DataArtificial intelligence (AI) currently exhibits considerable potential within the realm of biodiversity conservation. However, high-quality regionally customized datasets remain scarce, particularly within urban environments.
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Aberración cromática en Tacuarita Azul (Poliptila dumicola) y Hornero (Furnarius rufus) [PDF]
, 2018 Fil: Thomann, Maria Luz. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Naturales y Agrimensura. Departamento de Biología. Laboratorio de Herpetología; ArgentinaFil: Fernández, Juan Manuel. Universidad Nacional del Nordeste. Facultad de
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Understanding citizen science and environmental monitoring: final report on behalf of UK Environmental Observation Framework [PDF]
, 2012 Citizen science can broadly be defined as the involvement of volunteers in science. Over the past decade there has been a rapid increase in the number of citizen science initiatives.
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The recreational value of birding and crane abundance
Agricultural and Resource Economics ReviewWe estimate the economic value of birding, which is an important ecosystem service produced by bird populations in recreation areas. Our research identifies the link between values and species richness as well as the abundance of the sandhill crane (Grus
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Building essential biodiversity variables (EBVs) of species distribution and abundance at a global scale [PDF]
, 2018 Much biodiversity data is collected worldwide, but it remains challenging to assemble the scattered knowledge for assessing biodiversity status and trends.
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Bird Population Changes Following the Establishment of a Diverse Stand of Woody Plants in a Former Crop Field in North Dakota, 1975– 2015 [PDF]
, 2018 Changes in the coverage of trees and shrubs on the North Dakota landscape since Euro- American settlement have likely had a pronounced impact on bird species that favor woody vegetation.
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“And it’s just when I think I’ve won the staring contest”: Viewing the World through Science and Poetry with Madhur Anand [PDF]
, 2016 In this interview, poet and ecologist Madhur Anand discusses her collection of poetry, A New Index for Predicting Catastrophes, with Alec Follett. She considers the poetic potential of scientific language as well as other topics related to her poetry and
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Territorial response of Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) to playback of Carolina chickadee and black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) song [PDF]
, 2013 Two morphologically similar sister species, Carolina chickadee (Poecile carolinensis) and black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), distinguished primarily by song, have distinct geographic ranges except for a thin band of overlap.
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Evaluating approaches for integrating species distributions in spatial conservation planning
Conservation Science and PracticeMap‐based decision support tools (DSTs) that use species distributions are an important means of identifying priority areas for conservation. The Wisconsin Waterfowl Habitat Conservation Strategy (WWHCS) uses a DST to identify priority ecological ...
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Global Ecology and ConservationThe White-winged Snowfinch (Montifringilla nivalis), a specialist in alpine habitats, is highly vulnerable to climate change due to its reliance on high-elevation environments, which are experiencing accelerated warming, alterations in snow dynamics, and
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