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Naine kirjutab lindudest. Ökofeministlik ekskurss eesti looduskirjandusse

open access: yesKeel ja Kirjandus, 2023
This article discusses the first book of Estonian nature writing authored by a woman: “Vilsandi Bird Kingdom” (Vilsandi linnuriik) by Alma Toom, published in Tartu by the publishing house Loodus in 1932. Alma Toom, also spelled Thom (1903–1944 or 1945)
Kadri Tüür
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Understanding the Risk to Neotropical Migrant Bird Species of Multiple Human-Caused Stressors: Elucidating Processes Behind the Patterns.

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2006
Ubiquitous human-caused changes to the environment act as multiple stressors for organisms in the wild, and the effects of these stressors may be synergistic, rather than merely additive, with unexpected results.
Ralph S. Hames   +3 more
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Citizen Science as a Tool for Conservation in Residential Ecosystems

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2007
Human activities, such as mining, forestry, and agriculture, strongly influence processes in natural systems. Because conservation has focused on managing and protecting wildlands, research has focused on understanding the indirect influence of these ...
Caren B. Cooper   +3 more
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Responses of birds and mammals to long-established wind farms in India

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Wind turbines have been recognised as an alternative and clean-energy source with a low environmental impact. The selection of sites for wind-farm often creates serious conservation concerns on biodiversity.
Honnavalli N. Kumara   +10 more
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Using stable isotopes to measure the dietary responses of Costa Rican forest birds to agricultural countryside

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
How human modification of native habitats changes the feeding patterns and nutritional ecology of tropical birds is critical to conserving avian biodiversity, but tropical bird diets are laborious to investigate using the traditional methods of diet ...
Çağan H. Şekercioğlu   +11 more
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Evaluation of fall‐seeded cover crops for grassland nesting waterfowl in eastern South Dakota

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView., 2023
Cover crops are experiencing a revival among Midwestern farmers, and we assessed their attractiveness and safety for nesting ducks in South Dakota. Nest success was markedly lower in cover crops than in perennial cover during both years of our study, including 2019 which was a best‐case scenario for cover crops, with extremely wet conditions delaying ...
Charles W. Gallman   +3 more
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Birds specimens of the zoological collection of the Universidad de Nariño, Colombia

open access: yesBiota Colombiana, 2022
We provide a complete dataset of bird specimens of the zoological collection at the Universidad de Nariño, Colombia. For every specimen, we reviewed taxonomic identifications to species level by applying curatorial procedures, including the comparison of
Jhon Jairo Calderón Leytón   +3 more
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Being There. If the Pairing of the Birdwatchers Affects the Pairing of the Birds

open access: yesRelations, 2022
The drives of inter-individual relationships within avian social groups are largely unexplored and relatively poorly understood, including how social landscapes affect the decisions of individuals within these groups.
Evangelina W. Uskoković   +2 more
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Le programme Feederwatch et la politique des grands nombres

open access: yesDéveloppement Durable et Territoires, 2004
Feederwatch program is a project dedicated to counting birds at feeders in the backyard of participants from November to April, since 1988. This program uses statistical means to calculate trends in the evolution of bird populations and areas of ...
Florian Charvolin
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