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Ecosystem services provided by waterbirds

Biological Reviews, 2013
ABSTRACT Ecosystem services are ecosystem processes that directly or indirectly benefit human well‐being. There has been much recent literature identifying different services and the communities and species that provide them. This is a vital first step towards management and maintenance of these services.
Green, Andy J., Elmberg, Johan
openaire   +5 more sources

Using a live‐streaming webcam to assess the behavioural responses of waterbirds to changes in the density of swans Cygnus spp.

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife research has benefitted from the development of new methods that allow data to be collected remotely, with less disturbance to focal animals. The proliferation of livestreaming webcams, for example, those used by nature reserves for public engagement purposes, have offered new possibilities for the study of wildlife behaviour.
Kevin A. Wood, Grace Clarke, Paul E. Rose   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Landscape-Level Associations of Wintering Waterbird Diversity and Abundance from Remotely Sensed Wetland Characteristics of Poyang Lake

Remote Sensing, 2016
Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater wetland in China, provides critical habitat for wintering waterbirds from the East Asian Flyway; however, landscape drivers of non-uniform bird diversity and abundance are not yet well understood.
Iryna Dronova, Steven R. Beissinger, James W. Burnham, Peng Gong   +3 more
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Response of Waterbirds to Salt Pond Enhancements and Island Creation in the San Francisco Bay [PDF]

, 2013
Historically, San Francisco Bay supported the largest salt pond complex on the Pacific coast of North America, and these areas have been used by large numbers of migrating and wintering waterbirds for more than a century.
Moskal, Stacy M.
core   +1 more source

Using programmable infusion pump in avian species – a validation methodology in geese

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife face anthropogenic and natural stressors that affect their physiology and behaviour. The activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis and glucocorticoid (GC) production is intrinsically linked with energy regulation and environmental stressors.
Myriam Trottier‐Paquet, Maude Gauthier‐Bouchard, Akiko Kato, Charline Parenteau, Frédéric Angelier, Pierre Legagneux   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

First record of the Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) in Coahuila, Mexico

Huitzil
Historically, the Aztec Rail (Rallus tenuirostris) has been recorded in the wetlands of the Mexican Transvolcanic Belt, and recently in wetlands and along river edges in Chihuahua and Durango. As participants in a citizen science birdwatching collective
Julie Ibarra-Rossow, Jorge Luis Cortinas-Salazar, Omar Suárez-García   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Waterbird Utilization of Two Northwest Arkansas Reservoirs [PDF]

, 1997
Waterbird use of two moderately-sized reservoirs in northwest Arkansas was studied in the autumns of 1993 and 1995. In addition to waterbird counts; surface area, water temperature, conductivity, pH, turbidity, dissolved oxygen, macrophyte presences ...
Briggler, Jefferey T., Dobbs, Robert C.
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Population overlap and habitat segregation in wintering Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa [PDF]

, 2010
Distinct breeding populations of migratory species may overlap both spatially and temporally, but differ in patterns of habitat use. This has important implications for population monitoring and conservation.
Baker M.C, Burton N.H.K., CEMPA, Costa L.T., Costa L.T., Costa L.T., Costa L.T., Cresswell W., Dekinga A., Delany S., Delany S., Delany S., Durell S.E.A.Le V.dit., Elphick C.S., Gilissen N., Gill J.A., Gill J.A., Gill J.A., Goss‐Custard J.D., Jennifer A. Gill, José A. Alves, Leitão D., Lourenço P.M., Lourenço P.M., Martí R., Masero J.A., Masero J.A., Moreira F., Navedo J.G., Newton I., Pedro M. Lourenço, Piersma T., Pérez‐Tris J., Roodbergen M., Rubega M.A, Rufino R., Rufino R., Rufino R., Sanchez‐Guzman J.M., Staaland H., Starck J.M., Tavares P.C., Telleria J.L., Theunis Piersma, van de Kam J., Watkinson A.R., William J. Sutherland, Zwarts L., Zwarts L.   +48 more
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Population trends of dabbling ducks wintering in the alluvial valleys of Arkansas and Mississippi

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Population abundances, distributions, and compositions across a diversity of taxa are changing, partly as a consequence of human‐induced global modifications. Although linking population fluctuations to anthropogenic‐induced alterations can be challenging, it is increasingly clear that long‐term monitoring is critical to understanding changing ...
Melanie R. Boudreau, Houston Havens, Brett Leach, Luke Naylor, James T. Callicutt, Aaron T. Pearse, J. Brian Davis   +6 more
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Balancing between predation risk and food by boreal breeding ducks

Ecology and Evolution
Wetlands belong to the globally most threatened habitats, and organisms depending on them are of conservation concern. Wetland destruction and quality loss may affect negatively also boreal breeding ducks in which habitat selection often needs balancing ...
Sari Holopainen, Elmo Miettinen, Veli‐Matti Väänänen, Petri Nummi, Hannu Pöysä   +4 more
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