Implications of waterbird ecology for the dispersal of aquatic organisms

AJ Green, J Figuerola, MI Sánchez - Acta oecologica, 2002 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review some potential implications of waterbird ecology for their role as
dispersers of aquatic plants and invertebrates. We focus particularly on internal transport …

Avian habitat selection and prairie wetland dynamics: a 10‐year experiment

HR Murkin, EJ Murkin, JP Ball - Ecological Applications, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Northern prairie wetlands play a vital role in the life cycle of a wide array of bird species.
Prairie wetlands used by birds span the entire range from shallow ephemeral ponds …

A role for gut microbiota in host niche differentiation

LK Greene, CV Williams, RE Junge… - The ISME …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
If gut microbes influence host behavioral ecology in the short term, over evolutionary time,
they could drive host niche differentiation. We explored this possibility by comparing the gut …

Effects of water depth, cover and food resources on habitat use of marsh birds and waterfowl in boreal wetlands of Manitoba, Canada

MS Baschuk, N Koper, DA Wrubleski, G Goldsborough - Waterbirds, 2012 - BioOne
To evaluate water-level manipulations as a management tool in boreal wetlands, marsh bird
and waterfowl habitat use were studied in the Saskatchewan River Delta, Manitoba …

Functional traits drive dispersal interactions between European waterfowl and seeds

BA Almeida, BA Lukács, Á Lovas-Kiss… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Endozoochory by waterfowl is important for a broad range of angiosperms, most of which
lack a fleshy fruit. This dispersal function contributes to the formation and maintenance of …

[HTML][HTML] When good turns to bad and alien predators appear: The dynamics of biodiversity change in boreal waterbird communities

H Pöysä, E Lammi, S Pöysä, VM Väänänen - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Temporal patterns of biodiversity are often difficult to interpret because of our limited
understanding of how communities vary through time and how processes drive this …

Bird assemblages as bio-indicators of water regime management and hunting disturbance in natural wet grasslands

JM Paillisson, S Reeber, L Marion - Biological Conservation, 2002 - Elsevier
Responses of the waterbird community to the management regime of a wet grassland
system (primarily small changes in the water regime but also hunting disturbance) in a large …

Trends of avian locomotion in water–an overview of swimming styles

M Segesdi, T Pecsics - Ornis Hungarica, 2022 - sciendo.com
Adaptation to an aquatic lifestyle occurred in the evolution of several primarily terrestrial
clades of tetrapods. Among these lineages, aquatic birds' adaptations differ in many ways …

Factors affecting species number and density of dabbling duck guilds in North Europe

J Elmberg, P Nummi, H Poysa, K Sjoberg - Ecography, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
We addressed how species number and pair density in guilds of co‐existing species is
related to habitat structure, and to the abundance and diversity of food resources using the …

Estructura gremial y organización de un ensamble de aves del desierto del Monte

JN Lopez de Casenave - 2001 - bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar
Entre mayo de 1993 y febrero de 2000 se estudiaron la estructura gremial y la organización
del ensamble de aves de la Reserva de la Biosfera de Ñacuñán, ubicada en la porción …