Wintering Bald Eagle Count Trends in the Conterminous United States, 1986-2010 [PDF]
, 2015 We analyzed counts from the annual Midwinter Bald Eagle Survey to examine state, regional, and national trends in counts of wintering Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) within the conterminous 48 United States from 1986 to 2010.
Bond, Laura +4 more
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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2015 Across North America, Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) populations appear to be recovering following bans of DDT. A limited number of studies from across North America have recorded a surplus of nonbreeding adult Bald Eagles in dense populations ...
Karla R. Letto +3 more
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Count trends for migratory Bald Eagles reveal differences between two populations at a spring site along the Lake Ontario shoreline [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The recovery of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucophalus), after DDT and other organochlorine insecticides were banned in the United States, can be regarded as one of the most iconic success stories resulting from the Endangered Species Act.
Kyle R. Wright
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Global analysis of threat status reveals higher extinction risk in tropical than in temperate bird sister species [PDF]
, 2019 Given increasing pressures upon biodiversity, identification of species’ traits related to elevated extinction risk is useful for more efficient allocation of limited resources for nature conservation.
Reif, Jiří, Štěpánková, Klára
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Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2016 Lead (Pb) exposure in free‐flying bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is an important conservation concern. One of the challenges to characterizing the magnitude of Pb exposure in free‐flying bald eagles is obtaining samples.
William J. Reiter‐Marolf +2 more
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Outcomes of conservatively managed coracoid fractures in wild birds in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2018 Coracoid fractures are a frequent presentation in wild birds, commonly due to collisions with motor vehicles, windows, or other obstacles such as pylons.
Cracknell, Jonathan M. +6 more
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Inventory of wildlife use of mortality pits as feeding sites: implications of pathogen exposure
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 To better understand the use of mortality pits by wildlife and possible pathogen dissemination from the resulting wildlife contact in these areas, we used 8 camera traps on 4 mortality pits in Colorado from June to December 2014 to create a species ...
Jeremy W. Ellis +4 more
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The Bald And Golden Eagle Protection Act, Species-Based Legal Protection And The Danger Of Misidentification [PDF]
Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2015 The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act of 1940 bestows legal protection on two North American eagle species in the United States of America.
Johann C Knobel
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Comparative genomic data of the Avian Phylogenomics Projects [PDF]
, 2014 The evolutionary relationships of modern birds are among the most challenging to understand in systematic biology and have been debated for centuries.
Avian Genome Consortium +7 more
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High risk of lead contamination for scavengers in an area with high moose hunting success. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Top predators and scavengers are vulnerable to pollutants, particularly those accumulated along the food chain. Lead accumulation can induce severe disorders and alter survival both in mammals (including humans) and in birds.
Pierre Legagneux +7 more
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