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Abundance and distribution of wintering Scaly-sided Mergansers Mergus squamatus in China: where are the missing birds?

Mark Barter, Auteur ; Xuliang Zhuang, Auteur ; Xin Wang, Auteur ; Lei Cao, Auteur ; Jinyu Lei, Auteur ; Diana Solovyeva, Auteur ; Anthony D. Fox, Auteur

Dans Bird Conservation International (24(4) DEC 2014)

The Endangered Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus is amongst the most threatened of sea ducks (Mergini), with an estimated population of c.4,600 individuals based on a recent population estimate on the breeding areas in Primorye, Far East Ru[...]

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Shifting to an energy-poor diet for nitrogen? Not the case for wintering herbivorous Lesser White-fronted Geese in China

Xin Wang, Auteur ; Anthony D. Fox, Auteur ; Xuliang Zhuang, Auteur ; Lei Cao, Auteur ; Fanjuan Meng, Auteur ; Peihao Cong, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ornithology (155(3) JUL 2014)

Geese often forage on mid-winter foods that fail to satisfy daily energy needs, but they may do so to acquire other nutrients, such as nitrogen. We tested this hypothesis by evaluating nitrogen budgets, namely the balance of nitrogen income agai[...]

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