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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Water birds"”.
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An analysis of management practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district, Zambia.
… mitigation measure used as well as listening to water birds as signal for onset of floods.Headteachers disseminated information about water birds appearance in the skies –an indication of the onset of seasonal floods. Flood coping measures involved adjusting the school calendar so that the …
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An analysis of management practices of the headteachers in seven selected flood prone primary schools in Mwandi district, Zambia.
… mitigation measure used as well as listening to water birds as signal for onset of floods.Headteachers disseminated information about water birds appearance in the skies –an indication of the onset of seasonal floods. Flood coping measures involved adjusting the school calendar so that the …
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The effects of recreational activities on aquatic avifauna
… Cape Town, South Africa, supports 158 species of birds (Winterbottom,1960), and is the principal wetland for breeding waterbird numbers in the south-western Cape Province. It is an important collection, pairing and distribution centre prior to the breeding season. Emerging mudflats during …
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A survey of the summer waterfowl of a township near Gull, Michigan
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science. Dept. of Zoology, 1953
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Yeats and water imagery
… blocks of the poet's philosophical system, water and its related imagery. This thesis intends to remedy this neglect. The centrality of water imagery stems from the fact that Yeats had identified both himself and the Irish people (his subject, as he was trying to build a national body of …
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Remote Sensing Methods To Classify a Desert Wetland
… of the disposal of brackish agricultural waste water from the U.S. into the intertidal zone of the river delta in Mexico, but has become an internationally important wetland for resident and migratory water birds. The marsh is dominated by Typha domengensis with Phragmites australis as a …
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Effects of Hot Red Pepper (Capsicum annum) on Growth Performance and Visceral Organs of Ross 308 Broiler Chickens
… Two pepper provision methods (with diet and water) and five levels of pepper inclusion (0, 0.75, 1, 1.25, and 1.5%) were used in a 2 x 5 factorial arrangement with three replications. Broilers were fed starter-finisher antibiotic-free diets from day 8 to 49. Birds had access to water. Birds …
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A geochemical investigation of the waters and sediments of De Hoop Vlei, Bredasdorp district, South Africa
… value, particularly as a breeding ground for water birds, has been recognised in its designation as an international RAMSAR conservation site. Agricultural practices in the catchment have been identified as a potential threat to the ecology of the vlei. The overall objective of this study was …
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Selected aspects of common tern reproductive biology
Several factors influencing reproductive success were investigated at a Common Tern colony at Port Colborne, Ontario in 1976. In general three egg clutches hatched better than two egg clutches and early started clutches hatched eggs and fledged chicks better than late clutches; the fledging success …
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Influence of body condition and homo- vs. heterosubtypic immunity on influenza A virus infection in mallard ducks : experimental infection data
Migrating waterfowl, particularly mallards (<italic>Anas platyrhynchos</italic>), are implicated in the global spread of influenza A viruses (IAVs). Experimental infection studies are used to assess a bird's ability to maintain IAV, but these studies have not represented the natural variation in …
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Epidemiology and risk factor analysis of avian influenza virus
… between HPAI occurrences in wild/aquatic birds and poultry species in Greece and the Anseriformes population, the Charadriiformes population, precipitation, temperature, poultry population density, human population density, distance to the closest highway and water collection and number of …
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ΒΙΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΚΑΙ ΟΙΚΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΙΦΟΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΛΕΥΚΟΤΣΙΚΝΙΑ (EGRETTA GARZETTA) ΣΤΗΝ ΤΕΧΝΗΤΗ ΛΙΜΝΗ ΚΕΡΚΙΝΗΣ ΣΕΡΡΩΝ
… ACCORDING TO THE SEASONAL FLUCTUATION OF THE WATER LEVEL DURING THE CRUCIALTIME OF BREEDING. THE SEASONAL FLUCTUATION OF THE WATER LEVEL THE LAKE, AFFECTS POSSITIVELY THE FORAGING OF THE SPECIES (VARIOUS FEEDING SITES OR CREATED ANDNEGATIVELY THE BREEDING (LOSSES OF EGGS AND CHICKS DUE TO …