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dc.contributor.authorNachuha, Sarah
dc.contributor.authorEjotre, Imran
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T10:12:31Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T10:12:31Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationNachuha, S and Ejotre, I (2014)Temporal variation of colonial nesting waterbirds in eastern Uganda. Bird Populations. Vol.13 pp.1-5.Scopus Vol.34 pp.70–72en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12309/131
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to investigate temporal variations in the populations of tree nesting colonial waterbirds in eastern Uganda. Counts of breeding pairs were made during a six year period: 2005 and 2008 to 2012. Eight waterbird species namely, Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis, Pink-backed Pelican Pelicanus carbo, Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopica, Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis, African Spoonbill Platalea alba, Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus, Little Egret Egretta garzetta and the Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala, were recorded breeding. There was a decline in the number of nesting sites and breeding pairs over time. The possible cause of this decline is the cutting down of nesting trees by man, particularly because most waterbirds chose to nest on the Mvule tree Milicia excelsa that is also a very good source of timber for the local communities. Except Pelicanus carbo, all the other waterbird species recorded breeding seem to have adapted to this habitat loss by nesting on other tree species like Cassia Cassia spectabilis and Mango Mangifera indica L. It is therefore desirable to find out how Pelicanus carbo is coping with this habitat loss.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Institute for Bird Populationsen_US
dc.subjectTemporal variationen_US
dc.subjectColonial nesting waterbirdsen_US
dc.subjectEastern Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectUganden_US
dc.subjectBirdsen_US
dc.subjectBird nestingen_US
dc.subjectBreedingen_US
dc.subjectColonial birdsen_US
dc.subjectTemporalen_US
dc.subjectWaterbirdsen_US
dc.subjectMilicia excelsaen_US
dc.titleTemporal variation of colonial nesting waterbirds in eastern Uganda.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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