| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 19(1) - MAR 2009 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Marc Rabenandrasana, Auteur ;
Sama Zefania, Auteur ;
Peter Long, Auteur ;
Sam The Seing, Auteur ;
Marie Clementine Virginie, Auteur ;
Mihaja Randrianarisoa, Auteur ;
Roger Safford, Auteur ;
Tamás Székely, Auteur
The 'Endangered' Sakalava Rail Amaurornis olivieri is endemic to wetlands in western Madagascar, where it has been recorded between the Betsiboka river in the north and the Mangoky river in the south. Between August 2003 and November 2006, inclu[...]
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Studies of how avian communities are affected by human forest disturbance have given variable results. In order to focus conservation efforts we need comparative data for studying the relationship between community resilience and ecological pred[...]
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N. Seddon, Auteur ;
J. M. M. Ekstrom, Auteur ;
D. R. Capper, Auteur ;
I. S. Isherwood, Auteur ;
R. Muna, Auteur ;
R. G. Pople, Auteur ;
E. Tarimo, Auteur ;
J. Timothy, Auteur
Ornithological surveys were conducted in Tanzanian submontane forest at Nilo Forest Reserve in the East Usambaras and Nguu North Forest Reserve in the Nguu Mountains in July-September 1995. Information on the ecology of poorly known bird species[...]
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C. Jahn, Auteur ;
E. E. V. Grefa, Auteur ;
K. L. Schuchmann, Auteur
The rare and threatened Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger inhabits the canopy and mid-storey level of humid to wet foothill and montane forests (150-1,800 m) of the Andean slopes of south-west Colombia and western Ecuador. Here [...]
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C. Feare, Auteur
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M. D. Jacobs, Auteur ;
J. S. Walker, Auteur
Between June and September 1995 estimates were made of the population densities of birds inhabiting fragments of unprotected montane cloud forests in southern Ecuador. The study focused on to species: Bearded Guan Penelope barbata, Golden-plumed[...]
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Olaf Jahn, Auteur ;
Edwin E. Vargas Grefa, Auteur ;
Karl-L. Schuchmann, Auteur
The rare and threatened Long-wattled Umbrellabird Cephalopterus penduliger inhabits the canopy and mid-storey level of humid to wet foothill and montane forests (150-1,800 m) of the Andean slopes of south-west Colombia and western Ecuador. Here [...]
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N. Ratcliffe, Auteur ;
L. R. Monteiro, Auteur ;
C. J. Hazevoet, Auteur
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A group of villagers in Vanuatu are concerned that continuing development pressures are contributing to the over-exploitation of eggs of the Vanuatu Megapode Megapodius layardi. The Vanuatu Megapode or "namalau" as it is known locally, is endemi[...]
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C. H. Daugherty, Auteur ;
M. Williams, Auteur ;
J. M. Hay, Auteur
Australasian teal consist of five taxa (Anas gracilis, A. castanea, A. chlorotis, A. aucklandica and A. nesiotis) whose taxonomic identities and relationships have been uncertain. Analysis of variation at 14 allozyme loci indicates limited but c[...]
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Raju Acharya, Auteur ;
Richard Cuthbert, Auteur ;
Hem Sagar Baral, Auteur ;
Karan Bahadur Shah, Auteur
The population collapse of resident Gyps vulture species in South Asia, caused by the use of a veterinary drug diclofenac, has highlighted an urgent need to monitor numbers of other vulture species in the region. This study assessed population t[...]
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Boris A. Tinoco, Auteur ;
Pedro X. Astudillo, Auteur ;
Steven C. Latta, Auteur ;
Catherine H. Graham, Auteur
The Violet-throated Metaltail Metallura baroni is a high altitude hummingbird endemic to south-central Ecuador currently considered globally 'Endangered'. Here we present the first detailed assessment of its distribution, ecology and conservatio[...]
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The Wirebird Charadrius sanctaehelenae, a plover, is the only surviving bird species endemic to the South Atlantic island of St Helena. The species is currently dependent on habitats that are wholly anthropogenic or extensively modified by human[...]
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Stauros Kalpakis, Auteur ;
Antonics D. Mazaris, Auteur ;
Yiannis Mamakis, Auteur ;
Yiannis Poulopoulos, Auteur
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Thomas N. E. Gray, Auteur ;
Nigel J. Collar, Auteur ;
Peter J. A. Davidson, Auteur ;
Paul M. Dolman, Auteur ;
Tom D. Evans, Auteur ;
Harry N. Fox, Auteur ;
Hong Chamnan, Auteur ;
Ro Borey, Auteur ;
Seng Kim Hout, Auteur ;
Robert N. Van Zalinge, Auteur
The Bengal Florican is a 'Critically Endangered' bustard (Otididae) restricted to India, Nepal and Southern Indochina. Fewer than 500 birds are estimated to remain in the Indian subcontinent, whilst the Indochinese breeding population is primari[...]
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Richard Cuthbert, Auteur ;
John Cooper, Auteur ;
Marie-Helene Burle, Auteur ;
Conrad J. Glass, Auteur ;
James P. Glass, Auteur ;
Simon Glass, Auteur ;
Trevor Glass, Auteur ;
Geoff M. Hilton, Auteur ;
Erica S. Sommer, Auteur ;
Ross M. Wanless, Auteur ;
Peter G. Ryan, Auteur
Populations of the recently split Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi are restricted to Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island in the South Atlantic, and Amsterdam and St Paul in the Indian Ocean. The majority of the population is in the At[...]
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Richard Policht, Auteur ;
Milada Petru, Auteur ;
Lucia Lastimoza, Auteur ;
Leo Suarez, Auteur
This study presents the first multivariate analysis of hornbill vocalizations and the first bioacoustic study of any Philippine hornbill species. We analyzed loud calls of two Philippine hornbill species, the Rufous-headed Hornbill Aceros walden[...]
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Omaliss Keo, Auteur ;
Nigel J. Collar, Auteur ;
William J. Sutherland, Auteur
A main cause of nestling loss of the 'Critically Endangered' Giant Ibis Thaumatibis gigantea appeared to be mammalian predation. Predator-exclusion devices were added to a randomly selected half of 52 nesting trees, with the other half acting as[...]
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Graeme M. Buchanan, Auteur ;
Paul F. Donald, Auteur ;
Lincoln D. C. Fishpool, Auteur ;
Julius A. Arinaitwe, Auteur ;
Mark Balman, Auteur ;
Philippe Mayaux, Auteur
Over 1,200 Important Bird Areas (IBAs) have been identified in Africa, each meeting at least one of four objective criteria that identify it as an area of high conservation importance for birds. Despite their biodiversity value, many IBAs are th[...]
