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Mapping Waterbird Habitats with UAV-Derived 2D Orthomosaic Along Belgium’s Lieve Canal [PDF]

Remote Sensing
The accurate monitoring of waterbird abundance and their habitat preferences is essential for effective ecological management and conservation planning in aquatic ecosystems.
Xingzhen Liu, Andrée De Cock, Long Ho, Kim Pham, Diego Panique-Casso, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Wouter H. Maes, Peter L. M. Goethals   +7 more
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Artificial wetlands as alternative habitat for a wide range of waterbird species [PDF]

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Natural wetlands are at the cutting edge of protection concerns, as they harbor a greater range of waterbird assemblages than artificial wetlands. However, more than 50.0% of natural wetland areas and more than 17.0% of waterbird species have become ...
M. Rajpar, Shahid Ahmad, M. Zakaria, A. Ahmad, Xinle Guo, G. Nabi, Kunyuan Wanghe   +6 more
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Waterbird diversity and spatial distribution across China: Patterns and conservation strategies [PDF]

Global Ecology and Conservation
Understanding regional patterns of waterbird distribution and community assembly is crucial for effective conservation in China. However, comprehensive nationwide analyses of waterbird spatial distribution remain limited.
Lu Yang, Ping-An Liu, Rong-Xing Wang
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Medicinal waterbirds in the traditional healthcare system: an assessment of biodiversity–cultural linkages in Eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background Eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is home to a vast range of medicinal and edible waterbird species due to its diverse geographical environment. Waterbird species have been used for various ailments and cultural practices since ancient times, while ...
Qaisar Rahman, Muhammad Sajid Nadeem, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Altaf, Jian Ni, Arshad Mahmood Abbasi, Muhammad Azhar Jameel, Andrea Pieroni, Muhammad Haroon Hamed, Sana Ashraf, Tasnim Sadaf   +10 more
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Restoration of urban waterbird diversity: A case study of the construction of a waterbird ecological corridor in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Southern China

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022
Rapid urbanization has intensified habitat fragmentation and shrinkage of waterbirds, threatening the sustainable development of waterbird diversity.
Xitao Yang, Wei Liu, Shuangshuang Li, Zhenhuan Ma, Chumin Chen, Wenqiang Gu, Ming Qu, Chunxia Zhang, Jun tao, Zhifeng Ding, Yanchun Xu, Huijian Hu   +11 more
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Shifting Goalposts: Setting Restoration Targets for Waterbirds in the Murray-Darling Basin Under Climate Change

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021
The Murray-Darling Basin (the Basin) is the largest river system in Australia, supplying about 40% of the country’s irrigated agricultural output. Associated water resource development has come with a heavy price for the Basin’s freshwater ecosystems ...
Gilad Bino, Kate Brandis, Richard T. Kingsford, John Porter, John Porter   +4 more
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Identifying ecological corridors for wetland waterbirds in Northeast China

Ecological Indicators, 2022
Ecological corridors have recently garnered increasing international attention as promising biodiversity conservation models to study the effects of climate change.
Ping Zhang, Yueran Hu, Youming Quan, Qing Xu, Dehui Liu, Shaoyi Tian, Nian Chen   +6 more
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Achievements, challenges, and recommendations for waterbird conservation in China's coastal wetlands

Avian Research, 2023
waterbirds. Through a literature review and expert surveys, this article reviews conservation measures taken in recent decades to protect waterbirds in China's coastal wetlands and provides recommendations for future conservation action from three ...
Zhijun Ma, C. Choi, Xiaojing Gan, Jing Li, Yang Liu, D. Melville, Tong Mu, T. Piersma, Zhengwang Zhang   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Floating photovoltaic systems homogenize the waterbird communities across subsidence wetlands in the North China Plain.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
Photovoltaic (PV) power generation provides an environmental-friendly alternative to fossil fuels, but the potential impacts of large-scale PV systems on wildlife have become a hotspot.
Xiangrong Song, Tengteng Liu, Guangyao Wang, Yong Zhang, Chunlin Li, de Boer Willem F   +5 more
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Vaughan's Pier waterbird survey [PDF]

, 2021
Waterbird surveys and disturbance observations to inform the Natura Impact Statement for a proposed development at Vaughan's Pier, Whitegate, Co.
Tom Gittings
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