To Flee or Not to Flee: How Age, Reproductive Phase, and Mate Presence Affect White Stork Flight Decisions [PDF]
Recognizing, assessing, and responding to threats is critical for survival in the wild. Birds, especially in their role as parents, must decide whether to flee or delay flight when threatened.
Laïd Touati +7 more
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Diet of breeding Eleonora's falcon Falco eleonorae in Algeria: Insights for the autumn trans‐Mediterranean avian migration [PDF]
How environmental changes are affecting bird population dynamics is one of the most challenging conservation issues. Dietary studies of top avian predators could offer scope to monitor anthropogenic drivers of ecosystem changes.
Boudjéma Samraoui +6 more
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Contrasting effects of agriculture and urbanisation on bird and reptile communities in a Mediterranean delta (Gediz Delta, Türkiye) [PDF]
Background Wetlands have been some of the most destroyed ecosystems over the last century, with important land-use changes resulting from agricultural, industrial, and urban development.
Dilara Arslan +8 more
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Sky High or Grounded: Nest Site Selection of Herons and Egrets in a Mixed‐Species Colony [PDF]
Resource partitioning is crucial for the coexistence of colonial herons, as it allows multiple species to share the same habitat while minimising competition.
Farrah Samraoui +4 more
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First record of monogenean fish parasites in the Upper Lufira River Basin (Democratic Republic of Congo): dactylogyrids and gyrodactylids infesting Oreochromis mweruensis, Coptodon rendalli and Serranochromis macrocephalus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) [PDF]
Background Monogenean parasites have never been formally reported on fishes from the Lufira River Basin. In this context, we decided to record the monogenean parasite fauna of three cichlid species found in the Upper Lufira River Basin for the first time
Gyrhaiss Kapepula Kasembele +12 more
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Foraging niche shift maintains breeding parameters of a colonial waterbird during range expansion [PDF]
Relating the effects of foraging niche variation to reproductive dynamics is critical to understand species response to environmental change. We examined foraging niche variations of the slender‐billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei), a nomadic colonial ...
Charlotte Francesiaz +5 more
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Composition and Distribution on a Host of Avian Lice of White Storks in North-Eastern Algeria
The diversity and spatial distribution of ectoparasites of a large colony of white stork Ciconia ciconia at Dréan, in north-eastern Algeria, were investigated during two consecutive breeding seasons.
Laïd Touati +6 more
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An annotated checklist of the ichthyofauna of the Upemba National Park, draining part of the Upper Lualaba basin and situated in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is presented, based on a literature review, a re-examination of ...
Bauchet Katemo Manda +8 more
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The fish diversity of the Kundelungu National Park (KNP), one of the seven national parks of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has never been thoroughly studied.
Emmanuel Abwe +10 more
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Les zones humides ripariennes, puits ou sources de phosphore dans les paysages agricoles ? [PDF]
Les dispositifs enherbés placés dans les zones humides ripariennes permettent l'interception et la rétention de polluants agricoles, comme le phosphore apporté par l'érosion des parcelles agricoles situées en amont.
C. BIGARD +3 more
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