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Cotton Farming Pesticides Affect Ileal Microbiota Activity and Expression of Virulome but Not Resistome or Metabolic Pathways in a Sedentary Wild Passerine

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increased use of agrochemicals to enhance crop production has had detrimental environmental effects including implication in the sharp decline of North American farmland‐breeding birds. Here, using a combination of deep shotgun metatranscriptomics and pesticide exposure data, we sought to assess whether exposure to cotton (Gossypium spp ...
Serguei V. Drovetski, Michelle L. Hladik, Carolina F. Ferreira, Dana W. Kolpin, Gary Voelker   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Landscape Features on Waterbird Use of Rice Fields

, 2010
Literature is reviewed to determine the effects of landscape features on waterbird use of fields in regions where rice (Oryza saliva) is grown. Rice-growing landscapes often consist of diverse land uses and land cover, including rice fields, irrigation ...
Elphick, Chris S., Demetrio Guadagnin, Oriane Taft, Guadagnin, Demetrio, Tatsuya Amano, Taft, Oriane, Sammy King, King, Sammy, Chris S. Elphick, Amano, Tatsuya   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Field evaluations of thermal optics and tracking tunnels for small mammal surveys at airports and grass dominated habitats

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Small mammal survey tools are needed at airports to help inform aircraft strike‐risk management. We evaluated thermal optics and tracking tunnels as small mammal survey tools. We conclude that thermal optics would not be a viable survey tool for mouse‐sized mammals (19‐41 g) at airfields and other thick grass habitats unless grass height was maintained
Aaron B. Shiels, Hunter Ray, Travis L. Guerrant, Craig K. Bloomquist, Scott F. Beckerman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing species richness, functional diversity and functional composition of waterbird communities along environmental gradients in the neotropics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Waterbirds have a major functional role in wetlands, and understanding how functional traits of waterbirds depend on environmental characteristics can facilitate management of ecosystems and their services. We investigate how the waterbird community in a
Bia de Arruda Almeida, Andy J Green, Esther Sebastián-González, Luiz Dos Anjos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of earlier flood recession on metacommunity diversity of wintering waterbirds at shallow lakes in the middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain

Avian Research, 2023
The hydrological regime in wetlands plays an important role in the process of wintering waterbird metacommunity assemblage. However, increasing frequency of extreme climate and the intensification of human activities, such as the construction of sluices ...
Zhenhua Wei, Lizhi Zhou
doaj   +1 more source

Waterbird richness in altiplano wetlands of northwestern Argentina [PDF]

, 2001
We measured waterbird richness and abundance, and characterized wetland features (altitude, size, and presence of submergent vegetation) of 50 altiplano wetlands, during summer and winter, 1998.
Tálamo, Andrés, Trucco Aleman, Carlos Eduardo, Nicolossi, Guillermo, Caziani, Sandra Monica, Derlindati, Enrique Javier, Sureda, Ana L.   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Waterbird diversity as an indicator for identifying key habitats in the Yangtze River Basin

Ecological Indicators
Yunhan Wang
exaly   +2 more sources

Diversity and Conservation of Waterbirds in the Northern Avifaunal Region of Sri Lanka

Ceylon Journal of Science, 2017
The aim of the present study is to evaluate the waterbird diversity, distribution, and conservation status in the northern avifaunal region of Sri Lanka, which includes two of the four richest waterbird regions in Sri Lanka, namely Jaffna and Mannar. We compiled data from the annual waterbird censuses and monthly records of the Ceylon Bird Club from ...
Chaminda S. Wijesundara, Deepal Warakagoda, Udaya Sirivardana, Dilan Chathuranga, Tharangi Hettiarachchi, Nuwanthika Perera, Packiyanathan Rajkumar, Saumya Wanniarachchi, Gayani Weerakoon   +8 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Decision‐centered systems for the future of wildlife conservation

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
This paper defines decision‐centered systems that align institutions, organizations, and science around explicit wildlife conservation decisions, so knowledge needs are decision‐driven, evidence informs analysis, and success is judged by conservation outcomes.
Angela K. Fuller
wiley   +1 more source

When variability is not failure: Rethinking wildlife management in nonstationary systems

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Departures from historical baselines do not always signal population decline. Under directional environmental change, variability in reproduction, migration, and distribution may instead reflect adaptive responses. Effective conservation requires managers to reinterpret variability, incorporate cognitively and institutionally diverse perspectives, and ...
Victoria J. Dreitz
wiley   +1 more source