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First detection of two cycloviruses in cormorant fecal samples in China by high-throughput sequencing technology [PDF]

Frontiers in Veterinary Science
IntroductionThe Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is widely distributed across China. As an apex predator in aquatic ecosystems, it plays a tripartite ecological role: acting as a natural host, transmission vector, and indicator species for viruses ...
Yifei Pei, Shiyu Cai, Yue Xue, Yutong Fu, Yutong Fu, Jingyue Zhang, Quan Shen, Likai Ji, Ping Wu, Hua Wang, Yan Wang, Wen Zhang, Shixing Yang   +12 more
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Efficacy of Painting Wind Turbine Blades as a Mitigation Measure to Reduce Bird Collisions in a Mediterranean Wind Farm. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Bird mortality due to collisions with wind turbines necessitates the implementation of measures to mitigate this impact. Blade patterning has shown to be a promising measure to increase turbine visibility to birds and reduce collisions. Employing a Before–After–Control–Impact experiment using long‐term fatality searches, bird fatality rates were ...
May R, Hernández Gómez MÁ, Aguirre Martínez JL, Andreu Miguel J.   +3 more
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Long term changes in aquaculture influence migration, regional abundance, and distribution of an avian species.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Agricultural development has been causing changes to the environment and the abundance and distribution of avian species. Agriculture is dynamic with changes in products occurring at large scales over relatively short time periods.
Paul C Burr, Brian S Dorr, Jimmy L Avery, Garrett M Street, Bronson K Strickland   +4 more
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Cormorants as a Potentially Important Reservoir and Carrier of Newcastle Disease Virus on the Asian Continent

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Despite numerous disease prevention measures and control programs, Newcastle disease (ND) remains one of the most significant infections in poultry worldwide, especially in developing countries.
Kobey Karamendin, Kobey Karamendin, Aidyn Kydyrmanov, Aidyn Kydyrmanov   +3 more
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Dynamic vegetation cover and decline in common eider breeding numbers in Nova Scotia, Canada

FACETS, 2023
The American common eider (Somateria mollissima dresseri) is a colonially nesting sea duck breeding on islands in the coastal regions of Atlantic Canada. Declines in colony size have been pronounced in some parts of its range, notably in Nova Scotia, and
Molly D. Tomlik, G. Randy Milton, Glen J. Parsons, Mark L. Mallory   +3 more
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Foraging behaviour and habitat use during chick-rearing in the Australian endemic black-faced cormorant (Phalacrocorax fuscescens) [PDF]

Biology Open
Thomas Cansse, Luc Lens, Grace J. Sutton, Jonathan A. Botha, John P. Y. Arnould   +4 more
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Competition for food between the Mediterranean shag, the great cormorant and artisanal fisheries: a case study

Scientia Marina, 2018
The Mediterranean shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii) and the great cormorant (P. carbo sinensis) are syntopic birds in an area encompassing Grosa Island and the Mar Menor coastal lagoon (SE Spain, western Mediterranean) during the breeding ...
Felipe Aguado-Giménez, Sergio Eguía-Martínez, Irene Torres-Campos, Santiago Meroño-García, Jacinto Martínez-Ródenas   +4 more
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Artificial Wetlands as Breeding Habitats for Colonial Waterbirds within Central Romania

Diversity, 2020
The historical loss of natural wetlands in Romania is significant. The building of lakes, ponds, and dams has compensated for some of these losses, as was the case in the study area, the artificial wetlands designated as the Natura 2000 (special ...
Dan Traian Ionescu, Călin Vasile Hodor, Ion Cătălin Petritan   +2 more
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Cormorant abundance, diet, and foraging habits in Arizona

Journal of Field Ornithology, 2022
In Arizona, USA, Double-crested Cormorants (Nannopterum auritum) primarily overwinter, whereas Neotropic Cormorants (N. brasilianum) are common residents year round.
Larisa E. Harding, Jacob I. Mesler
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Survey of fish enemies from three fish farms in Iraq III. Impacts of predaceous water birds on cultivated fishes

المجلة العراقية للاستزراع المائي, 2022
The present investigation concerned with a thorough survey on the serious impact of the predaceous water birds from three selected fish farms in the country, namely Al- Manahel fish farm (presently called Al-Beilad) in Babylon province, Basrah University/
Sadek. A. Hussein, N. K. Salem, J. M. Abed   +2 more
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