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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 +8 more
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Metagenomic characterisation of avian parvoviruses and picornaviruses from Australian wild ducks
Ducks can shed and disseminate viruses and thus play a role in cross-species transmission. In the current study, we detected and characterised various avian parvoviruses and picornaviruses from wild Pacific black ducks, Chestnut teals, Grey teals and ...
Jessy Vibin +4 more
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Wetland restoration is a popular nutrient management strategy for improving water quality in agricultural catchments. However, a wetland’s ability to retain phosphorus is highly variable and wetlands can sometimes be a source of phosphorus to downstream ...
Emily A Ury +5 more
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Poultry population dynamics and mortality risks in smallholder farms of the Mekong river delta region [PDF]
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. +6 more
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The effort expended on reproduction may entail future costs, such as reduced survival or fecundity, and these costs can have an important influence on life-history optimization.
Todd W. Arnold +3 more
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The authors evaluated multiple remotely sensed datasets for their contributions to operational wetland mapping in a subarctic, boreal cordillera study site in Yukon, Canada.
Michael A. Merchant +3 more
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Distribution of priority grassland bird habitats in the Prairie Pothole Region of Canada
Grassland ecosystems and the species that rely on them are one of the most urgent habitat conservation concerns in North America. Fundamental to any landscape conservation efforts is the identification of priority habitats to help target management ...
Bradley C. Fedy +3 more
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Agricultural destruction of Northern Pintail nests on cropland in prairie Canada
It has been postulated that the decline of the Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) population is related to the propensity of female pintails to nest in cropland.
David C. Duncan, James H. Devries
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Objectives: This study aimed to measure the production potential of selected Pitalah and Bayang male ducks and their first generation. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 Pitalah and 100 Bayang 1-day-old ducks (40 males, 60 females) were obtained from ...
Zasmeli Suhaemi +5 more
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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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