How much can we trust GPS wildlife tracking? An assessment in semi-free-ranging Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 GPS tracking has been increasingly used for wildlife studies in recent decades, but its performance has not been fully assessed, especially for newly developed lightweight transmitters.
Dongping Liu +4 more
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Spatial- and Temporal-Trajectory Analysis of the Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) by Fusing Multiple Sources of Data [PDF]
Animals, 2023 The Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) is an endangered animal with an extremely high ecological, humanistic, and scientific value. However, this species still faces survival challenges, due to rapidly shrinking foraging grounds, the serious interference of ...
Yulong Zhou, Xian Jiang, Zhanlong Chen
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Spatiotemporal Patterns of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) Movement [PDF]
AnimalsUnderstanding long-term movement ecology is critical for conserving endangered species; however, comprehensive spatiotemporal analyses remain limited.
Zhengyang Qiu +5 more
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An Automatic Identification Method of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) Habitat Based on Spatiotemporal Density Detection [PDF]
Animals, 2022 To address the current challenges of the heavy workload, time-consuming nature and labor-intensiveness involved in existing crested ibis’s (Nipponia nipponTemminck, 1835) habitat identification approaches, this paper proposes an automatic habitat ...
Xian Jiang +5 more
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Changes in the Habitat Preference of Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) during a Period of Rapid Population Increase [PDF]
Animals, 2021 The number of breeding pairs of crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) in Hanzhong, China has recovered remarkably from 2 to 511 from 1981 to 2019. Although the crested ibis has been closely monitored, the habitat preference of the bird has not been well studied
Liming Ma +6 more
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First report of multidrug-resistant and pathogenic Plesiomonas shigelloides from endangered crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchPlesiomonas shigelloides (P. shigelloides) is a gram-negative, thermotolerant, motile, and pleomorphic microorganism that acts as an opportunistic pathogen, capable of causing abscesses, enteric infections, and even sepsis in humans and other animals ...
Jing Xia +8 more
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Establishment of Gut Microbiome During Early Life and Its Relationship With Growth in Endangered Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon) [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Gut microbiota during early life could influence host fitness in vertebrates. Studies on how gut microbiota colonize the gut in birds using frequent sampling during early developmental stages and how shifts in microbiota diversity influence host growth ...
Ying Zhu +4 more
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Seasonal Variation in Nocturnal Roost Timing and Diurnal Movement in Endangered Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon): An Adaptation Strategy to Environmental Changes [PDF]
BiologyThe living environment of birds exhibits seasonal variations, and winter cold and food shortages are key limiting factors influencing the survival rate of many bird species.
Wei Li +4 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of an Asian crested ibis Nipponia nippon (Pelecaniformes, Threskiornithidae) from South Korea [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019 The complete mitochondrial genome sequence from the Asian crested ibis, Nipponia nippon (Aves, Pelecaniformes, Threskiornithidae), was determined and characterized in detail. This mitochondrial genome is 16,813 bp long, and consists of 13 PCGs, 22 tRNAs,
Gyeongmin Kim +7 more
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Evaluation of probiotic properties and complete genome analysis of lactic acid bacteria isolated from crested ibis Nipponia nippon feces [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionCrested ibis (Nipponia nippon) is a rare bird whose intestinal tract is rich in lactic acid bacteria (LAB), but there is less research on LAB isolated from crested ibises.MethodsFrom the fecal samples, Twenty isolates were obtained from fecal
Lei Yang +13 more
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