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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2007 Northern forests are major breeding habitats for several waterfowl and other waterbird species. In Quebec, as in many other areas within the boreal region, clear-cut logging is an important human activity, and it is likely to affect ground- and cavity ...
Louis-Vincent Lemelin +3 more
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Duck fleas as evidence for eiderdown production on archaeological sites [PDF]
, 2015 Acknowledgements This project was undertaken as part of my doctoral studies funded by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CACR-2009-39) in the United Kingdom.
Forbes, Veronique
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A synthesis of knowledge about motives for participation in perpetual conservation easements
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Perpetual conservation easements are a popular method in some countries for addressing conservation goals. Landowner participation plays a key role in the development of these agreements.
Kaylan M. Kemink +3 more
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Radiomarking brood‐rearing mallard females: Implications for juvenile survival
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2012 Radiotelemetry is frequently used to measure habitat use, movements, and survival in birds; presumably, outfitting adult females with radiotransmitters does not influence juvenile survival, but this critical assumption is rarely tested.
Pauline M. Bloom +4 more
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Seasonal Survival of Adult Female Mottled Ducks [PDF]
, 2017 The mottled duck (Anas fulgivula) is a non‐migratory duck dependent on coastal habitats to meet all of its life cycle requirements in the Western Gulf Coast (WGC) of Texas and Louisiana, USA.
Conway, Warren C. +2 more
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Effects of genetic selection and threonine on meat quality in Pekin ducks
Poultry Science, 2020 The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of genetic selection and threonine levels on meat quality in Pekin ducks. At 15 D of age, 192 lean ducks and 192 fatty ducks were selected and allotted to one of three treatments with 8 ...
Yong. Jiang +6 more
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Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture, 2023 This study aimed to examine the effect of synbiotics and synbiotics plus Selenium or betaine on the performance, intestinal ecology, nutrient digestibility, and carcass quality of Tegal ducks.
I. Mangisah, S. Sugiharto
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Long‐term trends in weather severity indices for dabbling ducks in eastern North America
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017 Annual distributions of waterfowl during the nonbreeding period can influence ecological, cultural, and economic relationships. We used previously developed Weather Severity Indices (WSI) that explained migration by dabbling ducks in eastern North ...
Michael L. Schummer +3 more
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Wood Ducks as Accidental Hosts of the Squirrel Flea, \u3ci\u3eOrchopeas Howardi\u3c/i\u3e (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) On 21 May 1985, two recently hatched wood ducklings, Aix sponsa (L.), brought to the McHenry County Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Woodstock, Illinois, were inspected for ...
Baumgartner, Donald L, Kane, Andrea
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Spread of HPAIV H5N1 from south china agro-ecosystems through wild birds migration: a multidisciplinary approach [PDF]
, 2012 Agricultural intensification in South China has increased densities of domestic ducks raised on intensively irrigated paddy fields, an important factor of the persistence of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (AIV) persistence.
Cappelle, Julien +4 more
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