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Winter release and management of reintroduced migratory Whooping Cranes Grus americana [PDF]

Bird Conservation International, 2009
SummaryFrom 2001 to 2005, 71 costume-reared juvenile Whooping Cranes Grus americana were led by ultralight aircraft from Wisconsin to a winter release site on the west-central Gulf Coast of Florida. A strategy was developed and implemented to maximize first winter survival while preventing exposure to non-costumed humans and tame Sandhill Cranes ...
RICHARD P. URBANEK, LARA E. A. FONDOW, SARA E. ZIMORSKI, MARIANNE A. WELLINGTON, MARK A. NIPPER   +4 more
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Long-term migratory alterations to whooping crane arrival and departure on the wintering and staging grounds

Endangered Species Research
Climate change can result in alterations to avian behavior, particularly in migratory species. We assessed long-term changes in the endangered whooping crane Grus americana migration phenology in response to temperature, precipitation, and other ...
MJ Butler, MT Bidwell
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Whooping crane use of riverine stopover sites.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Migratory birds like endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) require suitable nocturnal roost sites during twice annual migrations. Whooping cranes primarily roost in shallow surface water wetlands, ponds, and rivers.
David M Baasch, Patrick D Farrell, Shay Howlin, Aaron T Pearse, Jason M Farnsworth, Chadwin B Smith   +5 more
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A Tool for Rapid Assessment of Hydrological Connectivity Patterns in Texas Coastal Wetlands: Linkages between Tidal Creeks and Coastal Ponds

Texas Water Journal, 2019
Coastal salt marshes are heterogeneous, spatially complex ecosystems. The degree of hydrological connectivity in these systems can be a significant driver in the flux of energy, organisms, and nutrients across the marsh landscape.
Todd Swannack, Jeffery Wozniak, William E Grant, Stephen E Davis   +3 more
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Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2019
Available stopover habitats with quality foraging opportunities are essential for migrating waterbirds, including Whooping Crane (Grus americana). Several studies have evaluated habitats used by Whooping Crane for roosting throughout its migration ...
David M. Baasch, Patrick D. Farrell, Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Andrew J. Caven, Mary J. Harner, Greg D. Wright, Kristine L. Metzger   +7 more
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A novel, community-based approach to endangered species recovery: the case of the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei)

Frontiers in Conservation Science
For more than 50 years, the United States (US) Endangered Species Act (ESA) has contributed to the protection, survival, and recovery of numerous species including gray wolves (Canis lupus), grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis), whooping cranes (Grus ...
Heather A. L. Knight, Chelsea Beebe, Cory Dick, Megan Maiolo-Heath, Robert Schorr   +4 more
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濒危物种——美洲鹤

野生动物学报, 1990
四月初,在得克萨斯州南部的盐泽地及淡水湖里,到处是天鹅的叫声。忽地,两只成年的美洲鹤带着他们的两只小鹤展翅飞起,悠闲地盘旋着,升入天空,很快就看不见了。他们开始了一年一次长达2500英里的冒险旅行。这次旅行将把它们带到加拿大北部的巢区,秋天他们将再回到得克萨斯州的越冬地来。美洲鹤（Grus americana）是北美洲特有的一种鹤,十分美丽,长而弯曲的脖子和长长的腿占了身高的大部分,长长的尖嘴、红黑色的头部、乌黑发亮的翼尖在雪白的体羽衬托下更加鲜明了。他们展开的双翅竟有7.5英尺宽 ...
张化危
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The Whooping Crane, Grus americana, Forster. [Pl. 313-314]

The birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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The feasibility of establishing a whooping crane (Grus Americana) flock on the Canadian prairies

, 1992
Bibliography: p. 146-159.
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The myology of the whooping crane, Grus americana [PDF]

, 1955
Harvey Irvin Fisher, Donald C. Goodman
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