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González,Patricia M.; Baker,Allan J.; Echave,María Eugenia. |
Ecological conditions in breeding and non-breeding areas of migrant birds have been linked to their annual survival and production of young, but the role of stopover sites is under-appreciated. Through banding studies and censuses along the flyway from Tierra del Fuego to the Canadian Arctic, the drastic decline in 2000-2001 of Red Knots (Calidris canutus rufa) population summering in southern South America in the northern winter was shown to be related to the overharvesting of horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) in Delaware Bay, USA, their last stopover site before reaching their breeding grounds, and to the late arrival of the birds at this site. In San Antonio Oeste, Argentina, where 25-50% of the Tierra del Fuego Red Knots population congregates every... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Calidris canutus; Domino effects; Migration; Population decline; Red Knot; Stopover ecology; Ecología de escala migratoria; Efecto dominó; Migración; Playero Rojizo. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-34072006000200006 |
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Caparroz,Renato; Miyaki,Cristina Y.; Baker,Allan J.. |
More than 90% of birds are socially monogamous, although genetic studies indicate that many are often not sexually monogamous. In the present study, DNA fingerprinting was used to estimate the genetic relationships between nestlings belonging to the same broods to evaluate the mating system in the socially monogamous macaw, Ara ararauna. We found that in 10 of 11 broods investigated, the nestlings showed genetic similarity levels congruent with values expected among full-sibs, suggesting that they shared the same parents. However, in one brood, the low genetic similarity observed between nestlings could be a result of intraspecific brood parasitism, intraspecific nest competition or extra-pair paternity. These results, along with available behavioral and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ara ararauna; Breeding behavior; DNA fingerprinting; Monogamy; Psittacidae. |
Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572011000100027 |
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