Agricultural Policy and Nest Success of Prairie Ducks in Canada and the United States
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2007 The Prairie Pothole Region of North America has been modified by agriculture during the past 100 yr, resulting in habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation that have reduced the abundance and productivity of many wildlife species. The 1985 U.S.
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NESTING ECOLOGY OF RIO GRANDE WILD TURKEY IN THE EDWARDS PLATEAU OF TEXAS
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2005 : Rio Grande wild turkey (RGWT; Meleagris gallopavo intermedia) abundance in the southeastern portion of the Edwards Plateau (EP) of Texas has been declining for decades, whereas trends in abundance for the northwestern portion of the EP have remained ...
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Nosy neighbours: large broods attract more visitors. A field experiment in the pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca [PDF]
, 2017 Life is uncertain. To reduce uncertainty and make adaptive decisions, individuals need to collect information. Individuals often visit the breeding sites of their conspecifics (i.e., “prospect”), likely to assess conspecifics’ reproductive success and to
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Movement ecology and sex are linked to barn owl microbial community composition. [PDF]
, 2020 The behavioural ecology of host species is likely to affect their microbial communities, because host sex, diet, physiology, and movement behaviour could all potentially influence their microbiota.
Bowie, Rauri CK +8 more
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Breeding biology of pond heron in Kerala, South India [PDF]
, 2008 Regular intensive investigations to locate nesting colonies were carried out early monsoon of 1999 up to 2002. For detailed study a few breeding colonies were selected.
EA Abdul Shukkur +2 more
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Synchronised provisioning at the nest: parental coordination over care in a socially monogamous species [PDF]
, 2013 Bi-parental care is very common in birds, occurring in over 90% of species, and is expected to evolve whenever the benefits of enhanced offspring survival exceed the costs to both parents of providing care.
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Breeding Success of Edible-Nest Swiftlets in a Man Made Nesting Habitat [PDF]
, 1997 The Edible-nest Swiftlet (Collocalia&ciphaga) has beenreceiving more attention lately due to the fact that this birdproduce an edible nests which fetch a high value in the International market.
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Nest Box Use and Nesting Success of House Wrens (Troglodytes Aedon) in a Midwestern Wetland Park [PDF]
, 2003 Author Institution: University of Indianapolis, Biology DepartmentI placed 67 milk-carton nest boxes designed for Prothonotary Warblers {Protonotaria dtrea) in a suburban Indianapolis wetland park and monitored them during the 2000 nesting season.
Dailey, Theresa B.
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Ecological and social effects on reproduction and local recruitment in the red-backed shrike [PDF]
, 2018 Numerous hypotheses have been proposed to explain variation in reproductive performance and local recruitment of animals. While most studies have examined the influence of one or a few social and ecological factors on fitness traits, comprehensive ...
Jenni, Lukas +4 more
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Spatial Analysis of Nest Productivity and Predation in Prothonotary Warblers [PDF]
, 2015 Generally, statistics are based off the assumption that observations are independent from each other in space. In larger ecological systems however, there can be spatial autocorrelation whereby data collected in nearby areas are not independent of one ...
Bulluck, Lesley P, Foster, Miranda
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