| Titre : | Waterbirds 38(1) - MAR 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/03/2015 |
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Ignacio Roesler, Auteur ;
Santiago Imberti, Auteur
Information on Nearctic shorebirds is scarce for inland South America. This work presents information on abundance and habitat use of the species that inhabit water bodies in the highlands of western Santa Cruz province, Argentina. Surveys were [...]
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Walter S. Svagelj, Auteur ;
Nora Lisnizer, Auteur ;
Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, Auteur ;
Pablo Yorio, Auteur
Although several studies have reported basic information about the size of Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) eggs, no attention has been paid to the comparison of patterns of intra-clutch variation at different breeding sites. Here, the variation in[...]
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Vincent J. Fasanello, Auteur ;
Elizabeth D. Carlton, Auteur ;
Maddie Pott, Auteur ;
Nicole M. Marchetto, Auteur ;
Emily Vaughn, Auteur ;
Kevin J. McGraw, Auteur ;
Robert A. Mauck, Auteur ;
Mark F. Haussmann, Auteur
The Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) is a monomorphic seabird characterized by its muted plumage and bright red feet, which it prominently displays during courtship. Foot color and oxidative stress were analyzed in a Black Guillemot colony at th[...]
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Kristofer M. Robison, Auteur ;
Daniel W. Anderson, Auteur ;
Renee E. Robison, Auteur
Western (Aechmophorus occidentalis) and Clark's (A. clarkii) grebes are long-lived, migratory water-birds that are sensitive to human-caused disturbance while nesting. Sampling the age distribution of post-hatch chicks provides a method for esti[...]
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Natalia S. Martínez-Curci, Auteur ;
Juan P. Isacch, Auteur ;
Adrián B. Azpiroz, Auteur
Shorebird assemblage composition and habitat-use patterns were characterized at Punta Rasa during the austral summer, autumn and winter. Compared to other sites within the region, this area showed high species richness, reflected by a total of 2[...]
Article
Kristen S. Ellis, Auteur ;
John F. Cavitt, Auteur ;
Randy T. Larsen, Auteur
Reduced nest survival has been suggested as a primary cause for the decline of Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) populations. The fates of Snowy Plover nests (n = 589) were determined from five locations at the Great Salt Lake in Utah during the[...]
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Nickson Erick Otieno, Auteur ;
Alex S. Mutati, Auteur ;
Cynthia Akoth, Auteur ;
Daniel Ogwanjg, Auteur ;
Timothy Mwinami, Auteur ;
Philip Alaro, Auteur ;
Jeremy Njoka, Auteur
The global decline in natural wetland cover has enhanced the importance of artificial wetlands, such as rice fields, as waterbird habitats. In this study, relationships of waterbird assemblages, in terms of abundance, diversity and spatial distr[...]
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Blake A. Barbaree, Auteur ;
Matthew E. Reiter, Auteur ;
Catherine M. Hickey, Auteur ;
Gary W. Page, Auteur
Darkness comprises more than half of each 24-hr cycle during winter in California's Sacramento Valley, but no studies have assessed nocturnal habitat use by wintering shorebirds at this inland site. From February to May 2013, the day and night h[...]
Article
Garth Herring, Auteur ;
Heidi K. Herring, Auteur ;
Dale E. Gawlik, Auteur
The influence of both environmental conditions and social cues on the distance flown to foraging sites was examined for breeding Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) in the Florida Everglades, USA. Adult Wood Storks (n = 73) were followed in a small[...]
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Ariam Jimenez, Auteur ;
Ianela Garcia-Lau, Auteur ;
Alieny Gonzalez, Auteur ;
Martin Acosta, Auteur ;
Lourdes Mugica, Auteur
Least (Calidris minutilla, n = 110) and Western (Calidris mauri, n = 37) sandpipers collected in Cuban wetlands were sexed by gonadal examination on dissection and used to assess the robustness of two morphometric methods commonly used to assign[...]
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Ralf H. E. Mullers, Auteur ;
Arjun Amar, Auteur
Shoebills (Balaeniceps rex) breed in central-eastern Africa with a world population of only 5,000-8,000 individuals. To provide protection to this threatened species, conservationists need a better understanding about Shoebill foraging and breed[...]
