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A monitoring framework for assessing threats to nonbreeding shorebirds on the Pacific Coast of the Americas

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2020
Many shorebirds (Order: Charadriiformes; Family: Charadriidae, Recurvirostridae, Scolopacidae, Haematopodidae, Jacanidae) are highly migratory, traversing thousands of kilometers between high latitude breeding and low latitude nonbreeding sites. In doing
Matthew E. Reiter, Eduardo Palacios, Diana Eusse-Gonzalez, Richard Johnston González, Pete Davidson, David W. Bradley, Rob Clay, Khara M. Strum, James Chu, Blake A. Barbaree, Catherine M. Hickey, David B. Lank, Mark Drever, Ronald C. Ydenberg, Robert Butler   +14 more
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Land birds on atolls: diversity, origin, and function

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Oceanic islands are global hotspots of avian biodiversity and endemism. Their isolation and distinct environmental conditions have uniquely shaped the evolutionary trajectories of island birds, while, in turn, land bird communities have become critical providers of ecological functions to island ecosystems.
Sebastian Steibl, Alex S. Wegmann, Nick D. Holmes, Caitlin E. Andrews, Gérard Rocamora, Simon Ducatez, James C. Russell   +6 more
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Knowledge gaps and research directions in migration ecology for advancing the conservation of migratory songbirds

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Understanding migration ecology is essential for effective conservation of migratory species. To achieve a comprehensive understanding of the ecology of migrating species, it is necessary to study how species react to the complex interplay of intrinsic and extrinsic conditions when optimizing their migratory journey in terms of survival ...
Daniel A. F. Bloche, Heiko Schmaljohann, Nir Sapir   +2 more
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Adult Shorebird Morphological Measurement Data

, 2023
This dataset consists of five tables, 1) shorebird morphological measurements collected from various species captured from 1895-2021, 2) taxonomy, 3) contributors, 4) sampling locations, and 5) cross-reference publications.
US Fish and Wildlife Service / Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, McCaffery, Brian, Anderson, Allie, Environment and Climate Change Canada, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Handel, Colleen M, Ward, David H, Sowl, Kristine, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Ruthrauff, Dan, Dementyev, Maksim N, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, Gesmundo, Callie, Wright, James, US Fish and Wildlife Service / Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Aubry, Yves, Buidin, Christophe, Harwood, Christopher M, Nol, Erica, Tomkovich, Pavel S, Breeden, James, Moscow State University, Friis, Christian, Conklin, Jesse R, University of Montana, Rausch, Jennie, Christie, Katie, Johnson, J. M, Rochepault, Yann, McDuffie, Laura A, Massey University, Trent University, Johnson, James A., Tibbitts, Lee, Gill, Robert E, Alaska Science Center, The Ohio State University, Piersma group, Marks, Jeffrey S, U.S. Geological Survey, Harrison, Autumn-Lynn, Canadian Wildlife Service   +41 more
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Foraging ecology of fall-migrating shorebirds in the Illinois River valley. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Populations of many shorebird species appear to be declining in North America, and food resources at stopover habitats may limit migratory bird populations.
Randolph V Smith, Joshua D Stafford, Aaron P Yetter, Michelle M Horath, Christopher S Hine, Jeffery P Hoover   +5 more
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A global latitudinal decline in breeding site fidelity emerges from a single biome

Ecography, EarlyView.
Species that breed in multiple years can either return to the same location to reproduce between seasons or disperse to a different location. Previous studies have shown that breeding site fidelity varies with species‐ and individual‐specific traits, but much of the observed variation remains unexplained.
Peter Santema, Eunbi Kwon, Luke Eberhart‐Hertel, Mihai Valcu, Bart Kempenaers   +4 more
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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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Investigating avian influenza infection hotspots in old-world shorebirds. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
Heterogeneity in the transmission rates of pathogens across hosts or environments may produce disease hotspots, which are defined as specific sites, times or species associations in which the infection rate is consistently elevated.
Nicolas Gaidet, Ahmed B Ould El Mamy, Julien Cappelle, Alexandre Caron, Graeme S Cumming, Vladimir Grosbois, Patricia Gil, Saliha Hammoumi, Renata Servan de Almeida, Sasan R Fereidouni, Giovanni Cattoli, Celia Abolnik, Josphine Mundava, Bouba Fofana, Mduduzi Ndlovu, Yelli Diawara, Renata Hurtado, Scott H Newman, Tim Dodman, Gilles Balança   +19 more
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Continental scale metagenomics reveals Microcystis‐induced synchrony among aquatic taxa is exacerbated by trophic cascades

Ecography, EarlyView.
Harmful Microcystis proliferation severely threatens aquatic ecosystems globally, but its impacts on food‐web stability remain poorly understood. Here, we analyzed 1309 metagenomic samples from freshwater ecosystems across China to investigate how Microcystis abundance affects synchrony among taxa in multi‐trophic food webs (from bacteriophages to ...
Lemian Liu, Siqi Zhu, Xiaoqin Huang, Wenjia Hu, Lixiang Luo, Xiusong Pan, Jianfeng Chen   +6 more
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A Yup'ik dance mask from the early‐1900s connects Indigenous tradition and shorebird conservation

People and Nature
A dance mask from the early 1900s reveals connections between Yup'ik people of western Alaska and shorebirds as well as their shared struggle to thrive in the modern world.
Liliana C. Naves
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