Trends in Richness and Occupancy of Ugandan Birds and Relation to Local Tree Cover
African Journal of Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 4, June 2025.ABSTRACT Changes in vegetation cover are occurring across sub‐Saharan Africa and can have substantial effects on ecological communities, but limited data make understanding status and trends difficult for many taxa. We surveyed birds for several decades across Uganda using point counts.
Ryan C. Burner +7 more
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Ecologia da polinização do bacurizeiro (Platonia insignis Mart.) Clusiaceae. [PDF]
, 2014 bitstream/item/42799/1/Boletim-Pesquisa-170-CPATU ...
MAUES, M. M., VENTURIERI, G. C.
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 5, May 2025.ABSTRACT Aim Fire significantly contributes to Amazonian degradation, with igapó forests (seasonally flooded by blackwater rivers) being especially vulnerable. Igapó forests support species adapted to seasonal flooding, making fire a critical threat to these specialised organisms.
C. Valentim +6 more
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La avifauna del Cuaternario de Argentina: inferencias paleoambientales a partir del registro de los Psittacidae [PDF]
El registro de vertebrados del Cuaternario, en especial el del Pleistoceno medio y tardíoHolocena de la Región Pampeana, es el mejor conocido de América del Sur tanto desde el punto de vista bioestratigráfico como de edades radimétricas.
Acosta Hospitaleche, C.I. +2 more
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The role of alien plants in the composition of fruit-eating bird assemblages in Brazilian urban ecosystems [PDF]
, 2007 Between 1985 and 2004, 91 wild fruit-eating bird species were studied in 11 urban areas of Brazil: 78 of these species were seed dispersers and 13 were seed predators. The most representative families of fruit-eating birds in these areas were: Thraupidae
Guix, Juan Carlos
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A Review of Flight-Initiation Distances and their Application to Managing Disturbance to Australian Birds [PDF]
, 2012 Disturbance – the response of birds to a stimulus such as the presence of a person – is considered a conservation threat for some Australian birds. The distance at which a bird flees from perceived danger is defined as the flight-initiation distance (FID)
Australian Biosecurity CRC +37 more
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The Role of Two Tyrosinase‐Like Glycoenzymes in Defining the Final Hue of Parrot Plumage
Pigment Cell &Melanoma Research, Volume 38, Issue 3, May 2025.ABSTRACT Recent advances in avian melanogenesis have pinpointed multiple genetic loci associated with color polymorphisms, predominantly in the plumage of chickens, quails, and pigeons. However, the genetic basis of melaninization in parrot plumage remains elusive.
Shatadru Ghosh Roy +4 more
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People priorities and perceptions. Towards conservation partnership in Mamberamo [PDF]
, 2007 Conservation International Indonesia has launched several initiatives in the Mamberamo area since early 2000, targeting biodiversity conservation and sustainable environmental management, as well as facilitating the development of the "Mamberamo ...
Boissière, Manuel +3 more
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Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, 2011 Se presenta como huésped primario nativo de la chinche Ornithocoris toledoi Pinto (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicidae) al Calancate Común Aratinga a. acuticaudata (Aves: Psittacidae).
Diego L Carpintero +2 more
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Neue Arten bei der Federmilbenfamilie Ascouracaridae Gaud & Atyeo, 1976 : mit 1 Tabelle [PDF]
, 2012 Es werden 8 neue Federmilben, die die Federspule und den Federschaft besiedeln, aus der Familie Ascouracaridae GAUD & Atyeo, 1976 beschrieben und dargestellt.
Dabert, Jacek, Ehrnsberger, Rainer
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