Whooping crane use of riverine stopover sites. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Migratory birds like endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) require suitable nocturnal roost sites during twice annual migrations. Whooping cranes primarily roost in shallow surface water wetlands, ponds, and rivers.
David M Baasch +5 more
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Whooping Crane Chick Survival in the Reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population (EMP) of Whooping Cranes (Grus americana) has exhibited appropriate breeding behavior, including pair formation, territory defense, nest building, and fertile egg production.
Hillary L. Thompson +6 more
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Trends in the occurrence of large Whooping Crane groups during migration in the great plains, USA [PDF]
Heliyon, 2020 Recent detections of large gatherings of Whooping Cranes suggest that flock sizes may be increasing at some stopover locations during both the spring and fall migrations.
Andrew J. Caven +3 more
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Investigating whooping crane habitat in relation to hydrology, channel morphology and a water-centric management strategy on the central Platte River, Nebraska [PDF]
Heliyon, 2018 The Flow-Sediment-Mechanical approach is one of two management strategies presented in the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program's (Program) Adaptive Management Plan to create and maintain suitable riverine habitat (≥200 m wide unobstructed ...
Jason M. Farnsworth +4 more
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Natal dispersal of Whooping Cranes in the reintroduced Eastern Migratory Population [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Natal dispersal is a key demographic process for evaluating the population rate of change, especially for long‐lived, highly mobile species. This process is largely unknown for reintroduced populations of endangered avian species.
Hillary L. Thompson +3 more
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Coccidian Parasites and Conservation Implications for the Endangered Whooping Crane (Grus americana). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 While the population of endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) has grown from 15 individuals in 1941 to an estimated 304 birds today, the population growth is not sufficient to support a down-listing of the species to threatened status.
Miranda R Bertram +4 more
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Reinventory of the vascular plants of Mormon Island Crane Meadows after forty years of restoration, invasion, and climate change [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 The majority of tallgrass prairie has been lost from North America's Great Plains, but remaining tracts often support significant biodiversity. Despite permanent protections for some remnants, they continue to face anthropogenic threats including habitat
A.J. Caven, J.D. Wiese
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Delineating and identifying long-term changes in the whooping crane (Grus americana) migration corridor. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Defining and identifying changes to seasonal ranges of migratory species is required for effective conservation. Historic sightings of migrating whooping cranes (Grus americana) have served as sole source of information to define a migration corridor in ...
Aaron T Pearse +6 more
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Monitoring whooping crane abundance using aerial surveys: Influences on detectability [PDF]
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014 The whooping crane (Grus americana), an endangered species, has been counted on its winter grounds in Texas, USA, since 1950 using fixed‐wing aircraft. Many shortcomings of the traditional survey technique have been identified, calling into question its ...
Bradley N. Strobel, Matthew J. Butler
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2021 Bison (Bison spp) are being reintroduced into semi-wild, spatially constrained herds across North America and Europe. Herd managers are concerned about gastrointestinal (GI) nematode parasites as they care for the health of their bison.
Joshua D. Wiese +5 more
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