| Titre : | Waterbirds 38(3) - Septembre 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/09/2015 |
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Article
Candela Marco-Méndez, Auteur ;
Patricia Prado, Auteur ;
Luis Miguel Ferrero-Vicente, Auteur ;
Carles Ibáñez, Auteur ;
José Luis Sánchez-Lizaso, Auteur
The role of rice fields as feeding habitats for the two main waterfowl herbivores, Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) and Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), in the Ebro Delta, a Mediterranean wetland in northeastern Spain, was investigated. Exclusion cages [...]
Article
Matthew Mo, Auteur ;
David R. Waterhouse, Auteur
Breeding biology in grebes (Podicipedidae) is less understood than that of other waterbirds in Australia. This paper reports on a study of breeding Australasian Grebes (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) on five urban wetlands in Sydney, New South Wal[...]
Article
Mateusz Ledwon, Auteur ;
Jacek Betleja, Auteur ;
Grzegorz Neubauer, Auteur
A method for trapping both parents of Whiskered Terns (Chlidonias hybrida), a semi-precocial species, using enclosures that allow access to the chicks until they fledge is described. The approach combines the gradual installation of enclosures w[...]
Article
Agnieszka Niemczynwicz, Auteur ;
Piotr Swietochowski, Auteur ;
Andrzej Zalewski, Auteur ;
Wlodzimierz Chetnicki, Auteur
Interspecific brood parasitism occurs when the eggs of one species are laid in the nest of a different species, but evidence of this phenomenon is scarce. Facultative interspecific brood parasitism has been described in Charadriiformes. However,[...]
Article
Catarina S. Lopes, Auteur ;
Jaime A. Ramos, Auteur ;
Vitor H. Paiva, Auteur
The availability of suitable breeding habitats is an important factor in explaining seabird demographic fluctuations. For ground nesting seabirds, such as Little Terns (Sternula albifrons), an essential characteristic in determining suitability [...]
Article
Adam D. Smith, Auteur ;
Scott R. McWilliams, Auteur ;
Kristopher J. Winiarski, Auteur ;
Carol L. Trocki, Auteur ;
Brian Harris, Auteur ;
Jason E. Osenkowski, Auteur ;
Peter W. C. Paton, Auteur
Nearshore waters provide very important habitat for sea ducks (Tribe Mergini) during migration and winter, but gathering information on sea duck use of shallow nearshore waters is challenging because traditional aerial and boat-based surveys are[...]
Article
James S. Feaga, Auteur ;
Francisco J. Vilella, Auteur ;
Richard M. Kaminski, Auteur ;
J. Brian Davis, Auteur
Aquaculture can provide important surrogate habitats for waterbirds. In response to the 2010 Deep-water Horizon oil spill, the National Resource Conservation Service enacted the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative through which incentivized landow[...]
Article
Brian G. Palestis, Auteur ;
James E. Hines, Auteur
The population of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, USA, has recently experienced poor productivity with complete or near-complete breeding failure at multiple colonies; and the number of breeding pairs has declined. Adu[...]
Article
Patricia N. Sardina Aragon, Auteur ;
Natalia Politi, Auteur ;
Ruben M. Barquez, Auteur
The Rufous-throated Dipper (Cinclus schulzi) is an endemic and threatened bird that inhabits the mountain rivers of southern Yungas of Argentina and Bolivia. This is the rarest and least known species of the genus, in part because of its restric[...]
Article
Lianne M. Koczur, Auteur ;
Gina M. Kent, Auteur ;
Brock Geary, Auteur ;
Bart M. Ballard, Auteur ;
Kenneth D. Meyer, Auteur ;
M. Clay Green, Auteur
Measurements of live-captured adult and hatch-year Reddish Egrets (Egretta rufescens) from Texas (n = 29 and 25, respectively) and Florida (n = 7 and 3, respectively) are reported. Mass, tarsus length, and culmen length were used to compare sexe[...]
Article
Carlos B. Zavalaga, Auteur ;
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Auteur
Humboldt Penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) are globally Vulnerable due to the decline of the population and to a decline in the number of breeding sites in comparison to historical records. In 2010, we observed a few thousand Humboldt Penguins nes[...]
