Dung‐associated arthropods influence foraging ecology and habitat selection in Black‐necked Cranes (Grus nigricollis) on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4904
Abstract: Abstract Variation in grassland vegetation structure influences the habitat selection of insectivorous birds. This variation presents a trade‐off for insectivorous predators: Arthropod abundance increases with vegetation height and heterogeneity, but access to arthropod prey items… read more here.
Keywords: habitat selection; dung; black necked; ecology ... See more keywords
Prevalence and genetic characterization of eimeriid coccidia from feces of black-necked cranes, Grus nigricollis
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-018-5765-2
Abstract: Disseminated visceral coccidiosis (DVC) is a widely distributed intestinal and extraintestinal disease of cranes caused by eimeriid coccidia and has lethal pathogenicity to several crane species. Here, feces of 164 black-necked cranes collected in Dashanbao… read more here.
Keywords: 18s rrna; necked cranes; prevalence; black necked ... See more keywords
Dynamic changes in the hormones of black-necked cranes during reproduction
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coac040
Abstract: Changes in hormones of black-necked crane during different reproductive stages. read more here.
Keywords: necked cranes; changes hormones; dynamic changes; hormones black ... See more keywords
A new schistosome (Digenea: Schistosomatidae) from the nasal tissue of South America black-necked swans, Cygnus melancoryphus (Anatidae) and the endemic pulmonate snail Chilina gibbosa.
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.3.5
Abstract: To date, 9 species of Schistosomatidae have been found parasitizing the nasal tissues of mammal and bird hosts in the Eastern Hemisphere, 5 species in Rwanda (Africa), 2 in Australia (Oceania) and 2 in Eurasia.… read more here.
Keywords: necked swans; nasal tissue; black necked; south america ... See more keywords
Roosting-site Selection by Overwintering Black-necked Cranes in the Caohai Wetland, Guizhou Province, China: Implications for Conservation Management.
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DOI: 10.6620/zs.2022.61-36
Abstract: Stable and high-quality roosting-sites are crucial for the survival of migratory wading birds in winter. The black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is the only crane species that lives on the Tibetan plateau for its entire life.… read more here.
Keywords: necked cranes; roosting sites; roosting site; black necked ... See more keywords