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The River Lune fact file [PDF]

, 1994
This document provides a brief introduction to the River Lune catchment and the role that the National Rivers Authority plays in catchment management. Included are a map of the catchment and short introductions to fisheries and characteristics of the ...

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Migration and wintering patterns of Golden Plover, Pluvialis apricaria, in the Northern part of Modena province (Northern Italy)

Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2012
The authors present the results on the migration and wintering patterns of Golden Plover. There are differences on biometrics between juv (immature)/adults. The juv are mainly significantly present in autumn and the adults in spring migration. We found a
Carlo Giannella, Raffaele Gemmato
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Fall Field Report, August–November 2015 [PDF]

, 2015
To start, a housekeeping item: in the species accounts that follow, whenever I use the term migrant I am referring to fall migration only. Many species, of course, have differing migration strategies and timing in spring and fall. Much of the data used
Silcock, W. Ross
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North Campus Open Space Restoration Project Restoration Plan [PDF]

, 2016
This Restoration Plan is the result of a collaborative effort between UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biological Diversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) and a team of consultants lead by Environmental Science Associates (ESA).
Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration, Environmental Science Associates   +1 more
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Four new species of the feather mite genus Sokoloviana Dubinin, 1951 (Pterolichoidea; Ptiloxenidae) from waders (Charadriiformes; Charadrii) [PDF]

, 2012
Es werden vier neue Arten der Gattung Sokoloviana (Pterolichoidea; Ptiloxenidae) von Vögeln der Unterordnung Charadrii (Charadriiformes) beschrieben: Sokoloviana cornuta sp. nov.
Dabert, Jacek, Ehrnsberger, Rainer
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Piping Plover Habitat Changes and Nesting Responses Following Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona on Prince Edward Island, Canada

Remote Sensing
Climate change is driving regime shifts across ecosystems, exposing species to novel challenges of extreme weather, altered disturbances, food web disruptions, and habitat loss.
Ryan Guild, Xiuquan Wang
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Birds and Climate Change: Ecological Disruption in Motion [PDF]

, 2009
Analysis of four decades of Christmas Bird Count observations reveal that birds seen in North America during the first weeks of winter have moved dramatically northward -- toward colder latitudes -- over the past four decades.

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Latitudinal variation in biophysical characteristics of avian eggshells to cope with differential effects of solar radiation

Ecology and Evolution, 2018
Solar radiation is an important driver of animal coloration, not only because of the effects of coloration on body temperature but also because coloration may protect from the deleterious effects of UV radiation.
Jesús Gómez, Cristina Ramo, Martin Stevens, Gustavo Liñán‐Cembrano, Miguel A. Rendón, Jolyon T. Troscianko, Juan A. Amat   +6 more
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Acoustic deterrents for Red Fox Vulpes vulpes and threatened shorebird clutch survival on sandy beaches

Global Ecology and Conservation
Red Foxes Vulpes vulpes are a key driver of low reproductive success in beach-nesting shorebirds such as the Hooded Plover Thinornis cucullatus cucullatus, with lethal fox control curtailed by free-roaming pets and nearby urban dwellings.
Finn Saurine, Julia Ryeland, Kasun Ekanayake, Grainne S. Maguire, Michael A. Weston   +4 more
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Biology of nesting sea turtles along the Florida panhandle [PDF]

, 2000
The purpose of this study was to determine how the dynamic system off Cape San Blas affects its unique group of nesting sea turtles. We assessed: 1. changes in beach topography, 2. changes in offshore topography, 3.
Carthy, Raymond R.
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