| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 27(4) - December, 2017 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/12/2017 |
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Article
Taku Mizuta, Auteur ;
Mikio Takashi, Auteur ;
Hisahiro Torikai, Auteur ;
Tamaki Watanabe, Auteur ;
Keita Fukasawa, Auteur
Summary
The Amami Thrush, Zoothera dauma major, is an endemic subspecies of the Eurasian Scaly Thrush that is distributed only on Amami-Oshima Island in south-western Japan. This bird was formerly considered to be a distinct species (Z. major) a[...]
Article
Ricardo F. De Lima, Auteur ;
Hugo Sampaio, Auteur ;
Jonathon C. Dunn, Auteur ;
Gabriel Cabinda, Auteur ;
Ricardo Fonseca, Auteur ;
Gabriel Oquiongo, Auteur ;
Joel Oquiongo, Auteur ;
Sedney Samba, Auteur ;
Aristides Santana, Auteur ;
Estevão Soares, Auteur ;
Leonel Viegas, Auteur ;
Alice Ward-Francis, Auteur ;
Luis T. Costa, Auteur ;
Jorge M. Palmeirim, Auteur ;
Graeme M. Buchanan, Auteur
Summary
São Tomé holds 20 endemic bird species, including the little known and ‘Critically Endangered’ Dwarf Olive Ibis Bostrychia bocagei, São Tomé Fiscal Lanius newtoni and São Tomé Grosbeak Neospiza concolor. We conducted a systematic survey [...]
Article
Susanne Arbeiter, Auteur ;
Angela Helmecke, Auteur ;
Jochen Bellebaum, Auteur
Summary
Corncrakes Crex crex mainly breed in grassland, where they are threatened by mowing. Conservation requires delayed mowing or modified mowing methods. In large fields, it has been suggested that leaving strips of uncut grass may reduce mo[...]
Article
Shota Deguchi, Auteur ;
Yukihiro Ishihara, Auteur ;
Hideo Miguchi, Auteur
Summary
We studied the habitat preferences of breeding Yellow Buntings Emberiza sulphurata, taking into account the effects of paddyfield abandonment in hilly rural areas within the heavy snow region of northern Japan. Across 30 transects locat[...]
Article
Can Yeni̇yurt, Auteur ;
Steffen Oppel, Auteur ;
Süreyya İsfendi̇yaroğlu, Auteur ;
Gülçi̇n Özkinaci, Auteur ;
Itri̇ Levent Erkol, Auteur ;
Christopher G. R. Bowden, Auteur
Summary
Safeguarding threatened species in captivity is a promising management approach, but evaluating the performance of captive programmes is essential to assess reintroduction potential. The eastern population of the Northern Bald Ibis, Ger[...]
Article
Tom Auer, Auteur ;
Candan U. Soykan, Auteur ;
Chad B. Wilsey, Auteur ;
Nicole L. Michel, Auteur ;
Caitlin M. Jensen, Auteur ;
Gary M. Langham, Auteur ;
Geoff Lebaron, Auteur ;
Connie C. Sanchez, Auteur ;
John Takekawa, Auteur
Summary
Recent studies have highlighted the threat that climate change poses to species, as areas of climatic suitability contract or shift across the landscape. North American Neotropical long-distant migrant bird species present a unique probl[...]
Article
Andrea H. Claassen, Auteur ;
Ko Sok, Auteur ;
Todd W. Arnold, Auteur ;
Francesca J. Cuthbert, Auteur
Summary
Direct payments to communities or individuals have gained traction as a tool for species conservation; however, few studies have evaluated their effectiveness. From 2010 to 2014, we monitored nests and implemented a direct payment nest p[...]
Article
Andreas C. Dimitriou, Auteur ;
Giovanni Forcina, Auteur ;
Clairie Papazoglou, Auteur ;
Panicos Panayides, Auteur ;
Monica Guerrini, Auteur ;
Alan Crabtree, Auteur ;
Filippo Barbanera, Auteur ;
Spyros Sfenthourakis, Auteur
Summary
DNA barcoding has become a widely used and valuable tool in taxonomic research during the past three decades and its application is expanding to fields such as wildlife forensics (e.g. anti-poaching actions). One of the major advantages [...]
Article
Laïd Touati, Auteur ;
Riad Nedjah, Auteur ;
Farrah Samraoui, Auteur ;
Ahmed H. Alfarhan, Auteur ;
Laura Gangoso, Auteur ;
Jordi Figuerola, Auteur ;
Boudjema Samraoui, Auteur
Summary
This is the first study reporting the population status and reproductive biology of the Eleonora’s Falcon in Algeria. To determine the status, nest site selection, and breeding parameters, data were collected at Chetaïbi, north-east Alge[...]
Article
Manuel Antonio González, Auteur ;
Benito Fuertes, Auteur ;
Beatriz Blanco-Fontao, Auteur ;
Ángel De Frutos, Auteur
Summary
Nature reserves focused on the protection of an endangered species are often restricted to the core of the species’ distribution, leaving peripheral populations unprotected due to a lack of specific knowledge. This study describes the fa[...]
Article
Bi̇lgecan Şen, Auteur ;
José P. Tavares, Auteur ;
C. Can Bilgin, Auteur
Summary
We report the size and density of an Egyptian Vulture population in Turkey and provide insight into its nest site selection patterns. The study was carried out at Beypazarı (Turkey), holding one of the densest Egyptian Vulture populatio[...]
Article
Andrew Dixon, Auteur ;
Xinhai Li, Auteur ;
Md Lutfor Rahman, Auteur ;
Nyambayar Batbayar, Auteur ;
Xiangjiang Zhan, Auteur
Summary
Between 1998 and 2011 we monitored the winter ranging behaviour of eight female Saker Falcons Falco cherrug fitted with satellite-received transmitters. Our tracking revealed that the winter home range area occupied by individual Saker F[...]
