Adaptive management to improve eagle conservation at terrestrial wind facilities
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 The development and installation of renewable energy comes with environmental cost, including the death of wildlife. These costs occur locally, and seem small compared to the global loss of biodiversity.
Leslie New +5 more
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Generational Habituation and Current Bald Eagle Populations
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) populations have expanded, even as increasing human presence and activity near nesting sites has increased. The generational habituation hypothesis may explain current bald eagle behaviors associated with human ...
Jeremy E. Guinn
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Mercury concentrations in blood and feathers of nestling Bald Eagles in coastal and inland Virginia
Avian Research, 2019 Background Mercury (Hg) and methylmercury are widely considered significant issues for wildlife, and in particular, piscivorous birds due to their widespread availability and neurotoxic properties.
David E. Kramar +3 more
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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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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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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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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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Diets of nesting Bald Eagles, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, in western Washington
The Canadian field-naturalist, 1990 Richard L. Knight +4 more
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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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