responsible for negative impacts on birds, including displacement. In this study we performed a systematic review of the literature available on bird displacement due to wind turbines, both onshore and offshore, to: (i ...
Ana Teresa Marques +2 more
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Seroprevalence Survey of Avian influenza A (H5) in wild migratory birds in Yunnan Province, Southwestern China [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAIV) is a highly contagious disease which is a zoonotic pathogen of significant economic and public health concern.
Bangquan Zeng +9 more
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