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Plasma lipid metabolites and refueling performance of Semi palmated Sandpipers at migratory stopovers
Assessing stopover habitat quality and refueling performance of individual birds is crucial to the conservation and management of migratory shorebirds. Plasma lipid metabolites indicate the trajectory of mass change in individuals and may be a more accurate measure of refueling performance at a particular site than static measures such as nutrient reserves. We measured lipid metabolites of Semip
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J. E. Lyons, J.A. Collazo, C. Guglielmo
Characterizing stopover sites of migrating passerine birds in the lower Chesapeake Bay region for conservation: an integrated radar-habitat study
Many conservation organizations and initiatives including Partners-in-Flight and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's regional Joint Ventures have identified migratory songbird stopover habitat as a priority conservation target. However, the spatial and temporal variability inherent in migration presents a number of challenges to both identifying and characterizing stopover habitat. Scarce conse
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S. Mabey, B. Watts, B. Paxton, F. Smith, B. Truitt, D. Dawson
Wetland restoration and birds: lessons from Florida, San Francisco Bay, and Chesapeake Bay
Many wetland restoration projects are underway across the North American landscape, ranging from small, community - based projects of less than 1 ha, to thousands of ha, as in San Francisco Bay or the Everglades. The goals of small projects are generally focused on replanting and sustaining native wetland vegetation, while larger projects often incorporate populations of birds and other vertebrat
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R.M. Erwin, P. C. Frederick
Population trends of North American sea ducks as revealed by the Christmas Bird Count
Relative to other waterfowl, sea ducks are not well understood, yet evidence from a variety of analyses suggests that as many as 10 of the 15 species of North American sea ducks may be declining in population. However, because of the difficulty of conducting surveys of breeding populations and the lack of range-wide winter surveys, few data are available to assess the population trends of sea duc
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D.K. Niven, J.R. Sauer, G.S. Butcher
Estimating the number of animals in wildlife populations
INTRODUCTION In 1938, Howard M. Wight devoted 9 pages, which was an entire chapter in the first wildlife management techniques manual, to what he termed 'census' methods. As books and chapters such as this attest, the volume of literature on this subject has grown tremendously. Abundance estimation remains an active area of biometrical research, as reflected in the many differences between thi
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R.A. Lancia, W. L. Kendall, K. H. Pollock, J. D. Nichols
Bottomland hardwood restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley: Looking past the trees to see the forest
Planned restoration of bottomland hardwoods is important to adequately address negative consequences resulting from the severe loss and fragmentation of forested wetlands in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Reforestation efforts have been promoted through government initiatives of state and federal agencies (e.g. Wetland Reserve Program) and private conservation groups. To clarify discussions of
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R.R. Wilson, J.M. Oliver, D.J. Twedt, W.B. Uihlein
Bottomland hardwood establishment and avian colonization of reforested sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Reforestation of bottomland hardwood sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley has markedly increased in recent years, primarily due to financial incentive programs such as the Wetland Reserve Program, Partners for Wildlife Program, and state and private conservation programs. An avian conservation plan for the Mississippi Alluvial Valley proposes returning a substantial area of cropland to forest
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R.R. Wilson, D.J. Twedt
Landscape level reforestation priorities for forest breeding landbirds in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Thousands of ha of cleared wetlands are being reforested annually in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley (MAV). Despite the expansive and long-term impacts of reforestation on the biological communities of the MAV, there is generally a lack of landscape level planning in its implementation. To address this deficiency we used raster-based digital data to assess the value of forest restoration to migr
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D.J. Twedt, W.B. Uihlein
Status and conservation of the fish fauna of the Alabama River system
The Alabama River system, comprising the Alabama, Coosa, and Tallapoosa subsystems, forms the eastern portion of the Mobile River drainage. Physiographic diversity and geologic history have fostered development in the Alabama River system of globally significant levels of aquatic faunal diversity and endemism. At least 184 fishes are native to the system, including at least 33 endemic species.
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Mary C. Freeman, E.R. Irwin, N.M. Burkhead, B. J. Freeman, H.L. Bart
Dendrobates auratus Girard, 1855: green and black dart-poison frog
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M.J. Lannoo, P. Nanjappa
Bufo boreas Baird and Girard, 1852(b): western toad
No abstract available.
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E. Muths, P. Nanjappa
Bufo alvarius Girard, 1859: Colorado River toad
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M.J. Fouquette, C.W. Painter, P. Nanjappa