| serological evidence of west nile virus infection in wild migratory and resident water birds in eastern and northern india. | to assess west nile virus (wnv) infection in wild resident and migratory birds, we tested 3887 samples from 1784 birds belonging to 119 identified species within 30 families collected during 2008-10 from 13 states in india. the serum samples were tested for wnv antibodies initially by a competition elisa and subsequently by a micro-plaque reduction neutralization test (micro-prnt), whereas tracheal and cloacal swabs were subjected to real-time rt-pcr for the detection of the wnv rna. twenty six ... | 2012 | 22925932 |
| new data on avifauna of the ustyurt plateau in the holocene. | bone remains of birds from a location of the middle subboreal period and from three locations of the early subatlantic period were studied on the ustyurt plateau (kazakhstan). three out of 17 avian species that have been identified (phalacrocorax pygmaeus, falco peregrinus, and nyctea scandiaca) proved to be absent in the modern fauna of the region. our data on the bird fauna of the ustyurt plateau in the second half of the middle holocene and at the beginning of the late holocene indicate that, ... | 2016 | 27595824 |
| Community composition of aquatic birds in lakes of Bangalore, India. | Observations were made on the occurrence, abundance, richness, and diversity of waterbirds in 15 major lakes in Bangalore city during 2008 - 2009. During the study period 35 species of aquatic birds were recorded. The number of aquatic bird species recorded at various lakes ranged from 23 to 35. The percent abundance of waterbirds recorded in the study lakes ranged from 2.46 to 21.49 and itwas significantly different (p < 0.05). The diversity and species evenness of waterbirds in the lakes range ... | 2011 | 21888236 |
| coexistence of three sympatric cormorants (phalacrocorax spp.); partitioning of time as an ecological resource. | resource partitioning is well known along food and habitat for reducing competition among sympatric species, yet a study on temporal partitioning as a viable basis for reducing resource competition is not empirically investigated. here, i attempt to identify the mechanism of temporal partitioning by intra- and interspecific diving analyses of three sympatric cormorant species at different freshwater wetlands around the delhi region. diving results indicated that cormorants opted for a shallow di ... | 2016 | 27293799 |