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Integrating vision, audition and olfaction traits: a roadmap for contrasting sensory ecologies of birds and rodents

Oikos, EarlyView.
Sensory ecology seeks to understand how organisms detect and use information from their environment, yet comparative analyses across multiple sensory modalities remain rare. Here, we present a roadmap for contrasting the sensory ecologies of birds and rodents using surrogate morphological and acoustic traits associated with vision, audition, and ...
Raphaël Proulx, Josyane Brouillard, Laurie Provençal, Frédérick Girard, Jessica Bertolacci, Youri Simard   +5 more
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Body condition of shorebirds upon arrival at their Siberian breeding grounds [PDF]

, 2009
Arctic breeding shorebirds carry substantial body stores on their long-distance migrations from their non-breeding grounds. Upon arrival at the breeding area the remains of these stores can be used for egg formation, insurance against poor feeding ...
Klaassen, Raymond, Tulp, Ingrid, Visser, G. Henk, Klaassen, Raymond H. G., Ens, Bruno J., Ens, B.J., Tulp, I., Schekkerman, H., Visser, G.H., Schekkerman, Hans, Tulp, I.Y.M., Klaassen, R.H.G.   +11 more
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A Functional Flows Framework for the Terminal Great Salt Lake Basin: Can We Have Our Lake and Drink It Too?

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terminal basins provide unique aquatic environments that are often highly sensitive to streamflow contributions, making them a focal point for environmental water management. However, the water needs for terminal lake, wetland, and river ecosystems, and how they relate, remain a fundamental knowledge gap that constrains our ability to ...
Belize Lane, Melissa Stamp, Sarah E. Null, Paul Thompson, Jeffrey Ostermiller, Farah Nusrat, Noelle Patterson, Maddie Witte, Bethany Neilson, Michelle Baker   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

International importance of tidal flats in the Republic of Korea as shorebird stopover sites in the East Asian–Australasian flyway

Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2023
Tidal flats along the southwestern coast of the Republic of Korea are known as internationally important habitats for migratory shorebirds in the East Asian–Australasian Flyway (EAAF).
Ju-Hyun Lee, In-Cheol Kim, Si-Wan Lee, Jong-Ju Son, Jae-Ung Jang, Ha-Cheol Sung   +5 more
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Shorebirds Affect Ecosystem Functioning on an Intertidal Mudflat

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020
Ecosystem functioning and services have provided a rationale for conservation over the past decades. Intertidal muddy sediments, and the microphytobenthic biofilms that inhabit them, perform crucial ecosystem functions including erosion protection ...
James M. Booty, Graham J. C. Underwood, Amie Parris, Richard G. Davies, Trevor J. Tolhurst   +4 more
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Beyond Sexual Selection: Natural Selection Related Camouflage and Thermoregulation Shape Sexual Color Dimorphism in Diploderma Lizards

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Integrating comparative spectrometry, image analysis, and thermal modeling, we reveal that (1) females optimize crypsis via background matching, (2) males prioritize high‐contrast disruptive patterning at a significant thermoregulatory cost (reduced solar heat gain), and (3) habitat‐specific monomorphism in Diploderma slowinskii underscores ecological ...
Yuning Cao, Lin Shi, Yin Qi
wiley   +1 more source

Studies on breeding shorebirds at Medusa Bay, Taimyr, in summer 2001 [PDF]

, 2001
In the Summer of 2001 a combined Dutch-Russian expedition took place to the Willem Barentz field station at Medusa Bay near Dikson in north-western Taimyr. The expedition was organized by Alterra, the Working Group for International Waterbird and Wetland
Tulp, I., Schekkerman, H.
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Shorebirds as important vectors for plant dispersal in Europe [PDF]

, 2019
Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) undergo rapid migrations with potential for long-distance dispersal (LDD) of plants. We studied the frequency of endozoochory by shorebirds in different parts of Europe covering a broad latitudinal range and different seasons.
Coughlan, Neil E., Wilkinson, David M., Lovas-Kiss, Ádám, Sánchez, Marta I., Alves, José A., Marta I. Sánchez, Andy J. Green, Ádám Lovas‐Kiss, David M. Wilkinson, Green, Andy J., José A. Alves, Neil E. Coughlan   +11 more
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Cumulative Duration and Habitat Selection Across the Annual‐Cycle Stages: Links to Human Modification in Two Declining Shorebirds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
First multi‐season analysis linking cumulative duration and habitat selection to human modification in two declining shorebirds. A total of 160 cumulative duration was identified at four periods for two species. Longer cumulative duration correlate with higher human modification in coastal wetlands during northward migration and winter.
Houlang Duan, Wenhan Wang, Qing Xiao, Bingrun Zhu, Shaoxia Xia, Zhengwang Zhang, Xiubo Yu   +6 more
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Rice fields as alternative foraging grounds: Rising shorebird diversity and abundance despite declines in natural coastal wintering sites

Ecological Indicators
This study investigates the extent to which shorebirds confront habitat degradation at the natural wetlands (mudflats, mangroves, sand beaches) by shifting to adjacent rice fields for foraging. Our results showed an overall decline in shorebird abundance
K.M. Aarif, Aymen Nefla, K.A. Rubeena, Yanjie Xu, Zuzana Musilova, Petr Musil, Lijia Wen, Yumin Guo, Mohd Irfan Naikoo, Christian Sonne, Sabir Bin Muzaffar   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source