Global review of shorebird tracking data to identify research gaps and conservation priorities. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behavior and habitat use of shorebirds and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, realizing the full potential that tracking holds for conservation involves understanding what has been performed on shorebirds to date and identifying regional and ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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