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Monitoring whooping crane abundance using aerial surveys: Influences on detectability

open access: yesWildlife 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

Assessing the hydroregime of an archetypal riverine wet meadow in the central Great Plains using time‐lapse imagery

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Wet meadows are a declining and increasingly degraded ecosystem type. They contribute numerous ecosystem services, including nutrient cycling, water storage, and filtration, and provision of wildlife habitat, particularly for wetland‐dependent species ...
Emma M. Brinley Buckley   +3 more
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Deciphering Cryptic Population Structure in Western Sandhill Crane Subspecies (<i>Antigone canadensis</i>) of the Pacific Flyway. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Sandhill Crane populations of the Pacific Flyway are made up of breeding populations nesting west of the Rocky Mountains, and isolated by intermediate mountain ranges. Here, we analyze microsatellite markers, mitochondrial DNA sequences, and mitochondrial haplogroups to elucidate population genetic structure and found substantial genetic ...
Joy R   +8 more
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The role of social capital in endangered species management: A valuable resource

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2015
The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered North American species facing multiple environmental and anthropogenic threats. Even if the species thrives, it must continue to be managed after recovery because the threats will not abate.
Chara J. Ragland   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Will the Three Gorges Dam affect the underwater light climate of Vallisneria spiralis L. and food habitat of Siberian crane in Poyang Lake? [PDF]

open access: yes
Almost 95% of the entire population of the Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus) winter in Poyang Lake, China, where they forage on the tubers of the submerged aquatic macrophyte Vallisneria spiralis.
Best, E.P.H.   +5 more
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CURRENT AND HISTORICAL USE OF ALPHA‐CHLORALOSE ON WILD TURKEYS

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2005
: Alpha‐chloralose (AC) has been used as an anesthetic since 1897 to capture or sedate wildlife, including waterfowl, wood‐pigeon (Columba palumbus), and black bear (Ursus americana).
David L. Bergman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Whooping Crane (Grus americana) use patterns in relation to an ecotope classification in the Central Platte River Valley, Nebraska, USA

open access: yesAvian Conservation and Ecology, 2022
A portion of the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) stopover within the Central Platte River Valley (CPRV) annually.
David M. Baasch   +6 more
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Priority sites for wildfowl conservation in Mexico [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
A set of priority sites for wildfowl conservation in Mexico was determined using contemporary count data (1991–2000) from the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service mid-winter surveys.
A. Pérez-Arteaga   +47 more
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The Whooping Crane (Grus americana) in Nebraska

open access: yesThe Auk, 1913
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +1 more source

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