“Coastal” versus “inland” shorebird species: interlinked fundamental dichotomies between their life- and demographic histories? [PDF]
, 2003 In this contribution I present an extended but testable hypothesis (or “evolutionary scenario”) to explain how and why many life-history features of latitudinal migrant shorebirds, basically characterised by the correlation between habitat choice in the ...
Piersma, Theunis,
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Habitat Use of Migratory Shorebirds on the Coastline of Deli Serdang Regency, North Sumatra Province
Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2017 Mangrove forests an intertidal mudflat in the eastern coastal region of Deli Serdang are important habitats for migratory shorebirds. Land-use change and forest conversion threaten this important stopover point for migrating species. The lack of data and
Chairunas Adha Putra +2 more
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Diversity, 2023 Bahrain is a cluster of islands in the mid-section of the Arabian Gulf that serves as an important wintering and stop-over ground for many migratory shorebirds in the Central Asian Flyway (CAF).
H. Shamna +12 more
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Arhythmorhynchus comptus (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from shorebirds in Patagonia, Argentina, with some comments on a species of profilicollis [PDF]
, 2016 Adult and immature Arhythmorhynchus comptus (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) were found parasitizing the Baird’s Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii, and the White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae), from several locations in Patagonia ...
Capasso, Sofía Carolina +1 more
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Gut microbiome of migratory shorebirds: Current status and future perspectives
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Migratory shorebirds have many unique life history characteristics, such as long‐distance travel between breeding sites, stopover sites, and wintering sites.
Zheng Zhang, Zhisong Yang, Lifeng Zhu
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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 +19 more
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Neotropical Bird Migration During The Ice Ages: Orientation And Ecology [PDF]
, 1996 Reconstruction of breeding habitat of North American Neotropical migrants 18,000 years ago and 9,000 years ago indicated major shifts in both location and composition of plant communities relative to present conditions.
Webb, T., III +1 more
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Probing of heavy metals in the feathers of shorebirds of Central Asian Flyway wintering grounds
Scientific Reports, 2020 The study is intended to deliver the incidence of heavy metals in the feathers of shorebirds from two important Central Asian Flyway (CAF) migratory shorebirds wintering sites such as the Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary (PWLS) and Pichavaram Mangrove ...
Jeganathan Pandiyan +9 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2021 Soft‐bottomed intertidal flats are essential foraging areas for shorebirds but are severely impacted by threats such as coastal development and climate change.
Tomohiro Kuwae +3 more
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Will improving wastewater treatment impact shorebirds? Effects of sewage discharges on estuarine invertebrates and birds [PDF]
, 2012 Human communities often discharge wastewaters into estuaries, influencing their organic and pollutant loading, benthic community and trophic structure.
Ait Alla +45 more
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