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Acoustic Signalling in Eurasian Penduline Tits Remiz Pendulinus Pogany, A.; Van Dijk, R
University of Groningen Acoustic signalling in Eurasian penduline tits remiz pendulinus Pogany, A.; van Dijk, R. E.; Menyhart, O.; Miklosi, A.; DeVoogd, T. J.; Szekely, T. Published in: Acta zoologica academiae scientiarum hungaricae IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2013 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Pogany, A., van Dijk, R. E., Menyhart, O., Miklosi, A., DeVoogd, T. J., & Szekely, T. (2013). Acoustic signalling in Eurasian penduline tits remiz pendulinus: Repertoire size signals male nest defence. Acta zoologica academiae scientiarum hungaricae, 59(1), 81-96. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). The publication may also be distributed here under the terms of Article 25fa of the Dutch Copyright Act, indicated by the “Taverne” license. More information can be found on the University of Groningen website: https://www.rug.nl/library/open-access/self-archiving-pure/taverne- amendment. Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. -
Beidaihe^ China: East Asian Hotspot Paul I
Beidaihe^ China: East Asian hotspot Paul I. Holt, Graham P. Catley and David Tipling China has come a long way since 1958 when 'Sparrows [probably meaning any passerine], rats, bugs and flies' were proscribed as pests and a war declared on them. The extermination of a reputed 800,000 birds over three days in Beijing alone was apparently then followed by a plague of insects (Boswall 1986). After years of isolation and intellectual stagnation during the Cultural Revolution, China opened its doors to organised foreign tour groups in the late 1970s and to individual travellers from 1979 onwards. Whilst these initial 'pion eering' travellers included only a handful of birdwatchers, news of the country's ornithological riches soon spread and others were quick to follow. With a national avifauna in excess of 1,200 species, the People's Republic offers vast scope for study. Many of the species are endemic or nearly so, a majority are poorly known and a few possess an almost mythical draw for European birders. Sadly, all too many of the endemic forms are either rare or endangered. Initially, most of the recent visits by birders were via Hong Kong, and concentrated on China's mountainous southern and western regions. Inevitably, however, attention has shifted towards the coastal migration sites. Migration at one such, Beidaihe in Hebei Province, in Northeast China, had been studied and documented by a Danish scientist during the Second World War (Hemmingsen 1951; Hemmingsen & Guildal 1968). It became the focus of renewed interest after a 1985 Cambridge University expedition (Williams et al. -
Russia's Boreal Forests
Forest Area Key Facts & Carbon Emissions Russia’s Boreal Forests from Deforestation Forest location and brief description Russia is home to more than one-fifth of the world’s forest areas (approximately 763.5 million hectares). The Russian landscape is highly diverse, including polar deserts, arctic and sub-arctic tundra, boreal and semi-tundra larch forests, boreal and temperate coniferous forests, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, forest-steppe and steppe (temperate grasslands, savannahs, and shrub-lands), semi-deserts and deserts. Russian boreal forests (known in Russia as the taiga) represent the largest forested region on Earth (approximately 12 million km2), larger than the Amazon. These forests have relatively few tree species, and are composed mainly of birch, pine, spruce, fir, with some deciduous species. Mixed in among the forests are bogs, fens, marshes, shallow lakes, rivers and wetlands, which hold vast amounts of water. They contain more than 55 per cent of the world’s conifers, and 11 per cent of the world’s biomass. Unique qualities of forest area Russia’s boreal region includes several important Global 200 ecoregions - a science-based global ranking of the Earth’s most biologically outstanding habitats. Among these is the Eastern-Siberian Taiga, which contains the largest expanse of untouched boreal forest in the world. Russia’s largest populations of brown bear, moose, wolf, red fox, reindeer, and wolverine can be found in this region. Bird species include: the Golden eagle, Black- billed capercaillie, Siberian Spruce grouse, Siberian accentor, Great gray owl, and Naumann’s thrush. Russia’s forests are also home to the Siberian tiger and Far Eastern leopard. -
A Pilot Survey of the Avifauna of Rangdum Valley, Kargil, Ladakh (Indian Trans-Himalaya)
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 May 2015 | 7(6): 7274–7281 A pilot survey of the avifauna of Rangdum Valley, Kargil, Ladakh (Indian Trans-Himalaya) ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) 1 2 3 Short Communication Short Tanveer Ahmed , Afifullah Khan & Pankaj Chandan ISSN 0974-7893 (Print) 1,2 Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Wildlife Sciences, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh 202002, India OPEN ACCESS 3 WWF-India, 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003, India 1 [email protected] (corresponding author), 2 [email protected],3 [email protected] Abstract: An avifaunal survey of Rangdum Valley in Kargil District, Pradesh) and Ladakh (Jammu & Kashmir) at an average Jammu & Kashmir, India was carried out between June and July 2011. altitude of over 4000m. In Ladakh, studies on avifauna McKinnon’s species richness and total count methods were used. A total of 69 species were recorded comprising six passage migrants, were initiated by A.L. Adam as early as 1859 (Adam 25 residents, 36 summer visitors and three vagrants. The recorded 1859). Some avifaunal surveys in this region were species represents seven orders and 24 families, accounting for 23% th of the species known from Ladakh. A majority of the bird species are carried out in early 20 century (Ludlow 1920; Wathen insectivores. 1923; Osmaston 1925, 1927). Later, more studies on avian species in different parts of Ladakh were Keywords: Avifauna, feeding guild, Ladakh, Rangdum Valley, status. carried out by Holmes (1986), Mallon (1987), Mishra & Humbert-Droz (1998), Singh & Jayapal (2000), Pfister The Himalaya constitute one of the richest and (2001), Namgail (2005), Sangha & Naoroji (2005a,b), most unique ecosystems on the earth. -
Belarus Tour Report 2015
Aquatic Warbler, Sporovo Reserve (all photos taken on the 2015 tour by Mike Watson) BELARUS 13 – 21 May 2015 Northern Belarus Extension from 10 May LEADERS: MIKE WATSON and DIMA SHAMOVICH I was wondering how we could follow our successful first visit to Belarus in 2014... I need not have worried. New for 2015 on our expanded itinerary were: Hazel Grouse (both in the north and the south, including a fe- male on its nest); Western Capercaillie, Black Grouse and Ural and Tengmalm’s Owls on our Northern Belarus pre-tour extension, to the wonderful Krasny Bor reserve on the Russian border and we also enjoyed some great encounters with old favourites, including: point blank views of Corn Crakes; lekking Great Snipes on meadows by the Pripyat River; 46(!) Terek Sandpipers; hundreds of ‘marsh’ terns (White-winged, Black and Whiskered); Great Grey Owl (an even better close encounter than last time!); Eurasian Pygmy Owl; nine spe- cies of woodpecker including White-backed (three) and Eurasian Three-toed (five); Azure Tits at five different sites including our best views yet; Aquatic Warblers buzzing away in an ancient sedge fen (again our best views yet of this rapidly declining bird). With the benefit of the new pre-tour extension to the boreal zone of northern Belarus as well as some good fortune on the main tour we recorded a new high total of 184 bird spe- cies and other avian highlights included: Smew; Black Stork; Greater Spotted, Lesser Spotted and White-tailed Eagles; Northern Goshawk; Wood Sandpipers and Temminck’s Stints on passage in the south and breeding Whimbrels and Common Greenshanks on raised bogs in the north; Eurasian Nightjar; a profusion of song- 1 BirdQuest Tour Report: Belarus www.birdquest-tours.com WWII memorial at Sosnovy sters mostly only known to western birders as scarce drift migrants including Wrynecks, Red-backed Shrikes, Marsh, Icterine and River Warblers as well as gaudy Citrine Wagtails and Common Rosefinches and lovely old forests full of Wood Warblers and Red-breasted Flycatchers. -
A Study on Avifauna Present in Different Zones of Chitral Districts
Journal of Bioresource Management Volume 4 Issue 1 Article 4 A Study on Avifauna Present in Different Zones of Chitral Districts Madeeha Manzoor Center for Bioresource Research Adila Nazli Center for Bioresource Research, [email protected] Sabiha Shamim Center for Bioresource Research Fida Muhammad Khan Center for Bioresource Research Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/jbm Part of the Environmental Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Manzoor, M., Nazli, A., Shamim, S., & Khan, F. M. (2017). A Study on Avifauna Present in Different Zones of Chitral Districts, Journal of Bioresource Management, 4 (1). DOI: 10.35691/JBM.7102.0067 ISSN: 2309-3854 online (Received: May 29, 2019; Accepted: May 29, 2019; Published: Jan 1, 2017) This Article is brought to you for free and open access by CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Bioresource Management by an authorized editor of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Study on Avifauna Present in Different Zones of Chitral Districts Erratum Added the complete list of author names © Copyrights of all the papers published in Journal of Bioresource Management are with its publisher, Center for Bioresource Research (CBR) Islamabad, Pakistan. This permits anyone to copy, redistribute, remix, transmit and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes provided the original work and source is appropriately cited. Journal of Bioresource Management does not grant you any other rights in relation to this website or the material on this website. In other words, all other rights are reserved. For the avoidance of doubt, you must not adapt, edit, change, transform, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, broadcast, rebroadcast or show or play in public this website or the material on this website (in any form or media) without appropriately and conspicuously citing the original work and source or Journal of Bioresource Management’s prior written permission. -
"Official Gazette of RM", No. 28/04 and 37/07), the Government of the Republic of Montenegro, at Its Meeting Held on ______2007, Enacted This
In accordance with Article 6 paragraph 3 of the FT Law ("Official Gazette of RM", No. 28/04 and 37/07), the Government of the Republic of Montenegro, at its meeting held on ____________ 2007, enacted this DECISION ON CONTROL LIST FOR EXPORT, IMPORT AND TRANSIT OF GOODS Article 1 The goods that are being exported, imported and goods in transit procedure, shall be classified into the forms of export, import and transit, specifically: free export, import and transit and export, import and transit based on a license. The goods referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article were identified in the Control List for Export, Import and Transit of Goods that has been printed together with this Decision and constitutes an integral part hereof (Exhibit 1). Article 2 In the Control List, the goods for which export, import and transit is based on a license, were designated by the abbreviation: “D”, and automatic license were designated by abbreviation “AD”. The goods for which export, import and transit is based on a license designated by the abbreviation “D” and specific number, license is issued by following state authorities: - D1: the goods for which export, import and transit is based on a license issued by the state authority competent for protection of human health - D2: the goods for which export, import and transit is based on a license issued by the state authority competent for animal and plant health protection, if goods are imported, exported or in transit for veterinary or phyto-sanitary purposes - D3: the goods for which export, import and transit is based on a license issued by the state authority competent for environment protection - D4: the goods for which export, import and transit is based on a license issued by the state authority competent for culture. -
Armenia - Butterflies of the Caucasus
Armenia - Butterflies of the Caucasus Naturetrek Tour Report 20 – 27 June 2015 Caucasian Heath Jajur Pas Eastern Mazarine Blues Jajur Pas Euphydryas provincialis Jajur Pas Mud-puddling Norovankk Gorge Report compiled by Tom Brereton Images courtesy of David Ferguson Naturetrek Mingledown Barn Wolf's Lane Chawton Alton Hampshire GU34 3HJ UK T: +44 (0)1962 733051 E: [email protected] W: www.naturetrek.co.uk Armenia - Butterflies of the Caucasus Tour Report Tour Participants: Tom Brereton & Hasmik Ter Voskanyan (leaders) with Naturetrek clients Day 1 Saturday 20th June Outbound from UK Our journey began with an Aeroflot morning flight from London to Moscow that departed and arrived on time. We then took an early evening flight to the Armenian capital, Yerevan. After meeting our driver and ornithologist guide for the trip Hasmik, we took a short drive to a comfy city hotel, the Aviatrans in bustling Yerevan city, arriving by mid-evening and in time for a light evening meal at the hotel. Day 2 Sunday 21st June Hatsavan, Gaghadir and Garni After an excellent buffet breakfast we headed south-east, driving for just under an hour to steppe and semi- desert habitat near Hatsavan. Our first taster of Yerevan butterflies was at a road junction west of Garni, where we had a little time in between transferring from our air conditioned minibus into jeeps for the bumpy road ahead. Here, in the arid bushy steppe, Clouded Yellow and Queen of Spain Fritillary were seen. Our first scheduled stop for butterflies was in a beautiful semi-desert area several kilometres down this dusty road which leads to Lanjazat. -
Comparative Life History of the South Temperate Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus Minutus) and North Temperate Remizidae Species
J Ornithol DOI 10.1007/s10336-016-1417-4 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Comparative life history of the south temperate Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus) and north temperate Remizidae species 1,2 1 1 Penn Lloyd • Bernhard D. Frauenknecht • Morne´ A. du Plessis • Thomas E. Martin3 Received: 19 June 2016 / Revised: 22 October 2016 / Accepted: 14 November 2016 Ó Dt. Ornithologen-Gesellschaft e.V. 2016 Abstract We studied the breeding biology of the south parental nestling care. Consequently, in comparison to the temperate Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus)in other two species, the Cape Penduline Tit exhibits greater order to compare its life history traits with those of related nest attentiveness during incubation, a similar per-nestling north temperate members of the family Remizidae, namely feeding rate and greater post-fledging survival. Its rela- the Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) and the tively large clutch size, high parental investment and Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps). We used this comparison to associated high adult mortality in a less seasonal environ- test key predictions of three hypotheses thought to explain ment are consistent with key predictions of the adult latitudinal variation in life histories among bird species— mortality hypothesis but not with key predictions of the the seasonality and food limitation hypothesis, nest pre- seasonality and food limitation hypothesis in explaining dation hypothesis and adult mortality hypothesis. Contrary life history variation among Remizidae species. These to the general pattern of smaller clutch size and lower adult results add to a growing body of evidence of the impor- mortality among south-temperate birds living in less sea- tance of age-specific mortality in shaping life history sonal environments, the Cape Penduline Tit has a clutch evolution. -
New Species in the Hungarian Avifauna in 2017
Ornis Hungarica 2019. 27(2): 175–179. DOI: 10.2478/orhu-2019-0022 New species in the Hungarian avifauna in 2017 Tibor HADARICS Received: September16, 2019 – Revised: October 17, 2019 – Accepted: October 31, 2019 Hadarics, T. 2019. New species in the Hungarian avifauna in 2017. – Ornis Hungarica 27(2): 175–179. DOI: 10.2478/orhu-2019-0022 Abstract Two new species appeared in the Hungarian avifauna in 2017: the Siberian Accentor and the Bonaparte’s Gull. A Siberian Accentor was observed and photographed at Surány near Pócsmegyer between 18th–29th January. A Bonaparte’s Gull was seen and photographed over Hortobágy Fish- ponds at Hortobágy on 14th April. With the observations of these species, the number of bird species known to oc- cur in Hungary rose to 416. Keywords: bird checklist, Hungarian Checklist and Rarities Committee, Siberian Accentor, Prunella montanella, Bonaparte’s Gull, Larus philadelphia Összefoglalás 2017-ben két, Magyarország faunájára nézve új madárfaj bukkant fel: a szibériai szürkebegy és a Bonaparte-sirály. A szibériai szürkebegyet 2017. január 18–29. között figyelték meg és fényképezték a Pócsme- gyer közigazgatási területén lévő Surány mellett, a Bonaparte-sirályt pedig 2017. április 14-én látták és fényké- pezték a Hortobágyon, a Hortobágyi-halastó felett. E két faj előkerülésével a Magyarország mai területén valaha bizonyítottan előfordult madárfajok száma 416-ra emelkedett. Kulcsszavak: Magyarország madarainak névjegyzéke, MME Nomenclator Bizottság, szibériai szürkebegy, Pru- nella montanella, Bonaparte-sirály, Larus philadelphia Tibor Hadarics, 9400 Sopron, Wälder József utca 4. D/2., Hungary, e-mail: [email protected] In 2017, two bird species were accepted by the Hungarian Checklist and Rarities Committee as new to the Hungarian fauna. -
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OUTCOME BUDGET 2013-14 Government of Odisha Department of Water Resources C O N T E N T S Sl. Aspect Page No. No. 1 Executive Summary 1-4 2 Chapter-I Introduction 5-18 3 Chapter-II Outcome Budget, 2013-14 19-95 Statement (Plan & Non-Plan), Annexures 4 Chapter-III Reforms Measures & Policy Initiatives 96-98 5 Chapter-IV Past performance of Programmes and schemes 99-104 6 Chapter-V Financial Review 105-106 7 Chapter-VI Gender and SC/ST Budgeting 107-109 LIST OF TABLES List of Contents Page Tables No. Chapter-I Table-1.1 Hydrological Information System Network 11 Table-1.2 Status of MIPs under RR&R scheme (as on 31.01.2013) 14 Table-1.3 Status of Check Dams (as on 31.01.2013) 15 Table-1.4 Status of Borewell Scheme (as on 13.02.2013) 16 Chapter-II i) Outcome Budget-2013-14 20-30 (Statement of Outlays & Outcome / Targets : State Plan 2013-14) ii) Outcome Budget-2013-14 31 (Statement of Outlays & Outcome / Targets : Non-Plan : 2013-14) iii) Abstracts showings schemes, Outlay & Quantifiable delilverables / 32-33 Physical Outputs & Annual Plan : 2013-14 iv) Project wise Plan Outlay for 2013-14 34-95 Chapter-IV Table-4.1& Physical & Financial Status during 2011-12 & 2012-13 99-104 (as on January 2013) Table-4.2 – Chapter-V Financial Review (State Plan / Non-Plan / CSP) 105-106 Chapter-VI Table-6.1 Fund Flow to TSP Component 107 Table-6.2 Fund Flow to SCSP Component 108 Executive Summary *** *** *** The “Outcome Budget” of the Department of Water Resources is intended to convert the “outlays” into “outcomes” by planning the expenditure, fixing appropriate targets and quantifying the deliverables. -
Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan
NEPA Biodiversity Profile of Afghanistan An Output of the National Capacity Needs Self-Assessment for Global Environment Management (NCSA) for Afghanistan June 2008 United Nations Environment Programme Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch First published in Kabul in 2008 by the United Nations Environment Programme. Copyright © 2008, United Nations Environment Programme. This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit purposes without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as a source. No use of this publication may be made for resale or for any other commercial purpose whatsoever without prior permission in writing from the United Nations Environment Programme. United Nations Environment Programme Darulaman Kabul, Afghanistan Tel: +93 (0)799 382 571 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.unep.org DISCLAIMER The contents of this volume do not necessarily reflect the views of UNEP, or contributory organizations. The designations employed and the presentations do not imply the expressions of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNEP or contributory organizations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authority, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Unless otherwise credited, all the photos in this publication have been taken by the UNEP staff. Design and Layout: Rachel Dolores