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Conserving biodiversity in New Zealand’s lowland landscapes: does forest cover or pest control have a greater effect on native birds?

Conserving biodiversity in New Zealand’s lowland landscapes: does forest cover or pest control have a greater effect on native birds?

... non-threatened birds, and there is evidence that this individual-level predation can cause population-level impacts for at least some species ...of native forest loss is ...impacted native bird ...

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An anthropogenic habitat facilitates the establishment of non-native birds by providing underexploited resources

An anthropogenic habitat facilitates the establishment of non-native birds by providing underexploited resources

... non- native birds in the Iberian Peninsula, where the number of established non-native species has increased rapidly in recent decades ...Non-native birds in the Iberian Peninsula are ...

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Repellents with potential to protect kea and other native birds from aerial poisoning for possum and rat control

Repellents with potential to protect kea and other native birds from aerial poisoning for possum and rat control

... to native birds, particularly kea (Nestor notabilis), from aerial poisoning has prompted the evaluation of potential repellent compounds that could be incorporated into the cereal pellet bait used for ...

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Testing multiple pathways for impacts of the non-native Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus on native birds in Iberia in the early phase of invasion

Testing multiple pathways for impacts of the non-native Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus on native birds in Iberia in the early phase of invasion

... Grundy, JPB, Franco, AMA and Sullivan, MJP (2014) Testing multiple pathways for impacts of the non-native Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus on native birds in Iberia in the early phase of ...

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Maori Customary Use of Native Birds, Plants and Other Traditional Materials

Maori Customary Use of Native Birds, Plants and Other Traditional Materials

... It is often much easier to establish farming systems for plants (especially relatively short-lived and vegetatively-reproducing ones) than native animal species. This is well-exemplified by the success of trials ...

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A principles-based decision tree for future investigations of native New Zealand birds during aerial 1080 operations

A principles-based decision tree for future investigations of native New Zealand birds during aerial 1080 operations

... In one New Zealand forest with no pest control, the biomass of herbivorous and predatory invasive mammals was estimated to be 42 times greater than the biomass of native birds (Brockie & Moeed 1986). To ...

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Dead birds found after aerial poisoning operations targeting small mammal pests in New Zealand 2003–14

Dead birds found after aerial poisoning operations targeting small mammal pests in New Zealand 2003–14

... dead birds of similar or larger ...few native birds died following 1080 operations and very few died directly due to 1080 intoxication: most of the native birds tested for 1080 residue ...

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Gastrointestinal parasites in endemic, native, and introduced New Zealand passerines with a special focus on coccidia :a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Veterinary Science at Massey University, Palmer

Gastrointestinal parasites in endemic, native, and introduced New Zealand passerines with a special focus on coccidia :a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Veterinary Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

... endangered native birds and exterminating their specific parasite fauna will diminish the biodiversity in New Zealand as well as threaten the survival of the host species in the long run due to diminishing ...

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The relative importance of birds and insects as pollinators of the New Zealand flora

The relative importance of birds and insects as pollinators of the New Zealand flora

... Abstract: Native birds may have been underestimated as pollinators of the New Zealand flora due to their early decline in abundance and diversity on the ...of birds and insects as pollinators to ...

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Feeding by Captive Rare Birds on Baits Used in Poisoning Operations for Control of Brushtail Possums

Feeding by Captive Rare Birds on Baits Used in Poisoning Operations for Control of Brushtail Possums

... As a result of subsequent research, cinnamon is now applied to both carrot and cereal-based baits used in 1080-poisoning operations, partly because of its supposed repellency to weka and kaka (Udy and Pracy, 1981; Pracy, ...

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Behavioural plasticity of life history traits in the New Zealand avifauna

Behavioural plasticity of life history traits in the New Zealand avifauna

... and native New Zealand ...that native birds generally experienced higher rates of nest predation than introduced species in areas with no predator control (chapter ...2). Native birds ...

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Game Birds: The Ethics of Shooting Birds for Sport

Game Birds: The Ethics of Shooting Birds for Sport

... game birds have often taken a back seat in everyday animal welfare ...game birds for sport poses significant ethical issues. Most birds shot are raised in factory farming conditions, and there is a ...

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Birds

Birds

... In the most recent review of Tasmanian birds, by Ridpath and Moreau 1966, the only species listed as common in this habitat are pipits Anthus novaeseelandiae and peregrine falcons Falco [r] ...

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The discursive representation of British wildlife in The Times newspaper, 1785–2005

The discursive representation of British wildlife in The Times newspaper, 1785–2005

... “Wildlife” is a relatively modern word; the OED definition includes plants and animals: “the native fauna and flora of a particular region” (Oxford English Dictionary, 1986). The first recorded written instance of ...

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Indigenous Handicrafts in the Pernambuco and Bahia Sertões and Its Implications for the Conservation of Biodiversity

Indigenous Handicrafts in the Pernambuco and Bahia Sertões and Its Implications for the Conservation of Biodiversity

... and birds, ethnoorni- thologists investigate popular knowledge and popular uses about birds, describ- ing and analyzing the information and practices of local populations in the most diverse cultural and ...

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Diversity of bird community in Hohhot

Diversity of bird community in Hohhot

... migratory birds began to cluster migration ...resident birds, birds food demand over the summer, start deciduous trees and shrubs, understory plants gradually dwindled, but already mature fruit trees ...

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Effects of Induced Stress on Turkey Hens Supplemented with Yeast Derived Fermentation Products.

Effects of Induced Stress on Turkey Hens Supplemented with Yeast Derived Fermentation Products.

... 3 birds in each pen. Birds were identified using paint markings on their backs so that they could be identified for subsequent vaccinations and blood ...collection. Birds were injected using a 23 ...

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Diversity, Distribution and Status of Birds of Kolleru Lake - A Ramsar Site in Andhra Pradesh

Diversity, Distribution and Status of Birds of Kolleru Lake - A Ramsar Site in Andhra Pradesh

... [35]. Birds such as Platalea leucorodia (Eurasian Spoonbill), Haliaeetus leucogaster (White- bellied Sea Eagle) and Dendrocygna bicolor (Large Whistling Teal) and Raptors fall under Schedule-I of the Wildlife ...

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The Flight of Birds

The Flight of Birds

... The complete apparatus may conveniently be subdivided into the following sections: switching system, trigger unit, power unit, camera, camera and switch drive, lamp circuits.. To trigger[r] ...

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The Flight of Birds

The Flight of Birds

... In normal fast flight there is no backward movement of the tip, which traces out a simple waved track, and in birds with a slow wing beat it is possible to see a drop in body speed durin[r] ...

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