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Waterbird and Wetland Monitoring at The Emiquon Preserve Annual Report 2016 [PDF]

, 2017
The Nature Conservancy (TNC) identified key ecological attributes (hereafter, KEAs) of specific biological characteristics or ecological processes that could indicate restoration success and trajectory at the Emiquon Preserve (hereafter Emiquon; The ...
Hagy, Heath M., Hine, Christopher S., Osborn, Joshua M., Yetter, Aaron P.   +3 more
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Waterbirds and human-related threats to their conservation in Laguna Cuyutlán, Colima, México

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2013
Laguna Cuyutlán, the only large wetland in a span of 1,150 km along the Pacific coast of Mexico, has been neglected as to its importance for waterbird conservation. At least 25 waterbird species nest there, with some of their colonies being very relevant, and at least 61 waterbird species use the lagoon during their non-breeding season. This lagoon has
Mellink, Eric, Riojas López, Mónica
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Diet, phenology and body size shape nutrient release by songbirds

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Animals can dramatically alter ecosystem structure and function through the cycling and transport of nutrients in their waste. While birds are particularly capable of influencing nutrient cycles due to their high mobility, abundance, metabolism and functional diversity,
Linsey Chen, Alexander S. Flecker, Ethan S. Duvall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intra-annual compositions and diversity variations of waterbird communities in China

Global Ecology and Conservation
Waterbirds are often used as indicators of wetland biodiversity and ecosystem health due to their sensitivity to environmental changes. However, most studies have focused on long-term variations of waterbird communities, while the intra-annual changes ...
Ziqi Li, Yuyu Wang, Yifei Jia, Congjun Xu, Xiaoqi Xu, Ziqi Chen, Guohuan Su, Jun Xu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobile consumers influence the shoreward edge of intertidal seagrass ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Ecological paradigms suggest that the environmentally stressful edge of a habitat is determined by physical factors. The work finds that, counter to these paradigms, an environmentally stressful edge can also be impacted by biotic interactions and are more complex than suggested.
Stephanie R. Valdez, Carter S. Smith, Catherine L. Brenner, Avery B. Paxton, Brian R. Silliman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Breeding waterbird populations of the islands of the Northern Persian Gulf, Iran. [PDF]

, 2011
In 2010, we estimated the breeding waterbird popula tions on the uninhabited islands of the northern Persian Gulf, some of the most important waterbird nesting sites in Southwest Asia.
Amini, Hamid, Ghasemi, Meysam, Ghasemi, Saber, Hussin, Mohamed Zakaria, Tayefeh, Farhad Hosseini   +4 more
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Environmental drivers of metapopulation dynamics throughout the full annual cycle in a declining Arctic‐nesting migratory herbivore

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We provide a framework for extending commonly used integrated population models to a metapopulation framework for testing novel ecological hypotheses about how changing environmental conditions within and among subpopulations drive changes in animal abundance.
Alexander R. Schindler, Anthony D. Fox, Alyn J. Walsh, Larry R. Griffin, Seán B. A. Kelly, Mitch D. Weegman   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do wintering waterbird communities respond to polder restoration in a Ramsar wetland of the Yangtze River Basin, China? A functional and phylogenetic perspective

Avian Research
Wetland restoration has been increasingly implemented to compensate for the substantial loss of natural wetlands, and consideration of multidimensional biodiversity is essential for evaluating how restoration affects the ecological functioning and ...
Xiangrong Song, Xiangmeng Song, Chunlin Li, Xinsheng Chen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How will climate change affect endangered Mediterranean waterbirds?

PLoS ONE, 2018
Global warming and direct anthropogenic impacts, such as water extraction, largely affect water budgets in Mediterranean wetlands, thereby increasing wetland salinities and isolation, and decreasing water depths and hydroperiods (duration of the ...
Francisco Ramírez, Carlos Rodríguez, Javier Seoane, Jordi Figuerola, Javier Bustamante   +4 more
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Cardiovascular Plasticity and Adaptation of High‐Altitude Birds and Mammals

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This schematic depicts the cardiovascular adaptations of mammals and birds to high‐altitude hypoxia. It highlights key phenotypic changes in oxygen transport and cardiac responses, driven by molecular mechanisms including transcriptional regulation and genetic modifications.
Huishang She, Yanhua Qu
wiley   +1 more source