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Diet and Life-History Traits of Savannah Dwelling Waterbirds in Southern Africa: Implications for Their Conservation Status

Birds, 2021
This study evaluates the relative contribution of reproduction-based life history traits and diet to the population trends in waterbirds from southern Africa.
Tawanda Tarakini, Innocent Mabika, Tongayi Mwedzi, Peter Mundy, Hervé Fritz   +4 more
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Regional Genetic Structure in the Aquatic Macrophyte Ruppia cirrhosa Suggests Dispersal by Waterbirds [PDF]

, 2017
The evolutionary history of the genus Ruppia has been shaped by hybridization, polyploidisation and vicariance that have resulted in a problematic taxonomy. Recent studies provided insight into species circumscription, organelle takeover by hybridization,
A Marchioni-Ortu, A Pérez-Ruzafa, AHL Huiskes, AM Zipperle, C Marco-Méndez, DC Vromans, DH Les, E Kosman, E.A. Serrão, EW Koch, EW Koch, F Alberto, F Alberto, F Dufresne, F Short, FW Allendorf, FW Cidade, G Segelbacher, I Charalambidou, I Serra, J Figuerola, J Gesti, J Martínez-Garrido, J Martínez-Garrido, J. Martínez-Garrido, J. Sánchez-Lizaso, JA Coyer, JF Sampson, JJ Doyle, JL Olsen, JTA Verhoeven, L Airoldi, L Bahri-Sfar, L Excoffier, L Triest, L Triest, L Triest, M Agami, M Huston, M Vallejo-Marin, M. González-Wangüemert, MA Hemminga, MB Davis, NA Rosenberg, NA Santamaría-Gallegos, OE Diekmann, P Borsa, P Clausen, P Dixon, P Viaroli, PG Meirmans, PW Hedrick, R Costanza, R Peakall, R Rouger, R. Bermejo, RA Hughes, RJ Toonen, S Arnaud-Haond, S Cirujano, S Cirujano, S Oliva, S Talavera, S Yu, SCH Barrett, SM Thomaz, T Jombart, T Jombart, TBH Reusch, WJ Kress, Y Ito, Y Ito   +71 more
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Changing numbers of three gull species in the British Isles [PDF]

, 2016
Between-population variation of changes in numbers can provide insights into factors influencing variation in demography and how population size or density is regulated.
Nager, Ruedi G., O'Hanlon, Nina J.
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Seasonal Habitat Selection by American White Pelicans

Diversity, 2022
Resource utilization strategies of avian migrants are a major concern for conservation and management. Understanding seasonal habitat selection by migratory birds helps us explain the ongoing continental declines of migratory bird populations.
Frederick L. Cunningham, Guiming Wang, D. Tommy King   +2 more
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BIRDIE: A data pipeline to inform wetland and waterbird conservation at multiple scales

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionEfforts to collect ecological data have intensified over the last decade. This is especially true for freshwater habitats, which are among the most impacted by human activity and yet lagging behind in terms of data availability.
Francisco Cervantes, Francisco Cervantes, Res Altwegg, Francis Strobbe, Andrew Skowno, Vernon Visser, Michael Brooks, Yvan Stojanov, Douglas M. Harebottle, Nancy Job   +9 more
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The recent expansion of an avian invasive species (the Cattle Egret Ardea ibis) in Algeria [PDF]

, 2011
This study identifies new information on the recent distribution of an invasive bird species, the Cattle Egret Ardea ibis, in Algeria. Breeding and wintering distributions as well as breeding numbers were obtained from large-scale surveys in 1999 and ...
Barbraud, Christophe, Céréghino, Régis, Ferrah, Farah, Santoul, Frédéric, Si Bachir, Abdelkrim   +4 more
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Cliff top habitats provide important alternative feeding resources for wading birds of conservation importance wintering on non-estuarine coasts [PDF]

, 2014
Rocky shores and beaches are important over-wintering areas for non-estuarine waders but have rarely been studied. We examined cliff top habitat use by 6 species of wader over 75 km of coast to assess their potential value as alternative feeding sites to
Furnell, Julie, Hull, Susan L.
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Piscivore water bird diversity at freshwater tributaries of Zambezi River, Namibia

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science
Piscivorous waterbirds enhance wetlands’ diversity and have been seen as bio-indicators of ecological conditions within ecosystems. In addition to their ecological contribution, to wetlands functions and ecosystem services, these birds have been reported
Lucas P. Rutina, Evans Simasiku, Joseph M. Kabanze   +2 more
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The preference of migratory waterbirds to winter at a key location on the East Asian-Australasian flyway and its implications for habitat conservation

Ecological Informatics
Understanding the preference of migratory waterbirds to inhabit key habitats is crucial for mapping out effective management strategies to maintain migration network connectivity.
Shuangliang Dai, Yanyan Zhou, Jingsi Gao, Guowei Cheng, Linlin Wang, Haiyan Bai, Xiaoyu Lei, Hualin Xu, Xian-zhong Mao   +8 more
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Will improving wastewater treatment impact shorebirds? Effects of sewage discharges on estuarine invertebrates and birds [PDF]

, 2012
Human communities often discharge wastewaters into estuaries, influencing their organic and pollutant loading, benthic community and trophic structure.
Ait Alla, Alves, Bartels-Hardege, Beukema, Burton, Burton, Campbell, Cardell, Delany, Dias, Dias, Diaz, Esselink, European Community, Gaston, Gaudêncio, Gill, Gillet, Gillet, Goss-Custard, Green, Gunnarsson, Gunnarsson, Jones, Leitão, Matthews, Moreira, Moreira, Mucha, Olivier, Pearson, Pounder, Raven, Reise, Saiz-Salinas, Saiz-Salinas, Savage, Scraps, Smith, Sola, Thrush, Van de Kam, Van Impe, Wear, Weston, Ysebaert   +45 more
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