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2009
Abstract Shorebirds are a diverse cosmopolitan group that forms the monophyletic Order Charadriiformes. 7ey represent one of the largest clades in birds with 366 species classiAed traditionally in 19 families (1). theorder can be divided into three major clades (2–4): Scolopaci (sandpipers, jacanas, painted snipes, seedsnipes, and Plains-
Allan J Baker, Sérgio L Pereiraa
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Abstract Shorebirds are a diverse cosmopolitan group that forms the monophyletic Order Charadriiformes. 7ey represent one of the largest clades in birds with 366 species classiAed traditionally in 19 families (1). theorder can be divided into three major clades (2–4): Scolopaci (sandpipers, jacanas, painted snipes, seedsnipes, and Plains-
Allan J Baker, Sérgio L Pereiraa
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Environmental contaminants in Canadian shorebirds
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2008Canadian shorebirds are exposed to environmental contaminants throughout their annual cycle. Contaminant exposure among species varies with diet, foraging behaviour and migration patterns. We sampled twelve species of shorebirds from four locations across Canada to assess their exposure to PCBs, organochlorine pesticides, as well as four trace elements
Birgit M, Braune, David G, Noble
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Conservation of Nearctic Shorebirds
1984The public, and the government agencies that they influence, are often aroused to the cause of wildlife conservation only after species are seriously endangered. Unfortunately, the protection and restoration of already endangered species is at best an expensive and difficult endeavor; at worst, it can be a futile one.
Stanley E. Senner, Marshall A. Howe
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What’s killing the world’s shorebirds?
Nature, 2017Researchers brave polar bears, mosquitoes and gull attacks in the Canadian Arctic to investigate an alarming die ...
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1984
Marine biologists usually consider marine animals to include those organisms that live in the seas, bays, and estuaries. Traditionally, they have studied marine mammals (such as seals, dolphins, porpoises, whales), marine fishes, and a myriad of invertebrates whose entire life cycles are normally restricted to salt water habitats.
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Marine biologists usually consider marine animals to include those organisms that live in the seas, bays, and estuaries. Traditionally, they have studied marine mammals (such as seals, dolphins, porpoises, whales), marine fishes, and a myriad of invertebrates whose entire life cycles are normally restricted to salt water habitats.
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