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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Birds -- Conservation"”.
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Relationship of human intrusion on avian body mass: Do recreationists hinder birds’ abilities to acquire fat during migration?
Many North American landbirds undergo biannual migration, which is energetically costly. Quality stopover sites are crucial to avian survival, as they provide opportunities to quickly replenish fat stores, rest, and avoid predation. One component of habitat quality that is often overlooked is the …
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Post-breeding public information use in a ground-nesting songbird community
… that can strongly affect their fitness. For birds, the territory an individual chooses to breed in can have large and direct effects on their reproductive success. Birds can assess territory quality to make settlement decisions by using information obtained from social cues emitted by other …
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The influence of woodlot size and location in suburban and rural matrices on bird species richness and individual abundance
… to increase access to foraging habitat. Conservation strategies that reduce fragmentation and promote greater habitat diversity may lead to greater bird species diversity and abundance.</p>
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Habitat Relationships of Breeding Birds in Bottomland Hardwood Forests of the Altamaha River, Georgia
… habitat for at least seventy species of breeding birds. However, little is known about habitat associations of breeding birds, specifically within mature, closed-canopy bottomlands. It is often assumed that once bottomlands become mature, closed-canopy forests, that they are essentially identical …