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The Influence of Ecological Engineering on Waterbird Diversity in Different Habitats within the Xianghai Nature Reserve

Diversity, 2022
The Xianghai National Nature Reserve of Jilin is located on the East Asian-Australian migration route of birds and plays an important role for migratory waterbirds.
Dehao Li, Shiying Zhu, Jin Gao, Haibo Jiang, Guangyi Deng, Lianxi Sheng, Yingyue Cao, Lianshan Li, Baoqing Lin   +8 more
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Study on the effect of habitat function change on waterbird diversity and guilds in Yancheng coastal wetlands based on structure–function coupling

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, Gang Wang, Lingjun Dai, Hongyu Liu, Yufeng Li, Chunqi Qiu, Yi Zhou, Hao Chen, Bin Dong, Yongqiang Zhao, Yanan Zhang   +10 more
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Response of different waterbird guilds to landscape changes along the yellow sea coast: A case study

Ecological Indicators, 2022
The health of China’s coastal wetlands plays an important role in global bird biodiversity. However, land reclamation, the spread of invasive species, and over-harvesting have altered the landscape of coastal wetland, thus bringing cascade effects on ...
Ning Li, Ning Tang, Zheng Wang, Lin Zhang   +3 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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Assessment of anthropogenic-causing-agents act on waterbirds-diversity in the vicinity of Tarbela Dam, Indus River, Pakistan

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2021
Birds are among the best bio-indicators, which can guide us to recognize some of the main conservation concerns in ecosystems. Anthropogenic impacts such as deforestation, habitat degradation, modification of landscapes, and decreased quality of habitats
Q. Rahman, M. S. Nadeem, M. Altaf, S. H. Khan, A. Saeed, J. Naseer, M. H. Hamed, A. R. Kayani, M. Rais   +8 more
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Wetland restoration in the East Dongting Lake effectively increased waterbird diversity by improving habitat quality

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021
Wetland restoration is an effective way to recover degraded wetlands worldwide. The Dongting Lake wetland, an important wintering habitat for waterbirds, has suffered considerable degradation due to climate change and human disturbance during the last ...
Siqi Zhang, Pingyang Zhang, Baihan Pan, Yeai Zou, Yonghong Xie, Feng Zhu, Xinsheng Chen, Feng Li, Zhengmiao Deng, Hong Zhang, Sheng Yang   +10 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., Boyd H., Cranswick P. A., Freitag S., Fuller R. J., Hocklings M., IUCN, Jackson S. F., JNCC, JNCC, JNCC, Kevin J. Gaston, Mayr E., Melanie Kershaw, Pollitt M. S., Pollitt M. S., Ramsar Convention Bureau, Ramsar Convention Bureau, Ramsar Convention Bureau, Ramsar Convention Bureau, Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rose P., Rose P. M., Sarah F. Jackson, Scott D. A., Stroud D. A., Stroud D. A.   +26 more
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Traditional fishing activities enhance the abundance of selected waterbird species in a wetland in India

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, Aymen Nefla, S. B. Muzaffar, K. K. Musammilu, P. K. Prasadan   +4 more
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Responses of breeding waterbird communities to environmental changes in subsidence wetlands in the North China Plain

Avian Research, 2023
In the context of global degradation and loss of natural wetlands, waterbirds have been increasingly using artificial wetlands as alternative habitats.
Guangyao Wang, Jinming Zhao, Weiqiang Li, Xiangrong Song, Yong Zhang, Chunlin Li, Willem F. de Boer   +6 more
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Effects of Human Activities on the Diversity of Waterbirds Wintering in a Shallow Lake of the Middle and Lower Yangtze River Floodplain, China

Diversity, 2020
Human activity is the major factor driving the wetland degradation in shallow lakes. Human exploitation of lake wetlands alters the habitats of wintering waterbirds, and, in turn, waterbird diversity in the shallow lakes.
Xinjian Wang, Jinyun Chen, Lizhi Zhou
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