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Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: .PDF
www.fort.usgs.gov — The need for a single source of information about the management of waterfowl and their habitat was originally suggested by the north-central region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Much of this information exists in scientific papers, unpublished reports, or has never been recorded, and thus is not readily accessible by waterfowl managers. More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Fort Collins Science Center (FORT, Ft. Collins) | Format: URL
www.fort.usgs.gov — Identifying linkages between the seasonal habitats of migratory birds, especially neotropical migrants, is critical to conservation efforts and to effectively focus management actions. For most neotropical migrants, however, virtually nothing is known about which habitats are limiting, because the links between their seasonal habitats on different More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL
alaska.usgs.gov — Mountains are the single dominant physiographic feature throughout most of Alaska. Indeed, mountains are such a defining feature of arctic Alaska and Beringia that they account for over 20 percent of the land area in the entire Holarctic (excluding the Greenland ice sheet). Not surprisingly, the avifauna of the region has been strongly More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center (UMESC, LaCrosse) | Format: URL
www.umesc.usgs.gov — Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are evaluating a new way of monitoring movements and behavior of common loons. Miniature archival geolocator tags were attached to 18 adult common loons in northern Wisconsin this past summer.
Publisher: USGS | Format: .PDF
pubs.usgs.gov — The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is a migratory shorebird currently listed as Endangered in Canada and the U.S. Great Lakes, and threatened throughout the remainder of its U.S. breeding and winter range. In this study, scientists undertook the first comprehensive molecular genetic-based investigation of Piping Plovers. The primary goals were More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Western Ecological Research Center (WERC, Sacramento) | Format: URL
www.werc.usgs.gov — The Aleutian archipelago of Alaska, which separates the North Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea, supports a diverse and abundant community of resident and migratory seabirds, comprising over 26 species and 10 million birds. However, comparatively little data exist on sources of environmental contaminants for this community despite extensive More...
Publisher: Other (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)) | Format: .PDF
www.pwrc.usgs.gov — From the abstract: Environmental contaminants can have profound effects on birds, acting from the molecular through population levels of biological organization. An analysis of potential contaminant threats was undertaken at 52 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) within the northeastern Atlantic coast drainage. Using geographic information system More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL
alaska.usgs.gov — This study examines the likelihood that migratory birds will transmit highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza from Asia to North America, using Northern Pintails (Anas acuta) as a model for viral transmission. Evaluating exchange of avian-borne pathogens between Asia and North America by migratory birds requires an understanding of where birds More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Alaska Science Center (ASC, Anchorage) | Format: URL
alaska.usgs.gov — This project investigates the role of wild migratory birds in the transmission of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1. Scientists will determine the precise migratory routes and use of Asian stopover areas by Alaska-breeding Bar-tailed Godwits. Field surveillance sampling targets HPAIH5N1 and non-H5N1 viruses in Alaska and assess More...
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC, Honolulu) | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — Introduction to Hawaiian studies of native birds: Hawaiian forest birds, endangered Palila (Loxioides baillieu), endangered Nene (Branta sandvicensis), birds elsewhere in the Pacific, waterbirds and seabirds, and endangered Laysan ducks (Anas laysanensis).
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC, Honolulu) | Format: URL
biology.usgs.gov — Introduction to the Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) studies in Hawaii: translocation feasibility, population status, and comparison to recovery efforts of the Island teal in New Zealand.
Publisher: USGS | Science Center: Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC, Corvallis) | Format: URL
fresc.usgs.gov — Conservation Genetics of Shorebirds uses molecular techniques to describe genetic structure and diversity in North American shorebirds (order: Charadriiformes) to facilitate population maintenance and recovery of these migratory birds.
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