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Seabirds [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Biology, 2017
In this Quick Guide, Votier and Sherley explain how diverse seabirds play important roles in ecosystem functioning, global nutrient cycling and climate regulation, but are declining in the face of multiple threats.
Stephen C, Votier, Richard B, Sherley
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The incursion of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) into North Atlantic seabird populations: an interim report from the 15th International Seabird Group conference [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak devastated populations of North Atlantic seabirds in the 2022 breeding season. Positive cases of HPAI in seabirds were previously reported in Great Skuas Stercorarius skua colonies in the 2021 ...
Tyler, Glen   +15 more
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The marine avifauna of Matthew and Hunter Islands, two remote volcanoes of the New Hebrides chain

open access: yesArxius de Miscel-lània Zoològica, 2023
Breeding birds recorded on Matthew and Hunter Islands in the tropical southwestern Pacific between 1973 and 2018 are summarised from a compilation of reports, for which various methods were used for counting seabirds.
P. Borsa, J. Baudat-Franceschi
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Recent changes in the diet and survival of Atlantic puffin chicks in the face of climate change and commercial fishing in midcoast Maine, USA

open access: yesFACETS, 2016
We examined the diet of Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) chicks at three midcoast Maine, USA, colonies during the years 2005–2014 and found that the puffins at each island have a distinct diet that has changed in recent years.
Stephen W. Kress   +2 more
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Haemoproteus jenniae (Haemoproteidae, Haemosporida) infects gulls (Larus spp.) in South Africa, with redescription of Haemoproteus skuae

open access: yesParasitology, 2023
Haemoproteus spp. are dipteran-borne protozoa that infect erythrocytes and reticulo-endothelial cells of birds. These parasites are not usually transmitted between birds belonging to different orders.
Ralph E. T. Vanstreels   +11 more
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Post-collision impacts, crippling bias, and environmental bias in a study of Newell's Shearwater and Hawaiian Petrel powerline collisions

open access: yesAvian Conservation and Ecology, 2021
Powerline collisions have been identified on Kaua'i as a potential contributing factor to the large-scale decline of both Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) and Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus newelli), but the scale of the powerline collision ...
Marc S. Travers   +10 more
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Chick Provisioning in Grey-Faced Petrel (Pterodroma gouldi) under Environmental Stress

open access: yesBirds, 2022
Grey-faced Petrels (Pterodroma gouldi) are colonial burrowing seabirds predominantly nesting on offshore islands of the upper North Island of New Zealand.
James C. Russell   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seabird mortality from longline fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and Macaronesian waters: a review and a way forward

open access: yesScientia Marina, 2003
A country-by-country review of seabird mortality from longline fishing in the Mediterranean Sea and in Macaronesian waters shows a paucity of data. Of 12 Mediterranean countries known to undertake longlining, seabird mortality is only reported for six ...
John Cooper   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fatty Acids Composition of Stomach Oil of Scopoli’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) from Linosa’s Colony

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Calonectris diomedea is a Procellariforms seabird having a very representative colony in Linosa Island (Southern Italy). The adult forms of C. diomedea produce a pasty oil from their proventriculus to feed their chicks during the rearing period.
Francesco Giuseppe Galluzzo   +13 more
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