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Heron (bird)

Known as: heron, herons 
National Institutes of Health

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Family Ardeidae (organism)

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2007
2007
Serological response to vaccination against avian influenza in zoo-birds using an inactivated H5N9 vaccine.
Review
2006
Review
2006
Estimating Nests Not Present at the Time of Breeding Surveys: An Important Consideration in Assessing Nesting Populations
Counts of nest starts are often used as indicators of the size of avian nesting populations, or of avian productivity. However… 
2005
2005
Diet composition and food consumption of the grey heron (Ardea cinerea) from breeding colonies in northern Poland
The diet of the grey heron (Ardea cinerea) was investigated in three colonies in northern Poland (Mosty, Kiersity and Kąty… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Reedbed selection and colony size of breeding Purple Herons Ardea purpurea in southern France
Reedbeds of Phragmites australis have declined in Europe in recent decades. Moreover, in some European countries the remaining… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
A Review of the Effects of Agricultural and Industrial Contamination on the Ebro Delta Biota and Wildlife
The Ebro delta (NE Spain) is a 320 km2 wetland area ofinternational importance for conservation. The area is devotedto rice… 
1999
1999
Cattle egrets are less able to cope with light refraction than are other herons
The majority of heron species (Aves, Ardeidae) forage on aquatic prey in shallow water. Prey detection, aiming and the beginning… 
1995
1995
CARBOFURAN POISONING IN HERONS: DIAGNOSIS USING CHOLINESTERASE REACTIVATION TECHNIQUES
Exposure to the carbamate insecticide carbofuran was detected using brain cholinesterase (ChE) reactivation techniques in heron… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EGRET AND HERON BROOD REDUCTION
Data from great egrets and great blue herons were used to test a fundamental assumption of Lack's brood‐reduction hypothesis… 
Highly Cited
1981
Highly Cited
1981
Attraction to tropical mixed-species heron flocks: Proximate mechanism and consequences
Summary1.A series of experiments using flocks of model birds on natural foraging grounds in Panama was designed to test whether… 
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE LEGS IN THE THERMOREGULATION OF BIRDS.
The proportion of the total heat production of herons and gulls which at ambient temperatures ranging from—10° C to 35° C is… 
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