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A Trophic and Non‐Trophic Seasonal Interaction Network Reveals Potential Management Units and Functionally Important Species

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Biogeography, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Understanding the organisation of the wide variety of ecological interactions is crucial to advancing our understanding and management of real ecosystems. We aimed to compile a ‘complete’ network of tetrapod trophic and non‐trophic interactions for the entire North American boreal forest biome that could be analysed to gain insights into ...
Ella Z. Daly   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration mortality in birds

open access: yesIbis, Volume 167, Issue 1, Page 106-123, January 2025.
Bird migration is one of the greatest wildlife spectacles, producing massive global changes in the distributions of birds twice each year. To understand the evolution of this phenomenon, it is important to know the costs of these journeys in terms of the mortality they impose.
Ian Newton
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of rearing environment on behavior of captive-reared Whooping cranes (Grus Americana)

open access: yes, 2017
A Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science - BiologyWhooping crane (Grus americana) numbers dropped dramatically with an all time low in the 1930s of 13 wild individuals due to settlement by the ...
Sadowski, Christy L.
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A Tool for Rapid Assessment of Hydrological Connectivity Patterns in Texas Coastal Wetlands: Linkages between Tidal Creeks and Coastal Ponds

open access: yesTexas 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   +3 more
doaj  

Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains

open access: yesAvian 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   +7 more
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UNUSUAL WINTERING DISTRIBUTION AND MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR OF THE WHOOPING CRANE (GRUS AMERICANA) IN 2011–2012

open access: yes, 2013
The last, self-sustaining population of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana), the Aransas-Wood Buffalo population, has overwintered almost exclusively along the Gulf Coast of Texas, USA, in and around the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge during recent ...
Wright, Greg D.   +2 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)

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

濒危物种——美洲鹤

open access: yes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
doaj  

The Whooping Crane, Grus americana, Forster. [Pl. 313-314]

open access: yesThe birds of America : from drawings made in the United States and their territories
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

Conservation Challenges for Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) and Greater Sandhill Cranes (Grus Canadensis tabida) in Wisconsin

open access: yes, 2014
Abundance estimates allow wildlife managers to make informed management decisions, but differential detectability of individuals can lead to biased estimates of abundance.
McKinney, Lindsey F.
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