| Titre : | Waterbirds 38(2) - JUN 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/06/2015 |
Dépouillements
Article
Gerardo Ceron, Auteur
Opportunistic behavior in birds can enhance the ability of a species to expand their distribution. Currently, there is no documentation of any bird diving and feeding in hot springs with temperatures greater than 30 degrees C. A pair of Torrent [...]
Article
Vasilios Liordos, Auteur ;
Alan W. Lauder, Auteur
Nest success and nest-site characteristics of the Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) were studied during the 1996 breeding season at Loch Leven, Scotland. Approximately 463 47 Tufted Duck pairs nested in association with 6,674 805 Black-headed Gull p[...]
Article
Hyung-Kyu Nam, Auteur ;
Yu-Seong Choi, Auteur ;
Seung-Hye Chi, Auteur ;
Jeong-Chil Yoo, Auteur
Over the course of a year, rice fields display spatial and temporal differences according to farming management practices, providing a succession of habitats throughout the crop-growing cycle for various waterbird species. However, few studies h[...]
Article
Katherine E. Wyman, Auteur ;
Francesca J. Cuthbert, Auteur
Recent dramatic growth of the North American Interior population of Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) has led to concern about potential impacts of this species on co-nesting colonial waterbirds. Previous investigations of these [...]
Article
Piotr Minias, Auteur
The aim of this study was to describe the size dimorphism in adult Eurasian Coots (Fulica atra). Appropriate discriminant functions to allow efficient sex determination on the basis of morphological measurements were developed. Breeding Eurasian[...]
Article
Masayuki Senzaki, Auteur ;
Makoto Hasebe, Auteur ;
Yoshihiro Kataoka, Auteur ;
Yoshihiro Fukuda, Auteur ;
Bungo Nishizawa, Auteur ;
Yutaka Watanuki, Auteur
The Spectacled Guillemot (Cepphus carbo) is a seabird endemic to northeastern Asia. It is listed as a "Vulnerable" species in Japan, though little is known of its population status. Population surveys were carried out during 2011-2014 throughout[...]
Article
Andreanne M. Payne, Auteur ;
Michael L. Schummer, Auteur ;
Scott A. Petrie, Auteur
Molt and migration can coincide in Arctic nesting waterfowl because they have little time between fledging and the severe weather that precipitates migration. Objectives were to observe how patterns in autumn and winter molt by Long-tailed Ducks[...]
Article
Andres E. Ibanez, Auteur ;
Roberto Najle, Auteur ;
Karen Larsen, Auteur ;
Diego Montalti, Auteur
Determination of hematological and biochemical parameters provides important data to assess the physiological condition in wild birds. Therefore, to carry out ecophysiology or conservation studies it is essential to establish baseline physiologi[...]
Article
Jannie F. Linnebjerg, Auteur ;
Anna Reuleaux, Auteur ;
Kim N. Mouritsen, Auteur ;
Morten Frederiksen, Auteur
Sympatric nesting seabird species are often found to differ in one or more aspects of their foraging ecology. This is usually interpreted as resource partitioning, potentially due to current or past competition, but other explanations have been [...]
Article
Jennifer S. Borgo, Auteur ;
Michael R. Conover, Auteur
Nest depredation is the leading cause of waterfowl nest failures in much of the Prairie Pothole Region, USA. In 2006 and 2007, spatial and temporal patterns of nest depredation were evaluated on 248 waterfowl nests and 88 simulated waterfowl nes[...]
Article
Eli S. Bridge, Auteur ;
Jeffrey F. Kelly, Auteur ;
Xiangming Xiao, Auteur ;
Nyambayar Batbayar, Auteur ;
Tseveenmyadag Natsagdorj, Auteur ;
Nichola J. Hill, Auteur ;
John Y. Takekawa, Auteur ;
Lucy A. Hawkes, Auteur ;
Charles M. Bishop, Auteur ;
Patrick J. Butler, Auteur ;
Scott H. Newman, Auteur
Population connectivity is an important consideration in studies of disease transmission and biological conservation, especially with regard to migratory species. Determining how and when different subpopuladons intermingle during different phas[...]
