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High fidelity: extra-pair fertilisations in eight Charadrius plover species are not associated with parental relatedness or social mating system [PDF]

, 2017
Extra-pair paternity is a common reproductive strategy in many bird species. However, it remains unclear why extra-pair paternity occurs and why it varies among species and populations.
Carmona-Isunza, María Cristina, dos Remedios, Natalie, Eberhart-Phillips, Luke J., Kosztolányi, András, Maher, Kathryn H., Székely, Tamás   +5 more
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On the presence of Long-billed Plovers Charadrius placidus in Rupa, Arunachal Pradesh in the summer months

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2011
The Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus is a medium sized wader with a black breast band and brown cheeks. According to Grewal et al. (2002) C. Placidus is a rare winter visitor to the northern rivers and the Gujarat coast of India.Charadrius placidus
M. Greeshma
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Do the weaknesses and strengths of experts and local volunteers affect the conservation actions focused on nesting plovers? Constructive considerations from the Italian beachfront line

Avocetta, 2020
Both the high-level strategies promoted by experts of public Conservation Agencies, and the small-scale tactics implemented by local conservation groups show strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that can affect the effectiveness of the ...
Corrado Battisti, Marco Gustin, Alessandro Polinori   +2 more
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Eggs in the freezer: energetic consequences of nest site and nest design in Arctic breeding shorebirds [PDF]

, 2012
Birds construct nests for several reasons. For species that breed in the Arctic, the insulative properties of nests are very important. Incubation is costly there and due to an increasing surface to volume ratio, more so in smaller species. Small species
De Leeuw, Joep, Hans, Schekkerman, Tulp, Ingrid   +2 more
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Primer registro de Charadrius semipalmatus (Charadriiformes: Charadriidae) y nuevo registro de Phalaropus tricolor (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) en la provincia de La Rioja, Argentina

Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 2017
Reportamos el primer registro del chorlito palmado (Charadrius semipalmatus) y citamos un nuevo registro para el falaropo común (Phalaropus tricolor) en el sitio Ramsar y Reserva Provincial de Vicuñas y protección del ecosistema Laguna Brava, provincia ...
Isabel Rebeca Lobo Allende, Claudia Fabiana Marano   +1 more
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Threat-sensitive anti-predator defence in precocial wader, the northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus [PDF]

, 2016
Birds exhibit various forms of anti-predator behaviours to avoid reproductive failure, with mobbing—observation, approach and usually harassment of a predator—being one of the most commonly observed. Here, we investigate patterns of temporal variation in
A Amar, A Berg, A Liker, AG Paassen van, AM Wilson, B Hönisch, BA Crawford, BG Palestis, C Listøen, CK Ghalambor, D Baines, D Clode, D Holyoak, D Ratcliffe, DH Brunton, DMB Parish, DP Barash, E Rhoades, G Orłowski, G Orłowski, GB Grønstøl, GE Brown, GJ Fernández, GL Maclean, GS Helfman, H Akaike, H Galbraith, H Mayfield, H Schekkerman, I Byrkjedal, I Krams, I Krams, I Newton, J Gromadzka, J Kis, J Klicka, JA Vickery, Jakub Szymkowiak, JE Jónsson, JM Luginbuhl, JR Krebs, JR Walters, JR Walters, K Fletcher, KJ Mathot, KL Evans, L Sandoval, Lechosław Kuczyński, LY Zanette, M Andersson, M Bolton, M Marquiss, M Strnad, M Weggler, M Šálek, M Šálek, MA MacDonald, MCO Ferrari, NA Schneider, NA Schneider, Natalia Królikowska, OC Johansson, P Hendricks, P Kontiainen, PF Donald, PJ Ewins, R Development Core Team, R Montgomerie, R Parr, RA Laidlaw, RD Elliot, RE Green, RE Green, RE Ricklefs, Rebecca Anne Laidlaw, RL Knight, RM Coleman, RM Whittam, S Cramp, S Dale, S Eggers, S Rytkönen, S Wood, SC Stearns, SL Lima, SL Lima, T Caro, T Krama, T Krama, T Larsen, TA Sordahl, TA Sordahl, TE Martin, TH Clutton-Brock, TJ Hastie, V Ruusila, W Teunissen, Ǻ Berg   +97 more
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Anidación del chorlo nevado (Charadrius nivosus) en Atotonilco, Jalisco, México

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2022
El chorlo nevado (Charadrius nivosus) es una de las aves playeras menos abundantes. Es una especie amenazada cuyas poblaciones se encuentran en constante declive.
Raúl Said Quintero-Félix, Filiberto Moisés González-Martín del Campo, Carlos Contreras-Terrazas, Gibrán Sánchez-Hernández   +3 more
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Polygamy slows down population divergence in shorebirds. [PDF]

, 2017
Sexual selection may act as a promotor of speciation since divergent mate choice and competition for mates can rapidly lead to reproductive isolation.
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First records of Black Tern Childonias niger, Willet Tringa semipalmata, and Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus for the state of Queretaro, central Mexico

Huitzil, 2012
Reporto los primeros registros documentados de Childonias niger, Tringa semipalmata y Charadrius nivosus para el estado de Querétaro. Cada una de estas especies se encontró en el embalse ‘El Centenario’, Tequisquiapan, durante 2010-2011.
Jonathan Hiley
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Birds of Ambondrolava mangrove complex, southwest Madagascar [PDF]

Check List, 2012
Here we present the first bird species list for Ambondrolava (23°15’41” S, 43°37’42” E), a mangrove and freshwater wetland complex in dry southwest Madagascar.
Charlier Gardner, Carola De Ridder, Benjamin De Ridder, Louise Jasper   +3 more
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