Spatial- and Temporal-Trajectory Analysis of the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) by Fusing Multiple Sources of Data [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) is an endangered animal with an extremely high ecological, humanistic, and scientific value. However, this species still faces survival challenges, due to rapidly shrinking foraging grounds, the serious interference of ...
Yulong Zhou, Xian Jiang, Zhanlong Chen
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First report of multidrug-resistant and pathogenic Plesiomonas shigelloides from endangered crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchPlesiomonas shigelloides (P. shigelloides) is a gram-negative, thermotolerant, motile, and pleomorphic microorganism that acts as an opportunistic pathogen, capable of causing abscesses, enteric infections, and even sepsis in humans and other animals ...
Jing Xia +8 more
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A Breeding Plumage in the Making: The Unique Process of Plumage Coloration in the Crested Ibis in Terms of Chemical Composition and Sex Hormones [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) has long fascinated ornithologists with its enigmatic plumage color change. After more than a century of curiosity, the mystery was finally unraveled in the 1970s, unveiling the mechanism behind this remarkable ...
Danni Liu +4 more
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Establishment of Gut Microbiome During Early Life and Its Relationship With Growth in Endangered Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Gut microbiota during early life could influence host fitness in vertebrates. Studies on how gut microbiota colonize the gut in birds using frequent sampling during early developmental stages and how shifts in microbiota diversity influence host growth ...
Ying Zhu +4 more
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Evolution and expression patterns of the neo-sex chromosomes of the crested ibis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsBird sex chromosomes play a unique role in sex-determination, and affect the sexual morphology and behavior of bird species. Core waterbirds, a major clade of birds, share the common characteristics of being sexually monomorphic and having lower levels ...
Lulu Xu +19 more
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Climate and land use/land cover changes increasing habitat overlap among endangered crested ibis and sympatric egret/heron species [PDF]
Scientific ReportsClimate and land use/land cover (LULC) changes have far-reaching effects on various biological processes in wildlife, particularly interspecific interactions.
Yilamujiang Tuohetahong +12 more
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Gut microbiota of endangered crested ibis: Establishment, diversity, and association with reproductive output. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Gut microbiota is known to influence the host's health; an imbalance of the gut microbial community leads to various intestinal and non-intestinal diseases. Research on gut microbes of endangered birds is vital for their conservation. However, a thorough
Jian Ran, Qiu-Hong Wan, Sheng-Guo Fang
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An Automatic Identification Method of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) Habitat Based on Spatiotemporal Density Detection [PDF]
Animals, 2022 To address the current challenges of the heavy workload, time-consuming nature and labor-intensiveness involved in existing crested ibis’s (Nipponia nipponTemminck, 1835) habitat identification approaches, this paper proposes an automatic habitat ...
Xian Jiang +5 more
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Changes in the Habitat Preference of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) during a Period of Rapid Population Increase [PDF]
Animals, 2021 The number of breeding pairs of crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) in Hanzhong, China has recovered remarkably from 2 to 511 from 1981 to 2019. Although the crested ibis has been closely monitored, the habitat preference of the bird has not been well studied
Liming Ma +6 more
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) Movement [PDF]
AnimalsUnderstanding long-term movement ecology is critical for conserving endangered species; however, comprehensive spatiotemporal analyses remain limited.
Zhengyang Qiu +5 more
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