The Ringing Site In Jericho (Palestine) – Development Of Bird Migration And Parasitological Research On The Great Rift Valley Flyway

Awad, Simon I.; Rząd, Izabella; Busse, Przemysław

doi:10.2478/ring-2013-0003

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“…The last value could be explained by the semi‐arid microclimate characterized by mild to warm winter and hot dry summer known in Jericho region. Also the storage conditions in Jordan Valley (Jericho) characterized by hot desert climate may be key influencing factor to change the honey quality and can therefore explain the high value of HMF (Awad, Rząd, & Busse, 2014). It has be mentioned that the HMF content may be influenced by the temperature, storage conditions, the physicochemical properties of honey (pH, acidity, moisture, etc.)…”

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“…As honey color is also governed by the polyphenolics and melanoidin content (Aazza et al, 2013(Aazza et al, , 2014. A strong positive correla- key influencing factor to change the honey quality and can therefore explain the high value of HMF (Awad, Rząd, & Busse, 2014). It has be mentioned that the HMF content may be influenced by the temperature, storage conditions, the physicochemical properties of honey (pH, acidity, moisture, etc.…”

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Physicochemical characterization and antioxidant activity of Palestinian honey samples

Imtara

Elamine

Lyoussi

2018

Food Science & Nutrition

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Physicochemical characteristics, main minerals, and antioxidant activity were determined for Palestinian honey samples belonging to different floral and geographical origins. The features of the analyzed samples were within the established international standards for honey quality control. One clear exception was the hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) of the Ziziphus sample purchased from the Jericho region, which is the lowest city in the word characterized by a hot desert climate. The observed HMF value was 81.86 ± 2.64 mg/kg being two folds the maximum allowed in honey samples (40 mg/kg). As a second objective of the present work, the parameters were divided into two groups with different discriminatory power. The assessed physicochemical parameters, and the antioxidant activities, specific to the botanical origin discrimination, were used to run the first PCA. A strong correlation could be seen between the bioactive compounds and the antioxidant activities despite the geographical origin of the samples. Thyme and Ziziphus samples were the best samples, while citrus sample presented the lowest activity. Regarding the geographical discrimination, Ash and mineral contents in addition to the electrical conductivity were used. The output PCA conserved high represent ability of the data in the two‐first components being 82.72% and 9.60%. A little discrimination between the samples produced in the north and those produced in the south of the country, but it was not perfect. The intervention of the botanical variability could be the reason.

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Physicochemical characterization and antioxidant activity of Palestinian honey samples

Imtara

Elamine

Lyoussi

2018

Food Science & Nutrition

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“…The importance of studies on host-parasite relations during long-distance migration of birds as well as the exchange of parasites between local and migrating populations along the route should be emphasized. Moreover, this approach has provided a unique opportunity to study parasites and their avian hosts during a period that was highly demanding (especially physiologically) for the latter (Awad et al, 2013). Thus, the combination of parasitological work in the context of bird migration with ringing activity, as shown in the present study, may provide new information on the distribution of parasites of migratory birds.…”

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Collyriclum faba (Digenea: Collyriclidae) in migrant Phylloscopus trochilus(Aves: Sylvidae) in Egypt: the first record of the parasite on the African continent

Rząd¹,

Busse²

2015

Turk J Zool

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The life cycle of C. faba is unknown; its first intermediate host is unknown and its second intermediate hosts are probably insects (Parker, 2009). The parasite can be found in subcutaneous cysts located in various parts of the body of its avian host (Literák et al., 2003). Intensive epidemiological research has been carried out on many bird species in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, and recent phylogenetic molecular studies on 3 host-specific ecotypes of this parasite have been published (Heneberg and Literák, 2013). The hypothesis of cryptic speciation among C. faba and host specificity of the ecotypes tested by the above authors has not been corroborated by molecular data (Heneberg and Literák, 2013). To the best of our knowledge, C. faba has not been found in Africa before.In 2012-2014, during interdisciplinary ornithological and parasitological studies on helminth parasites conducted along the eastern bird migration flyway in Jordan, Palestine, and Egypt, a total number of 1783 birds belonging to 87 species, mainly passerines, were examined while the ringed birds were migrating (Table 1). In Jordan (spring 2012), 23 birds belonging to 13 species were examined in the Wadi Dana Reserve (30°21′N, 35°17′E; 23 March to 3 April), and 465 birds of 38 species were examined in Azraq (31°50′N, 36°49′E; 7-16 April). In Egypt (autumn 2012), the studies were carried out in Wadi Allaqi, a partially artificial oasis supported by waste water from the town of Aswan, overgrown by reeds and bushes (24°04′N, 32°52′E; 13 September to 5 October), where 366 birds of 35 species were examined. In Palestine, near Jericho (autumn 2013 and spring 2014) (31°50′N, 35°30′E; 12 September to 22 October), 929 birds of 61 species were examined. The field work was a part of the SE European Bird Migration Network (SEEN) activity supported by the Bird Migration Research Foundation of Poland. Applied methods of the ornithological research followed SEEN standards (Busse, 2000) and the ringing involved making measurements and testing scores (wing length, tail length, wing formula, fat determination, and body mass), as well as testing directional preferences of birds. The helminthological methods included visual inspection of live birds for the presence of cysts of digeneans and traditional parasitological examination of birds dead due to different causes, e.g., exhaustion or raptor attack. Parasites were collected only from dead birds. Inspection of the bodies of live birds included visual examination of legs, the abdominal region from the vent to the furcula, the neck, the region under the wings, the upper part of

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“…This area is a rich oasis with a high abundance of plant life, including Zizipus spina-christi, Tamarix aphyla, Acacias, Atriplex lasiantha, Atriplex halimus and Datura innoxia. Some data from this station have previously been published (Awad et al 2013, Awad andRz¹d 2014).…”

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“…It has been manned continuously since that time, and the data obtained there are the basis for this publication. Some data from other stations have previously been published in short activity reports from single seasons (Awad et al 2013, Awad andRz¹d 2014).…”

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Long-term bird ringing in Palestine

Awad¹,

Farhoud²,

Saada³

et al. 2017

The Ring

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This paper reports the results of mist-netting of birds, mainly passerines, at the Talitha Kumi ringing site by the Environmental Education Center (EEC), supported by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land. Bird catching/ringing has been conducted there since 2000, but the data presented here are limited to ten years of work (2004-2013), mainly for compatibility reasons. During this time 6,810 individuals of 70 species were caught, of which 16 migrants and 8 local species caught most frequently are discussed. Data on seasonal (all year) and long-term (10-year) dynamics are given. The following general conclusions were drawn: (1) Even infrequent sampling of the local population by netting provides important information on seasonal and long-term patterns and trends; (2) the same is true of migrating species, provided that the work is carried out using the same methods over a long time span; (3) in migrants, very differentiated relations are observed between numbers of individuals caught during the spring and autumn migration seasons; (4) during the ten years of the study negative trends in the number of captured birds were observed for 14 species, including significantly negative trends for 4 species, while positive trends were observed for 10, none of which was significant.

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The Ringing Site In Jericho (Palestine) – Development Of Bird Migration And Parasitological Research On The Great Rift Valley Flyway

Cited by 6 publications

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Physicochemical characterization and antioxidant activity of Palestinian honey samples

Physicochemical characterization and antioxidant activity of Palestinian honey samples

Collyriclum faba (Digenea: Collyriclidae) in migrant Phylloscopus trochilus(Aves: Sylvidae) in Egypt: the first record of the parasite on the African continent

Long-term bird ringing in Palestine

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