Plant traits associated with seed dispersal by ducks and geese in urban and natural habitats

P Tóth, AJ Green, DM Wilkinson, K Brides… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ducks and geese are little studied dispersal vectors for plants lacking a fleshy fruit, and our
understanding of the traits associated with these plants is limited. We analyzed 507 faecal …

[PDF][PDF] Conservation status of the world's swan populations, Cygnus sp. and Coscoroba sp.: a review of current trends and gaps in knowledge

EC Rees, L Cao, P Clausen, J Coleman, J Cornely… - Wildfowl, 2019 - pure.au.dk
4 Number of Mute Swa#91BF78.qxd Page 1 35 ©Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Wildfowl (2019)
Special Issue 5: 35–72 Conservation status of the world’s swan populations, Cygnus sp. and …

Benefits of protected areas for nonbreeding waterbirds adjusting their distributions under climate warming

E Gaget, D Pavón‐Jordán, A Johnston… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is driving changes in species distributions and community composition.
Many species have a so‐called climatic debt, that is, shifts in range lag behind shifts in …

The Impact of Changes in Breeding Conditions in the Arctic on the Expansion of the Russian Population of the Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)

SB Rozenfeld, SV Volkov, NV Rogova, GV Kirtaev… - Biology Bulletin, 2021 - Springer
In the 20th century, the breeding grounds of the barnacle goose over the territory of Russia
included only the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago and Vaygach Island. Until the middle of the …

Wader populations on the United Kingdom's open coast: results of the 2015/16 Non-Estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS-III) and a review of population trends

EM Humphreys, GE Austin, TM Frost, HJ Mellan… - Bird Study, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Capsule In the winter of 2015/16, the fourth survey of the UK's wader populations of the
open coast–the Non-estuarine Waterbird Survey (NEWS III)–was undertaken. Aim To …

Public preferences for multiple dimensions of bird biodiversity at the coast: insights for the cultural ecosystem services framework

M Boeri, TA Stojanovic, LJ Wright, NHK Burton… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biodiversity is valuable to society, including through its contribution to cultural benefits:“the
non-material benefits people obtain from biodiversity and ecosystem services through …

[PDF][PDF] Flyway trend analyses based on data from the African-Eurasian Waterbird Census from the period of 1967–2018

S Nagy, T Langendoen - … . URL: http://iwc. wetlands. org/index. php …, 2020 - iwc.wetlands.org
Waterbirds are shared resources and shared responsibility. Their conservation and
sustainable management and the sites they use is therefore the subject of various …

[PDF][PDF] The Icelandic Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus population: current status and long-term (1986–2020) trends in its numbers and distribution

K Brides, KA Wood, C Hall, B Burke, G McElwaine… - Wildfowl, 2021 - researchgate.net
The eighth international census of Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus wintering in Britain,
Ireland and Iceland (also including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands) took place in …

Assessing drivers of winter abundance change in Eurasian Curlews Numenius arquata in England and Wales

ID Woodward, GE Austin, PH Boersch-Supan… - Bird Study, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Capsule We assessed annual changes in Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata wintering
numbers at estuaries in England and Wales over 40 years against local and broadscale …

An initial assessment of the sustainability of waterbird harvest in the United Kingdom

MB Ellis, TC Cameron - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
There is a need to assess the sustainability of wild bird harvest in the United Kingdom (UK),
and more widely, across Europe. Yet, data on populations and harvest sizes are limited. We …