| Titre : | Ostrich 88(1) - 2017 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
Dépouillements
Article
James W. T. Hogg, Auteur ;
Gael R. Vande Weghe, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
The paper Bird diversity in the savanna habitats of Akagera National Park, Rwanda, in the post-war recovery period' by Gatali and Wallin (Ostrich 86(3): 267-276, 2015) makes several claims for new species records for Akagera National Park and Rw[...]
Article
Margaret T. Hirschauer, Auteur ;
Kerri Wolter, Auteur ;
Walter Neser, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
In 2010, 14 Cape Vulture Gyps coprotheres chicks were ringed as nestlings on the cliffs at the Skeerpoort Cape Vulture colony in the Magaliesberg mountains, South Africa. Observations made during the 2014 and 2015 breeding colony censuses confir[...]
Article
Callixte Gatali, Auteur ;
Kjell Wallin, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Some occurrences of rare or unusual bird species reported by us in a previous paper (Ostrich 86(3): 267-276, 2015) are considered to be doubtful by Hogg and Vande weghe (Ostrich 88(1): 83-88, 2017). We believe that some of the problems raised ar[...]
Article
Abdulmaula Hamza, Auteur ;
Nicola Baccetti, Auteur ;
Joe Sultana, Auteur ;
Jaber Yahia, Auteur ;
Marco Zantello, Auteur ;
Adriano De Faveri, Auteur ;
Nick Cutts, Auteur ;
John Borg, Auteur ;
Hichem Azafzaf, Auteur ;
Pierre Defos Du Rau, Auteur ;
Esam Bourass, Auteur ;
Khaled Etayeb, Auteur ;
Michael Elliott, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
The Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis emigratus breeding population in the Mediterranean is found exclusively in Libya, on the two coastal islands of Gara and Elba and one wetland on the mainland coast at Benghazi. In order to improve k[...]
Article
Sean M. Marr, Auteur ;
Joseph I. Grosel, Auteur ;
G. Derek Engelbrecht, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
The southern African endemic Short-clawed Lark Certhilauda chuana has two geographically isolated populations. Little is known about the smaller eastern population, which is restricted to the Polokwane Plateau, South Africa. To provide input for[...]
Article
Moses Joel Shimba, Auteur ;
Fredrick Ekow Jonah, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Nest success of the Indian House Crow Corvus splendens was studied in the urban area of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in late March to early May 2011. The study investigated nest success of the Indian House Crow in different tree species with varying[...]
Article
Sean M. Marr, Auteur ;
Mmatjie L. Mashao, Auteur ;
G. Derek Engelbrecht, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Separation of the eight southern African subspecies of Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota into thick-billed and slender-billed groups has been proposed. This study used biometric data obtained from museum skins in South Africa to evaluate morpholog[...]
Article
Soladoye B. Iwajomo, Auteur ;
Ulf Ottosson, Auteur ;
Kasper Thorup, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Information regarding the spatial behaviour of migratory bird species on their wintering ground is important in understanding the factors that can influence breeding success and population size. The Garden Warbler Sylvia borin is a migratory spe[...]
Article
Mohamed Aourir, Auteur ;
Mohammed Znari, Auteur ;
Mohamed Radi, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
In the present study, a histological and morphometric investigation of testes in yearling male Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis was performed during the reproductive period. The trial was conducted on four randomly selected yearling[...]
Article
Alan T. K. Lee, Auteur ;
Phoebe Barnard, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Relationships between true population densities and reporting indices from atlas data are important for the calculation of population sizes, though these relationships are remarkably little-known and likely confounded by issues of detection. We [...]
Article
Jeffrey W. Hean, Auteur ;
Adrian J. F. K. Craig, Auteur ;
Nicole B. Richoux, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Simple measures of population dynamics and energy consumption can provide baseline information on the role of consumers in food webs, particularly for cryptic or highly-mobile species of waterbirds. We provide estimates of the seasonal populatio[...]
Article
Marie-Sophie Garcia-Heras, Auteur ;
Francois Mougeot, Auteur ;
Beatriz Arroyo, Auteur ;
Graham Avery, Auteur ;
Margaret Avery, Auteur ;
Robert E. Simmons, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
Studying the diet of wild animals is central for understanding their flexibility in food requirements. The Black Harrier Circus maurus is an endangered raptor in South Africa and Namibia. To date, information about the diet of the species is ins[...]
Article
Julia L. van Velden, Auteur ;
Res Altwegg, Auteur ;
Kevin Shaw, Auteur ;
Peter G. Ryan, Auteur
Dans
Ostrich (88(1) 2017)
The Western Cape population of Blue Cranes Anthropoides paradiseus is the species' largest and most stable population. How this population utilises the agricultural landscape of the Western Cape, how far individuals disperse and the connectivity[...]
