| Titre : | Waterbirds 38(4) - DEC 2015 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/12/2015 |
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Article
Stephen D. Larcombe, Auteur ;
Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Auteur
Apicomplexan blood parasites Plasmodium and Haemoproteus (together termed "Avian malaria") and Leucocytozoon are widespread, diverse vector-transmitted blood parasites of birds, and conditions associated with colonial nesting in herons (Ardeidae[...]
Article
Michael J. Monfils, Auteur ;
Patrick W. Brown, Auteur ;
Daniel B. Hayes, Auteur ;
Gregory J. Soulliere, Auteur
Bird use of diked and undiked Michigan coastal wetlands (n = 17) was studied on Lake St. Clair and Lake Huron during late July to mid-October, 2005-2007. Relative abundance and diversity were compared via aerial (n = 9) and ground (n = 155) surv[...]
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Kelsi L. Hunt, Auteur ;
Lauren R. Dinan, Auteur ;
Meryl J. Friedrich, Auteur ;
Mary Bomberger Brown, Auteur ;
Joel G. Jorgensen, Auteur ;
Daniel H. Catlin, Auteur ;
James D. Fraser, Auteur
Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) are primarily monogamous birds that usually raise only one brood per season, but rare instances of double brooding have been documented. Piping Plovers breeding in the northern Great Plains, USA were studied i[...]
Article
Iain R. Taylor, Auteur ;
Sarah G. Taylor, Auteur
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) populations have declined over much of their global range over the past 30 years and in Australia numbers fell by almost 40% between 1977-1981 and 1998-2002. In Australia, loss of wetland area and quality in re[...]
Article
John C. Coulson, Auteur
This paper examines the reasons behind the large population explosion of the Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) in Great Britain, which started about 1900, continued for 60-70 years and was then followed by a decline in numbers. The increase has of[...]
Article
Elizabeth C. Craig, Auteur ;
Susan B. Elbin, Auteur ;
Jed P. Sparks, Auteur ;
Paul D. Curtis, Auteur
Foraging habitat use by colonial waterbirds breeding in New York Harbor was examined to identify resources that were particularly important for the provisioning of young. Stable isotope values of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur were measured in nes[...]
Article
Emily W. Clark, Auteur ;
Abram B. Fleishman, Auteur ;
Mark F. Riegner, Auteur
The occurrence and nesting phenology of Ardeidae species and other wading birds were documented from 2009-2013 in the Bahia Kino bioregion of western Sonora, Mexico. Two active colonies were surveyed: in a mangrove (Avicennia germinans; Rhizopho[...]
Article
Salvador Gomez del Angel, Auteur ;
Eduardo Palacios, Auteur ;
Atahualpa Eduardo De Sucre Medrano, Auteur
Forster's Terns (Sterna forsteri) breed mainly in central Canada and the north-central USA, and along both coasts of North America. In Mexico, only five nesting colonies were known prior to this study and all are coastal, three from Baja Califor[...]
Article
Jeffrey A. Spendelow, Auteur
A Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis sandvicensis) banded as a chick in 2002 at Coquet Island off the northeast coast of Great Britain was observed at two locations on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, in August and September 2013. This is the f[...]
Article
Rowan Mott, Auteur ;
Ashley Herrod, Auteur ;
Jarrod C. Hodgson, Auteur ;
Rohan H. Clarke, Auteur
Leg-loop harnesses for the attachment of telemetry devices have been used for over two decades in terrestrial bird research. Recently, the technique has been extended to waterbird applications. An equation exists for predicting the dimensions of[...]
Article
Changes in White Blood Cell Parameters of Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) Exposed to Low Levels of Oil
Ian C. T. Nisbet, Auteur ;
Florina S. Tseng, Auteur ;
Christine V. Fiorello, Auteur ;
Victor Apanius, Auteur
Little is known about sublethal effects on birds of low level exposure to oil. White blood cell parameters (total leukocyte counts and/or differentials) were measured in blood samples from Common Terns (Sterna hirundo; n = 71) exposed to low lev[...]
Article
Elizabeth M. Bates, Auteur ;
Lianne M. Koczur, Auteur ;
Bart M. Ballard, Auteur
The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) is a species of conservation concern on an international scale, yet relatively little is known about its life history strategies and demographics. To estimate post-fledging survival and examine dispersal pat[...]
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Pamela Olguin, Auteur ;
Adolfo Beltzer, Auteur ;
Alejandro Giraudo, Auteur ;
Silvia Regner, Auteur ;
Marcelo Juani, Auteur ;
Mercedes Vianco, Auteur ;
Emiliano Mariano, Auteur ;
Rodrigo Lorenzon, Auteur ;
Evelina Leon, Auteur
The reproductive biology of the Striated Heron (Butorides striata) was studied in the lagoon of the Reserve of the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina, during two breeding seasons: September 2012-February 2013 (n = 77) and Sept[...]
