Nest success of iconic Whooping Crane mainly determined by black flies but interestingly there was a measurable (even if weak) negative association of daily nest survival with number of generations the breeding bird's ancestors had been in captivity https
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RT @bobby_habig: Reproductive failure of reintroduced whooping cranes. Harassment by black flies reduces nest survival of an #EndangeredSp…
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Reproductive failure of reintroduced whooping cranes. Harassment by black flies reduces nest survival of an #EndangeredSpecies. Study in @CondorJournal by Barzen, @conversesj, Adler, Lacy, Gray & Gossens: https://t.co/OFE1wiVlic #ornithology #biodiv
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Examination of multiple working hypotheses to address reproductive failure in reintroduced Whooping Cranes https://t.co/AO28rNUZWb | @CondorJournal | #ornithology