Coronaviruses are single-stranded positive-sense RNA viruses associated with important
avian diseases. Their relatively high rates of mutation and recombination frequencies allow …

The Atlantic coast of South America supports many Nearctic shorebirds during their non-
breeding season where they use a network of stop-over and wintering sites. To quantify the …

Coastal ecosystems provide important feeding opportunities for shorebirds, depending on
their prey availability, hydrodynamic conditions and human pressure. We aimed to evaluate …

Shorebird assemblage composition and habitat-use patterns were characterized at Punta
Rasa during the austral summer, autumn and winter. Compared to other sites within the …

Urbanization is a major form of landscape transformation that often results in habitat
degradation and loss for birds. However, effects on avian populations are trait-and context …

As aves limícolas são um grupo amplo com espécies migratórias e dependentes de áreas
úmidas para suas necessidades fisiológicas e sucesso migratório. O Parque Nacional da …

Foram registradas as freqüências de ocorrências e as flutuações mensais das famílias
Charadriidae e Scolopacidae ao longo de um transecto de 70 km de praia entre o …

This paper presents the list of non-passerine birds of coastal environments of the Quissama
municipality, northern Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil. The surveys were …

This present work aims to provide the very first data on abundance of migratory shorebirds in
coastal lagoons of northern Rio de Janeiro State; to assess seasonal patterns; to test the null …

We used discriminant function analysis (DFA) of a series of external morphometric
measurements, with confirmation by genetic methods, to develop a simple method to …