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Duck Migration Study Reveals Importance of Conserving Wetlands, MU Researchers Find

By Guest PostSeptember 29, 2014Natureamerican midwest, birds, cafnr, canada, data, dylan kesler, earths plates movement, gedaechtnisprozess, gedaechtnisspuren, instrumented nanoindentation, kathryn kumamoto, lightning, marlene bartos, mir mine, rhythmus der erinnerung, satellite tracking technology, strength of olivine, strikes, university of missouri, wildlife species

COLUMBIA, Mo. – During the 2011 and 2012 migration seasons, University of Missouri researchers monitored mallard ducks with new remote satellite tracking technology, marking the first time ducks have been tracked closely during the entirety of their migration from Canada to the American Midwest and back. The research revealed that mallards use public and private wetland conservation areas extensively as they travel hundreds of miles across the continent. Dylan Kesler, an assistant professor of fisheries and wildlife in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at MU, says these findings illustrate the importance of maintaining protected wetland areas. (more…)

MU Researcher Works to Save One of the World’s Most Endangered Birds

By Guest PostMarch 26, 2011Nature, Scienceblue feathers, coconut farmers, dylan kesler, impact of predators, kingfisher, lizards, multicolored, planet, pouncing, radio transmitters, South Pacific, tiny island, tropical bird, tuamotu kingfisher

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a multicolored, tropical bird with bright blue feathers, a dusty orange head, and a bright green back. The entire population of these birds – less than 125 – lives on one tiny island in the south Pacific, and without serious intervention, they will no longer exist. One University of Missouri researcher is trying to stop the birds’ extinction by working with farmers and residents on the island inhabited by the kingfishers.

“If we lose these birds, we lose 50,000 years of uniqueness and evolution,” said Dylan Kesler, assistant professor in fisheries and wildlife at the University of Missouri’s School of Natural Resources in the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources. “Because it has lived in isolation for a very long time, it’s unlike any other bird. There is no other bird like this on the planet.” (more…)

Free as a Bird?

By Guest PostSeptember 1, 2010Scienceallison cox, biology, bird habitats, birds, dylan kesler, gps technology, landscape, mark twain national forest, missouri, red-bellied woodpeckers, university of missouri, woodpecker

*MU researchers find that man-made development affects bird flight patterns and populations*

COLUMBIA, Mo. – It may seem like birds have the freedom to fly wherever they like, but researchers at the University of Missouri have shown that what’s on the ground has a great effect on where a bird flies. This information could be used by foresters and urban planners to improve bird habitats that would help maintain strong bird populations.

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Duck Migration Study Reveals Importance of Conserving Wetlands, MU Researchers Find

MU Researcher Works to Save One of the World’s Most Endangered Birds

Free as a Bird?