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Whooping Crane Chick Survival in the Reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
The reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population (EMP) of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) has exhibited appropriate breeding behavior, including pair formation, territory defense, nest building, and fertile egg production.
Thompson HL, Caven AJ, Schmidt SM, Sicich BRF, Sarrol AJ, Szyszkoski EK, Gordon NM.   +6 more
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A network of refugia: Whooping Crane drought response informs international habitat conservation goals

Conservation Science and Practice
Whooping Cranes land in a palustrine‐emergent wetland amid row crop agriculture near Atkinson, Nebraska, during spring migration in April of 2020 (photo by M. L. Forsberg). From 2023 to 2024, the U.S. and Canada updated conservation plans for the Whooping Crane through international workshops.
Andrew J. Caven, Aaron T. Pearse
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Egg production and endocrine profiles of female whooping cranes (Grus americana) maintained ex situ are improved in naturalized enclosures

Theriogenology Wild, 2023
Whooping cranes (Grus americana) are naturally seasonal breeders and rely on wetland habitats throughout the annual cycle. However, captive cranes are commonly housed in dry outdoor pens, which may lack key environmental stimuli that in turn compromise ...
Megan E Brown, G. Olsen, C. Keefer, N. Songsasen   +3 more
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Persistent Genomic Erosion in Whooping Cranes Despite Demographic Recovery. [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACT Integrating in‐situ (wild) and ex‐situ (captive) conservation efforts can mitigate genetic diversity loss and help prevent extinction of endangered wild populations. The whooping crane (Grus americana) experienced severe population declines in the 18th century, culminating in a collapse to ~20 individuals by 1944.
Fontsere C, Speak SA, Caven AJ, Rodríguez JA, Wang X, Pacheco C, Cassatt-Johnstone M, Femerling G, Maloney B, Balacco J, Collins J, Sims Y, Abueg L, Fedrigo O, Jarvis ED, Hartup BK, Shapiro B, Gilbert MTP, van Oosterhout C, Morales HE.   +19 more
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Natal dispersal of Whooping Cranes in the reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population. [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2021
Natal dispersal is a key demographic process for evaluating the population rate of change, especially for long‐lived, highly mobile species. This process is largely unknown for reintroduced populations of endangered avian species.
Thompson HL, Caven AJ, Hayes MA, Lacy AE.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Differential shortstopping behaviour in Whooping Cranes: Habitat or social learning?

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Many migratory bird species have begun shifting their wintering grounds closer to their breeding grounds, shortening their yearly migration distance through a behavior called shortstopping.
Philipp Mendgen, Sarah J. Converse, Aaron T. Pearse, Claire S. Teitelbaum, Thomas Mueller   +4 more
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Recovery of the whooping crane Grus americana

Biological Conservation, 1988
Abstract Officially listed as ‘endangered’, the whooping crane Grus americana currently receives strong legal protection under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. To remove it from endangered status, the official Whooping Crane Recovery Plan requires 40 nesting pairs in the main population which migrates from Wood Buffalo National Park, NWT, Canada ...
Clark S. Binkley, Richard S. Miller
openaire   +1 more source

Differential changes in the onset of spring across US National Wildlife Refuges and North American migratory bird flyways. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Warming temperatures associated with climate change can have indirect effects on migratory birds that rely on seasonally available food resources and habitats that vary across spatial and temporal scales.
Eric K Waller, Theresa M Crimmins, Jessica J Walker, Erin E Posthumus, Jake F Weltzin   +4 more
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Balancing future renewable energy infrastructure siting and associated habitat loss for migrating whooping cranes

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The expansion of human infrastructure has contributed to novel risks and disturbance regimes in most ecosystems, leading to considerable uncertainty about how species will respond to altered landscapes.
Kristen S. Ellis, Aaron T. Pearse, David A. Brandt, Mark T. Bidwell, Wade Harrell, Matthew J. Butler, Max Post van der Burg   +6 more
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Monitoring whooping crane abundance using aerial surveys: Influences on detectability

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014
The whooping crane (Grus americana), an endangered species, has been counted on its winter grounds in Texas, USA, since 1950 using fixed‐wing aircraft. Many shortcomings of the traditional survey technique have been identified, calling into question its ...
Bradley N. Strobel, Matthew J. Butler
doaj   +1 more source