| Titre : | Waterbirds 41(1) - March, 2018 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/03/2018 |
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Article
Jennifer E. Chastant, Auteur ;
Dale E. Gawlik, Auteur
Food availability affects the reproductive success of animal populations. However, food availability includes both prey abundance and its accessibility, which are regulated by different environmental processes. The match-mismatch hypothesis link[...]
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Jeb Barzen, Auteur ;
Ted Thousand, Auteur ;
Julia Welch, Auteur ;
Megan Fitzpatrick, Auteur ;
Tran Triet, Auteur
Though an important measure for ecological studies, obtaining foraging data through direct observation is rarely assessed independently. Using field measurements (foraging habitat, food acquisition behavior, and food manipulation time), the summ[...]
Article
Kaycee E. Morra, Auteur ;
Anne E. Wiley, Auteur ;
Helen F. James, Auteur ;
Alex Dutcher, Auteur ;
Peggy H. Ostrom, Auteur
Isotope data from Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) primaries
Article
Alejandra Piro, Auteur ;
Daniela V. Fuchs, Auteur ;
Diego Montalti, Auteur
The objective of this study was to develop tools for distinguishing between sexes of the two Blackcrowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) subspecies (N. n. obscurus and N. n. hoactli) using discriminant function analysis. Significant differe[...]
Article
K. S. Gopi Sundar, Auteur ;
Mohammed Yaseen, Auteur ;
Kandarp Kathju, Auteur
Sarus Cranes (Antigone antigone) in south Asia breed during the rainy season (monsoon), with few nests initiated outside of the monsoon. Several hypothesis have been put forth to explain the unseasonal nesting outside the monsoon, but a careful [...]
Article
Pablo D. Ribeiro, Auteur ;
Diego D. Navarro, Auteur ;
Luciano M. Jaureguy, Auteur ;
Oscar O. Iribarne, Auteur
Gull-billed Terns (Gelochelidon nilotica) comprise a group of cosmopolitan subspecies that make use of a wide range of aquatic ecosystems and have a broad dietary spectrum. This study documents the use of a southwestern Atlantic mudflat in Argen[...]
Article
Kamila Gach, Auteur ;
Tomasz Janiszewski, Auteur ;
Radoslaw Wlodarczyk, Auteur ;
Bartosz Lesner, Auteur ;
Piotr Minias, Auteur
The aim of this study was to evaluate which factors determined immediate mortality of Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) chicks during a heavy rainfall. On 26 June 2013, a heavy rainfall event was recorded at an inland colony of Common Terns in centra[...]
Article
Ivana Novcic, Auteur
The objective of this study was to examine aggressive behavior of shorebirds during spring stopover on beaches and other stopover habitats in Delaware Bay, New Jersey, USA. More aggressive interactions were observed between members of the same s[...]
Article
Chelsea E. Weithman, Auteur ;
Daniel Gibson, Auteur ;
Katie M. Walker, Auteur ;
Sidney B. Maddock, Auteur ;
James D. Fraser, Auteur ;
Sarah M. Karpanty, Auteur ;
Daniel H. Catlin, Auteur
Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) undertake comparatively short migrations for a shorebird and were not previously thought to congregate in large numbers during migration. Superpopulation size (individuals occurring at the study site during th[...]
Article
Min Zhang, Auteur ;
Yong-Mi Hong, Auteur ;
J. Guy Castley, Auteur ;
Fa-Sheng Zou, Auteur ;
Qiang Zhang, Auteur ;
Hong-Min Fan, Auteur ;
Sot-Chan, Auteur ;
Kun-Fong Leong, Auteur
Habitat selection by herons, egrets and bitterns (Ardeidae) is influenced by the extent and quality of surrounding wetlands in natural landscapes. However, these relationships may be different in highly modified urban environments where inter- a[...]
Article
Julieta Pedrana, Auteur ;
Lucia Bernad, Auteur ;
Jaime N. Bernardos, Auteur ;
Juan P. Seco Pon, Auteur ;
Juan P. Isacch, Auteur ;
Sebastian D. Munoz, Auteur ;
Nestor O. Maceira, Auteur
Sheldgeese [Upland Goose (Chloephaga picta picta), Ashy-headed Goose (C. poliocephala) and Ruddyheaded Goose (C. rubidiceps)] have similar migratory patterns, breeding in Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) and wintering mainly in the southern Pampa[...]
Article
Lianne M. Koczur, Auteur ;
Gina M. Kent, Auteur ;
Bart M. Ball Ard, Auteur ;
Kenneth D. Meyer, Auteur ;
M. Clay Green, Auteur
The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) is listed as a priority species for conservation throughout much of its range because of a relatively small global population size and restriction to coastal habitats. Much of the previous research on the Re[...]
