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Seed dispersal by dabbling ducks: an overlooked dispersal pathway for a broad spectrum of plant species [PDF]

Journal of Ecology, 2016
1. Dabbling ducks (Anatinae) are omnivorous birds that are widespread, numerous, highly mobile and often migratory, and therefore have great potential for (long distance) dispersal of other organisms, including plants.
Merel B Soons, Erik Kleyheeg, Andy J Green   +2 more
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The role of ducks in detecting Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in small-scale backyard poultry farms. [PDF]

PLoS Comput Biol
Wu SX, Davis CN, Arnold M, Tildesley MJ.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Performance of various types of West Sumatera female ducks at starter period [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2023
West Sumatra has several breeds of germplasm ducks that have good potential for breeding, including Bayang Ducks, Kamang ducks, Pitalah ducks, and Sikumbang Janti ducks. This type of duck develops in the origin area to produce eggs and meat.
Arlina Firda, Sabrina Sabrina
doaj   +1 more source

Improvements in water clarity and submersed aquatic vegetation cover after exclusion of invasive common carp from a large freshwater coastal wetland, Delta Marsh, Manitoba

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
Once introduced to shallow aquatic ecosystems common carp (Cyprinus carpio) often degrade habitat, negatively impacting the native organisms that rely on these systems.
Paige D. Kowal, Pascal Badiou, Robert B. Emery, L. Gordon Goldsborough, Dale A. Wrubleski, Llwellyn M. Armstrong, Bryan Page   +6 more
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Landscape composition, climate variability, and their interaction drive waterfowl nest survival in the Canadian Prairies

Ecosphere, 2022
For upland‐nesting ducks that rely on grassland and wetland habitats in landscapes characterized by human alteration and a strongly fluctuating climate, information on how landscape composition interacts with climate is needed to better understand the ...
Lauren E. Bortolotti, Robert B. Emery, Llwellyn M. Armstrong, David W. Howerter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A wetland permanence classification tool to support prairie wetland conservation and policy implementation

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Wetland permanence, the duration and frequency that surface water is present, affects biological communities and whether wetlands are protected under legislation in some jurisdictions.
James E. Paterson, Lauren E. Bortolotti, L. Boychuk   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of digital multispectral videography to assess seagrass distribution in San Quintín Bay, Baja California, Mexico

Ciencias Marinas, 2004
Apparent threats to the spatial distribution of seagrass in San Quintín Bay prompted us to make a detailed assessment of habitats in the bay. Six coastal habitats and three seagrass subclasses were delineated using airborne digital multispectral ...
DH Ward, T Lee-Tibbitts, A Morton, E Carrera-González, R Kempka   +4 more
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Assessing prioritization measures for a private land conservation program in the U.S. Prairie Pothole Region

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Private land conservation has become an important tool for protecting biodiversity and habitat, but methods for prioritizing and scheduling conservation on private land are still being developed.
Kaylan M. Kemink, Robert. L. Pressey, Vanessa M. Adams, Christoph Nolte, Sarah K. Olimb, Aidan M. Healey, Boyan Liu, Todd Frerichs, Randy Renner   +8 more
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Comparison of Cecal Microbiota and Performance Indices Between Lean-Type and Fatty-Type Pekin Ducks

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Fatty-type (FT) Pekin ducks exhibit higher lipid deposition than lean-type (LT) ducks. The gut microbiota plays an important role in modulating fat metabolism.
Tingshuo Yang, Tingshuo Yang, Yong Jiang, Yong Jiang, Jing Tang, Guobin Chang, Guobin Chang, Wenming Zhao, Wenming Zhao, Shuisheng Hou, Guohong Chen, Guohong Chen   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Poultry population dynamics and mortality risks in smallholder farms of the Mekong river delta region [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Poultry farming is widely practiced by rural households in Vietnam and the vast majority of domestic birds are kept on small household farms. However, smallholder poultry production is constrained by several issues such as infectious diseases,
Boni, Maciej F., Delabouglise, Alexis, Lam, Ha Minh, Nguyen-Van-Yen, Benjamin, Thanh, Nguyen Thi Le, Thanh, Nguyen Thi Le, Tuyet, Phung Ngoc   +6 more
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