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Breeding home range selection of Eastern Population sandhill cranes across the boreal forest

The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 89, Issue 8, November 2025.
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, Kelly E. McLean, Christopher M. Sharp, Christine Lepage, Bradley C. Fedy   +4 more
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Conservation Arks: Genomic Erosion and Inbreeding in an Abundant Island Population of Koalas

Molecular Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 20, October 2025.
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, Jonathan Sandoval‐Castillo, Julian E. Beaman, Karen Burke da Silva, Frédérik Saltré, Katherine Belov, Carolyn J. Hogg, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Luciano B. Beheregaray   +8 more
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Sandhill and Whooping Cranes [PDF]

, 2017
As sandhill crane populations continue to grow in the United States, so too does crop damage, property damage to homeowners, and the risk of crane collisions with aircraft. Whooping crane populations also continue to grow, but with a global population of about 500 individuals (as of 2017), damage is rare and problems often require different solutions ...
Jeb Barzen, Ken Ballinger
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Farmers' tolerance for crop damage caused by wildlife: the role of compensation

Wildlife Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 4, July 2025.
Compensation is a common strategy to alleviate financial losses caused by wildlife, but its effects on farmers' tolerance towards damage to crops caused by wildlife are poorly understood. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted semi‐structured interviews in three areas in and around biosphere reserves in Sweden and Germany to examine farmers ...
Karoline Hemminger, Louise Eriksson, Lovisa Nilsson, Johan Månsson, Hannes König, Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura, Anders Hallengren, Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Myashita, Christian Kiffner   +8 more
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Flexible migration and habitat use strategies of an endangered waterbird during hydrological drought

Conservation Science and Practice
Wildlife species confront threats from climate and land use change, exacerbating the influence of extreme climatic events on populations and biodiversity.
Aaron T. Pearse, Andrew J. Caven, David M. Baasch, Mark T. Bidwell, John A. Conkin, David A. Brandt   +5 more
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Avian influenza overview March–June 2025

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 7, July 2025.
Abstract Between 8 March and 6 June 2025, 365 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus detections were reported in domestic (167) and wild (198) birds across 24 countries in Europe. HPAI A(H5N1) virus detections were predominant and mainly located in western, central and south‐eastern Europe.
European Food Safety Authority, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Union Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Leonidas Alexakis, Hubert Buczkowski, Mariette Ducatez, Alice Fusaro, Jose L. Gonzales, Thijs Kuiken, Gražina Mirinavičiūtė, Karl Ståhl, Christoph Staubach, Olov Svartström, Calogero Terregino, Katriina Willgert, Miguel Melo, Lisa Kohnle   +16 more
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Climate‐related drivers of migratory bird health in the south‐central USA

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 3, Page 1272-1293, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Migratory birds are species of concern that play important ecological roles while also supporting recreational opportunities for the hunting and birdwatching public. Direct and indirect effects of climate variability, extremes, and change on migratory bird health manifest at the individual, population, species, and community levels.
Renee A. McPherson, Katrina E. Alger, Erik Hofmeister   +2 more
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Same‐sex partnerships in birds: a review of the current literature and a call for more data

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.
Same‐sex sexual behaviour (SSB), encompassing actions such as courtship, pair bonding, and parenting between individuals of the same sex, has been observed across numerous taxa, including birds. Yet despite its widespread occurrence, SSB remains poorly understood, often dismissed as maladaptive or the result of errors in sex discrimination.
Natasha Gillies, Katrina Siddiqi-Davies
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Translocation experiment of taiga bean geese Anser fabalis provides evidence for oblique social learning of moult migration

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.
While there is ample evidence supporting genetic control of migratory behaviour in short‐lived passerines, long‐lived social species have been assumed to rely solely on cultural inheritance of migratory routes. Evidence from experimental studies supporting this idea is scarce.
Kristaps Sokolovskis, Antti Piironen, Toni Laaksonen   +2 more
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Avian influenza overview December 2024–March 2025

EFSA Journal, Volume 23, Issue 4, April 2025.
Abstract Between 7 December 2024 and 7 March 2025, 743 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5) virus detections were reported in domestic (239) and wild (504) birds across 31 countries in Europe. HPAI A(H5N1) virus detections were predominant and mainly located in central, western and south‐eastern Europe.
European Food Safety Authority, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Union Reference Laboratory for Avian Influenza, Leonidas Alexakis, Hubert Buczkowski, Mariette Ducatez, Alice Fusaro, Jose L. Gonzales, Thijs Kuiken, Karl Ståhl, Christoph Staubach, Olov Svartström, Calogero Terregino, Katriina Willgert, Miguel Melo, Lisa Kohnle   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source