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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Waterfowl hunting plays a complex role in the conservation of waterbird populations. While hunting can provide conservation benefits, excessive or unregulated hunting may threaten waterbird populations, particularly for species with declining numbers or high sensitivity to human disturbances.
Tatiana Tronel +3 more
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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 +5 more
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Waterbird flight initiation distances at Barberspan Bird Sanctuary, South Africa
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2017 With tourism in South Africa expanding, the number of avitourists increases. The increase in infrastructure and human activities in protected areas, if not managed properly, can be harmful to birds.
Carina Coetzer, Hindrik Bouwman
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Behavioural responses of a gamebird to human encounters across the hunting season
Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.We examined the behavioural adaptation of rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta in response to human encounters across the hunting season. We conducted disturbance experiments in two different parts of the species' range, in subarctic (Iceland) and in alpine (Italy) habitats.
Farina Sooth +2 more
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Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology, 2016 We carried out a quantitative description of the use of a Mediterranean wetland (Tonga, North-east Algeria) by 22 waterbirds species (11 residents and 11 Palaearctic migrants) during late summer-wintering period, also analyzing their species-specific ...
Elafri Ali +2 more
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Ecology and EvolutionWetlands, highly biodiverse yet fragile ecosystems, play vital roles in sustaining waterbird survival and breeding. This study evaluated the impacts of extreme drought on waterbird populations in Dongting Lake and surrounding wetlands by analyzing land ...
Lei Feng +8 more
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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
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Presencia y abundancia de aves acuáticas en la Meseta Strobel, Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
, 2009 La meseta Strobel, ubicada en la estepa patagónica, alberga más de 1500 lagunas que son utilizadas regularmente por aves acuáticas, incluyendo una de las principales poblaciones reproductivas del Macá Tobiano (Podiceps gallardoi), una especie endémica de
Lancelotti, Julio Lucio +4 more
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Global Ecology and ConservationThe middle and lower Yangtze River floodplain lakes are important stopover and wintering sites for migratory birds on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway.
Lingling Cui +3 more
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Waterbird and wetland monitoring at the Emiquon Preserve: Annual Report 2014 [PDF]
, 2015 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. +4 more
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