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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 The expansion of human infrastructure has contributed to novel risks and disturbance regimes in most ecosystems, leading to considerable uncertainty about how species will respond to altered landscapes.
Kristen S. Ellis +6 more
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Ecological Indicators, 2021 In recent years, due to human activities and global climate change, the number and area of waterbird habitats in Yancheng coastal wetlands, a newly established world natural heritage site, have been shrinking, the function of the waterbird habitats has ...
Cheng Wang +10 more
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Optimized Small Waterbird Detection Method Using Surveillance Videos Based on YOLOv7
Animals, 2023 Waterbird monitoring is the foundation of conservation and management strategies in almost all types of wetland ecosystems. China’s improved wetland protection infrastructure, which includes remote devices for the collection of larger quantities of ...
Jialin Lei +5 more
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Dual visible‐thermal camera approach facilitates drone surveys of colonial marshbirds
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Waterbirds are important indicators of wetland health, and understanding their status and trends is necessary for appropriate management and conservation.
Ann E. McKellar +2 more
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Size matters: the value of small populations for wintering waterbirds [PDF]
, 2004 Protecting systematically selected areas of land is a major step towards biodiversity conservation worldwide. Indeed, the identification and designation of protected areas more often than not forms a core component of both national and international ...
Atkinson-Willes G. L. +26 more
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Human activities accelerated the degradation of saline seepweed red beaches by amplifying top‐down and bottom‐up forces [PDF]
, 2018 Salt marshes dominated by saline seepweed (Suaeda heteroptera) provide important ecosystem services such as sequestering carbon (blue carbon), maintaining healthy fisheries, and protecting shorelines. These salt marshes also constitute stunning red beach
Chen, Luzhen +10 more
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Evaluation of fall‐seeded cover crops for grassland nesting waterfowl in eastern South Dakota
Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView., 2023 Cover crops are experiencing a revival among Midwestern farmers, and we assessed their attractiveness and safety for nesting ducks in South Dakota. Nest success was markedly lower in cover crops than in perennial cover during both years of our study, including 2019 which was a best‐case scenario for cover crops, with extremely wet conditions delaying ...
Charles W. Gallman +3 more
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Avian Research, 2017 Background Waterbirds are globally declining as a result of habitat loss, alteration or degradation. Fishing activities may affect waterbird distribution, abundance and diversity, and traditional fishing activities often enhance waterbird abundance.
K. M. Aarif +4 more
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Gravel pits support waterbird diversity in an urban landscape [PDF]
, 2009 We assessed the benefit of 11 gravel pits for the settlement of waterbird communities in an urbanized area lacking natural wetlands. Gravel pits captured 57% of the regional species pool of aquatic birds.
A. Gaujard +22 more
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Animals, 2023 Global climate change has become a trend and is one of the main factors affecting biodiversity patterns and species distributions. Many wild animals adapt to the changing living environment caused by climate change by changing their habitats.
Aihua Fu +7 more
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