| Titre : | Waterbirds 39(1) - MAR 2016 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/03/2016 |
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Will Selman, Auteur ;
Thomas J. Hess, Auteur ;
Jeb Linscombe, Auteur
Coastal Louisiana has suffered from dramatic coastal land loss. Following translocations to Louisiana in the late 1960s, Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) colonies were annually surveyed between 1971 and 2010 using aerial methods. The goals[...]
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Yong Zhang, Auteur ;
Herbert H. T. Prins, Auteur ;
Lei Cao, Auteur ;
Meijuan Zhao, Auteur ;
Willem F. de Boer, Auteur
Allometric scaling law predicts that herbivores respond differently to the availability of resources, mediated by body size. However, studies of allometric responses have often focused on animals with a relatively large difference in body size. [...]
Article
Laura Koloski, Auteur ;
Sylvia Coulson, Auteur ;
Erica Nol, Auteur
Male and female Dunlin (Calidris alpina) exhibit slight plumage and structural differences. Discriminant function analysis based on morphological characteristics can effectively differentiate between sexes in several subspecies of Dunlin. We ass[...]
Article
Alieny Gonzalez, Auteur ;
Ariam Jimenez, Auteur ;
Lourdes Mugica, Auteur ;
Martin Acosta, Auteur ;
Ianela Garcia-Lau, Auteur ;
Rodolfo Castro, Auteur ;
Manuel Lopez, Auteur ;
Jose M. de la Cruz, Auteur ;
Alina Perez, Auteur ;
Zaimiury Hernandez, Auteur ;
Susana Aguilar, Auteur
The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) inhabits Cuban coastal saline habitats, although the number of individuals and specific breeding and foraging locations are largely unknown. Unpublished fieldwork data, as well as data coming from scientific[...]
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C. Alex Hartman, Auteur ;
Joshua T. Ackerman, Auteur ;
Collin A. Eagles-Smith, Auteur ;
Mark P. Herzog, Auteur
In birds where males and females are similar in size and plumage, sex determination by alternative means is necessary. Discriminant function analysis based on external morphometrics was used to distinguish males from females in two closely relat[...]
Article
Le Yang, Auteur ;
Cang Jue Zhuom, Auteur ;
Zhongqiu Li, Auteur
Vigilance is a behavior in birds that is used to detect predators and monitor rivals, and it can be affected by several environmental and social factors, including group size. Here, Black-necked Cranes (Grits nigricollis) were observed in winter[...]
Article
Monica E. Riojas-Lopez, Auteur ;
Eric Mellink, Auteur
Breeding of Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) in western Mexico is limited to a few known sites from Guerrero to Chiapas. However, except for nesting at one Oaxaca site in 2005, all the colonies were reported over 35 years ago, while more recentl[...]
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Aymen Nefla, Auteur ;
Said Nouira, Auteur
This study was carried out at Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia, during 2009 and 2010. The influence of environmental variables on the foraging behavior of three Ardeid species was studied. Grey Herons (Ardea cinerea) were the least active of the t[...]
Article
Parmesh Kumar, Auteur ;
Deepak Rai, Auteur ;
Sanjeev K. Gupta, Auteur
Small sized, man-made, perennial and primarily rain-fed ponds occur widely in the rural landscape of India. These wetlands provide suitable habitats and food resources for a wide variety of resident and migratory wetland birds. Wetland birds in [...]
Article
Brian S. Dorr, Auteur ;
Katie C. Hanson-Dorr, Auteur ;
Scott C. Barras, Auteur ;
Travis L. DeVault, Auteur
Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) are intensely managed through culling in North America to reduce presumed damage to commercial and natural resources. To evaluate this management, there is a critical need to understand the repro[...]
Article
Roberto Aguilar, Auteur ;
Alejandro Simeone, Auteur ;
Juergen Rottmann, Auteur ;
Marietta Perucci, Auteur ;
Guillermo Luna-Jorquera, Auteur
The Gray Gull (Leucophaeus modestus) has the unique habit among gulls of nesting in the interior Atacama Desert, up to 100 km from the coast. During the 2014-2015 austral breeding season, two breeding colonies were recorded on the coast within 9[...]
Article
Jeff S. Liechty, Auteur ;
Quenton C. Fontenot, Auteur ;
Aaron R. Pierce, Auteur
The Isles Dernieres Barrier Island Refuge in Louisiana, USA, constitutes a major colonial waterbird breeding site, and several restoration projects have been undertaken to sustain waterbird populations on the refuge. However, very little is know[...]
