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A comprehensive survey of Rhinonyssid mites (Mesostigmata: Rhinonyssidae) in Northwest Russia: New mite-host associations and prevalence data. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2020 Background: Rhinonyssid mites are permanent parasites of birds that inhabit their respiratory tract. There are around 600 species described worldwide and almost all species of birds are found to have embedded rhinonyssid mites.
De Rojas M, Doña J, Dimov I.
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Faeces, Feathers and Flight: Understanding of Escape Behaviour in Incubating Eurasian Woodcocks (<i>Scolopax rusticola</i>). [PDF]
Ecol EvolUsing a large dataset of nest photographs from open‐source platforms, we investigated defecation and fright moulting in incubating Eurasian woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola), finding defecation in 54% of nests and feathers in 67%. We suggest these behaviours may aid the female's escape rather than protect the nest, and highlight the importance of ...
Sládeček M +3 more
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Chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) from shorebirds (Aves, Charadriiformes) in the Kızılırmak Delta, Turkey [PDF]
Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2023 This study was carried out in the Kızılırmak Delta Cernek Bird Ringing Station, Central Black Sea Region, during August and September 2020, to survey the louse species found on shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes). A total of 241
Bilal Dik +5 more
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Land, 2023 Human activities are at the origin of anthropogenic threats altering ecosystems at any hierarchical level. To mitigate them, environmental managers develop projects to obtain effective outcomes on biological targets of conservation concern.
Corrado Battisti +4 more
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Cages Mitigate Predation on Eggs of Threatened Shorebirds: A Manipulative-Control Study
Conservation, 2022 Beach-nesting birds (plovers; Aves; Charadridae) are impacted by many natural and human-induced threats (e.g., people trampling, dogs, and natural predators). In this regard, the use of anti-predator cages on their nests is effective in order to mitigate
Corrado Battisti +4 more
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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 +2 more
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Can aggregate quarry silt lagoons provide resources for wading birds? [PDF]
, 2017 Wading birds have declined across Europe as the intensification of lowland agriculture has resulted in the loss and degradation of wetland areas. Lowland aggregate extraction sites that incorporate areas of fine, waste sediments deposited in silt lagoons
Day, George +3 more
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Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2020 The inventory of birds was conducted in the years 2005-2010 on the Vistula River section between Dęblin (km 388 of the river) and Podwierzbie (km 435 of the river). The study area includes a southern section of the European Ecological Natura 2000 Site in
Dariusz Bukaciński +2 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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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023 A new breeding record of Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius jerdoni is documented from Tamil Nadu. This observation highlights the need for a more extensive and comprehensive survey and monitoring of this subspecies from wetlands of both protected and unprotected areas of peninsular India.
H. Byju +3 more
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