Monitoring Bird Populations for Avian Influenza has Side Benefit: New Info On Rare Bird Species ; Wcs Researchers Identified Rare Nordmann's Greenshanks in Indonesia
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NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- For the past several years, health experts with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) have caught, banded, and released thousands of wild birds around Southeast Asia in an effort to monitor bird populations for avian influenza viruses. These activities also produce another benefit: new information on rare bird species.
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Monitoring Bird Populations for Avian Influenza has Side Benefit: New Info On Rare Bird Species ; Wcs Researchers Identified Rare Nordmann's Greenshanks in Indonesia
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In Indonesia, WCS field teams recently gathered new data on the Nordmann's greenshank--an endangered shorebird species with a total global population of only 500-1,000--on the beaches of Jambi Province o...See the full content of this document
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