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Is Hay for the Birds? Investigating Landowner Willingness to Time Hay Harvests for Grassland Bird Conservation

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
Birds in agricultural environments have exhibited steep global population declines in recent decades, and effective conservation strategies targeting their populations are urgently needed.
Matthew P. Gruntorad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

INFLUENCING FACTORS LEADING TO DAMAGING BEHAVIOR - FEATHER PECKING AND CANNIBALISM IN GAME BIRDS [PDF]

open access: yesTrakia Journal of Sciences, 2020
Behavioural disorders, including feather pecking and cannibalism, are a common problem in both domestic and wild birds. Damaging behaviour is polyethiological and is divided into two major groups of factors: extrinsic and intrinsic. Extrinsic factors are
S. Nikolov, D. Kanakov
doaj   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Game bird carcasses are less persistent than raptor carcasses, but can predict raptor persistence dynamics.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
Researchers conduct post-construction fatality monitoring (PCFM) to determine a wind energy facility's direct impacts on wildlife. Results of PCFM can be used to evaluate compliance with permitted take, potentially triggering adaptive management measures
Eric Hallingstad   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Landowner and biologist perceptions of game bird predators and management

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2023
Nest survival has been identified as one of the most influential vital rates causing population change in game birds, and depredation, often influenced by habitat loss and fragmentation, is the primary cause of nest failure of upland game birds.
Samantha R. Fino   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Intake of game birds in the UK:assessment of the contribution to the dietary intake of lead by women of childbearing age and children [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
ObjectiveConcern has recently been expressed about Pb levels in Pb-shot game meat. Our aim was to determine the consumption of game birds in a representative sample population in the UK, and in children and women of childbearing age in particular ...
Emond, Alan M   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Game Birds: The Ethics of Shooting Birds for Sport [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper aims to provide an ethical assessment of the shooting of animals for sport. In particular, it discusses the use of partridges and pheasants for shooting.
Humphreys, Rebekah
core   +1 more source

24: EVALUATION OF GAME‐FARM AND WILD‐TRAPPED TURKEYS IN PENNSYLVANIA*

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 1973
The relative merits of game‐farm and wild‐trapped stock in establishing self‐sustaining turkey populations in Pennsylvania were studied over a 16‐year period, from 1951 to 1967, by banding 10,590 game‐farm turkeys.
Gerald A. Wunz
doaj   +1 more source

Fatty acid composition of birds and game hunted by the Eastern James Bay Cree people of Québec [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2016
Background: Indigenous peoples have traditionally relied on foods hunted and gathered from their immediate environment. The Eastern James Bay Cree people consume wild game and birds, and these are believed to provide health as well as cultural benefits ...
Francoise Proust   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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