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Data were collected using multimodal monitoring technologies pairing sound recorders with time-lapse camera systems. In the spring of 2015, 2016, and 2017, sound recordings and imagery were collected at a wet meadow and forested slough in the Central ...
Emma M. Brinley Buckley +4 more
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Monitoring Grassland Bird Communities with Acoustic Indices
Several researchers have tried to find relationships between acoustic indices and vocal animal communities to use acoustic indices as a passive monitoring method, as human-derived surveys are expensive, time-consuming, and suffer from observer bias ...
Bethany L. Ostrom +2 more
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The role of social capital in endangered species management: A valuable resource
The whooping crane (Grus americana) is an endangered North American species facing multiple environmental and anthropogenic threats. Even if the species thrives, it must continue to be managed after recovery because the threats will not abate.
Chara J. Ragland +2 more
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WHOOPING CRANE NEST BUILDING IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA [PDF]
The first documented case of whooping crane (Grus americana) nest building in Indiana is described. During spring 2015, a pair of whooping cranes did not leave their wintering grounds in Gibson County, Indiana, to return to their summering area in ...
GILLET, ALLISYN-MARIE T. Y. +2 more
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The Eurasian crane (Grus grus), a symbol of conservation success in Europe, has made an impressive recovery. However, our results show that over the study period, juvenile survival declined by almost 30% overall, while sub‐adults experienced a smaller decrease, and adults showed no change.
Morgane Gicquel +22 more
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Abstract The National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) presents an opportunity for climate‐change refugia conservation through the expansion of the U.S. protected areas network. Dedicated to conserving and restoring fish, wildlife, and plants and their habitats, the U.S.
Lindsay M. Dreiss, Mindy B. Rice
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Engaging a variety of wildlife stakeholders in the implementation of conservation plans is an increasingly frequent activity of wildlife managers. In some cases, stakeholders develop interdependent relationships with a species being managed by the ...
Leigh A. Bernacchi +2 more
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The value of native bird conservation: A New Zealand case study [PDF]
During December 2007 and January 2008, telephone surveys were used to randomly sample Waikato, New Zealand residents. The purpose of the surveys was to determine whether respondents valued native bird conservation programmes in their area.
Kaval, Pamela, Roskruge, Matthew James
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Breeding home range selection of Eastern Population sandhill cranes across the boreal forest
We evaluated breeding home range habitat selection of sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) in the boreal forest of eastern Canada. Overall, we found that sandhill cranes selected breeding home ranges with greater proportions of wetlands, cropland, and recently disturbed forest.
Kiaunna J. Lee +4 more
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Conservation Arks: Genomic Erosion and Inbreeding in an Abundant Island Population of Koalas
ABSTRACT The persistence of many threatened species depends on isolated habitat patches such as conservation parks, fenced reserves, and islands. While these ‘conservation arks’ provide refuge from many contemporary threats, they can also pose risks of genetic diversity loss and inbreeding depression, further exacerbating extinction risk.
Katie Gates +8 more
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