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Preliminary Evaluation of a Tris-Based Extender for the Semen Examination Procedure in a Hybrid Falcon (Falco rusticolus × Falco cherrug) [PDF]
Case Reports in Veterinary MedicineArtificial insemination (AI) plays an important role in threatened raptor species conservation, as well as in falconry for commercial purposes. There is still a need to identify a suitable extender that maintains an adequate environment for sperm ...
Miranda Govoni +6 more
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2015 This report summarizes information on factors impacting on the decrease in numbers of the Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) in Russia and Kazakhstan and analyses conditions в of the Global Action Plan that are aimed at neutralization of these factors to ...
Elvira G. Nikolenko +2 more
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Risk assessment in the plateau pika (Ochotona curzoniae): intensity of behavioral response differs with predator species [PDF]
BMC Ecology, 2020 Background The ability of a prey species to assess the risk that a predator poses can have important fitness advantages for the prey species. To better understand predator–prey interactions, more species need to be observed to determine how prey ...
Wanrong Wei +3 more
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Evolution and Climate Adaptation in Eurasian Gyrfalcon Populations. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis reports the influence of past, current and future Arctic climate change to the evolution of Eurasian gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus), and reveals that its current evolutionary potential is insufficient to cope with the ongoing Arctic warming. ABSTRACT Climate change is considered a key driver for shaping ecological and evolutionary processes of ...
Liu X +10 more
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2022 Installing artificial nests is a widely used method of managing wild bird populations around the world that allows to increase their numbers and/or productivity and breeding success.
Igor V. Karyakin +3 more
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Acta Biologica Sibirica, 2022 The dynamics of changes in the live weight of saker falcon (Falco cherrug) chicks in the early postnatal period and the comparison of the growth energy of chicks of different morphometric groups during artificial feeding from hatching to transferring ...
Sergey I. Snigirev, Lidiya B. Mendel
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About the Saker Falcon Situation in the Southern Balkhash Region in the South-East of Kazakhstan
Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023 The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) has been a breeding and wintering species in the southern shore of Lake Balkhash region for the last two decades. There is a publication describing the first known case of the Saker Falcon nesting there in 2013 and the ...
Altai Zh. Zhatkanbaev +4 more
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An Adaptive Management Framework Concept for the Sustainable Use of the Saker Falcon
Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2023 The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as Globally Endangered. It breeds across continental middle latitudes, with its range spanning over 7,000 km from Central Europe to Western ...
Andras Kovacs +4 more
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Unusual raptor nests around the world [PDF]
, 2009 From surveys in many countries, we report using unusual nesting materials (e.g., paper money, rags, metal, antlers, and large bones) and unusual nesting situations. For example, we documented nests of Steppe Eagles [Aquila nipalensis] and Upland Buzzards
Anderson, Daniel W. +14 more
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Transcription-associated mutation promotes RNA complexity in highly expressed genes - a major new source of selectable variation [PDF]
, 2018 Alternatively spliced transcript isoforms are thought to play a critical role for functional diversity. However, the mechanism generating the enormous diversity of spliced transcript isoforms remains unknown, and its biological significance remains ...
Bruford, Michael W. +9 more
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