Time and Energy Budgets of Sandhill Cranes from Mid-Continental North America

1987 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 440 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Tacha ◽  
Paul A. Vohs ◽  
George C. Iverson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Energy Budgets ◽  
Sandhill Cranes ◽  
Time And Energy

Age of Sexual Maturity of Sandhill Cranes from Mid-Continental North America

1989 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Tacha ◽  
Donald E. Haley ◽  
Paul A. Vohs
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Sexual Maturity ◽  
Sandhill Cranes

Red-headed Love Child

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-53
Author(s):  
J. Drew Lanham
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Platte River ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Sandhill Cranes

This chapter shows how the author journeyed out to Nebraska in the last days of March to witness the tail end of one of the great ornithological wonders in North America: the northward migration of sandhill cranes along the Platte River. For probably 10,000 years or more, the tall, steel-gray birds have thrown their unmusically beautiful calls across the shallow floodplain that is now in the heart of America's corn and burger-producing breadbasket. In the air they were gracefully buoyant and powerful fliers. On the ground they were just as stately — walking, stalking, dancing, and prancing as crane-kind does. When one is surrounded by cranes it is easy to understand how the family of birds have generated awe and worship around the world.

Migration Routes of Sandhill Cranes from Mid-Continental North America

1984 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 1028 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Tacha ◽  
Paul A. Vohs ◽  
George C. Iverson
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Migration Routes ◽  
Sandhill Cranes

Morphometric Variation of Sandhill Cranes from Mid-Continental North America

1985 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas C. Tacha ◽  
Paul A. Vohs ◽  
William D. Warde
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Morphometric Variation ◽  
Sandhill Cranes

Using Stable Hydrogen Isotope Analysis of Feathers to Delineate Origins of Harvested Sandhill Cranes in the Central Flyway of North America

Waterbirds ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith A. Hobson ◽  
Steven Van Wilgenburg ◽  
Leonard I. Wassenaar ◽  
Helen Hands ◽  
William P. Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Hydrogen Isotope ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Stable Hydrogen Isotope ◽  
Sandhill Cranes ◽  
Central Flyway

Time and Energy Budgets for Dayroosting in a Maternity Colony of Myotis lucifugus

1981 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Burnett ◽  
Peter V. August
Keyword(s):  
Myotis Lucifugus ◽  
Energy Budgets ◽  
Time And Energy

Some Helminth Parasites of Sandhill Cranes from Mid-Continental North America

1983 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C. Iverson ◽  
Paul A. Vohs ◽  
A. Alan Kocan ◽  
Kenneth A. Waldrup
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Helminth Parasites ◽  
Sandhill Cranes

Time and energy budgets of Cassin's sparrow (Aimophila cassinii) during the breeding season: evaluation through modelling

1991 ◽  
Vol 55 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 285-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Schnase ◽  
William E. Grant ◽  
Terry C. Maxwell ◽  
John J. Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Season ◽  
Energy Budgets ◽  
Time And Energy

scholarly journals High-latitude cooling associated with landscape changes from North American boreal forest fires

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 699-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. M. Rogers ◽  
J. T. Randerson ◽  
G. B. Bonan
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Boreal Forest ◽  
High Latitude ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Boreal Forests ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Forest Composition ◽  
Energy Budgets ◽  
Functional Variation ◽  
Greenhouse Gasses

Abstract. Fires in the boreal forests of North America are generally stand-replacing, killing the majority of trees and initiating succession that may last over a century. Functional variation during succession can affect local surface energy budgets and, potentially, regional climate. Burn area across Alaska and Canada has increased in the last few decades and is projected to be substantially higher by the end of the 21st century because of a warmer climate with longer growing seasons. Here we simulated changes in forest composition due to altered burn area using a stochastic model of fire occurrence, historical fire data from national inventories, and succession trajectories derived from remote sensing. When coupled to an Earth system model, younger vegetation from increased burning cooled the high-latitude atmosphere, primarily in the winter and spring, with noticeable feedbacks from the ocean and sea ice. Results from multiple scenarios suggest that a doubling of burn area would cool the surface by 0.23 ± 0.09 °C across boreal North America during winter and spring months (December through May). This could provide a negative feedback to winter warming on the order of 3–5% for a doubling, and 14–23% for a quadrupling, of burn area. Maximum cooling occurs in the areas of greatest burning, and between February and April when albedo changes are largest and solar insolation is moderate. Further work is needed to integrate all the climate drivers from boreal forest fires, including aerosols and greenhouse gasses.

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