| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 23(4) - DEC 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Sara M. Kross, Auteur ;
Paul G. McDonald, Auteur ;
Ximena J. Nelson, Auteur
Introduced mammalian predators have been implicated in the majority of avian extinctions on oceanic islands around the globe. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the decimated New Zealand avifauna, where introduced predators remain the primary[...]
Article
Pablo Yorio, Auteur ;
Pablo Petracci, Auteur ;
Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, Auteur
Olrog's Gull Larus atlanticus breeds only in Argentina and is currently categorized as Vulnerable. Knowledge of the location of colonies and an updated understanding of human activities that may impact their breeding populations are crucial to t[...]
Article
R. Moreno-Opo, Auteur ;
Z. E. Ould Sidaty, Auteur ;
J. M. Baldo, Auteur ;
F. Garcia, Auteur ;
D. Ould Sehla Daf, Auteur ;
L. M. Gonzalez, Auteur
The 2011 breeding results of the Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor at its only West African colony, in Aftout es Saheli, south-west Mauritania, are presented. Several breeding attempts have been documented since the second half of the 19(th) c[...]
Article
Mattia Brambilla, Auteur ;
Enrico Bassi, Auteur ;
Valentina Bergero, Auteur ;
Fabio Casale, Auteur ;
Marco Chemollo, Auteur ;
Riccardo Falco, Auteur ;
Violetta Longoni, Auteur ;
Fabio Saporetti, Auteur ;
Enrico Viganò, Auteur ;
Severino Vitulano, Auteur
Correlative species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly widespread in the conservation literature. They can be used for a variety of purposes, including addressing practical conservation tasks on the basis of a spatially explicit assessm[...]
Article
Antoni Margalida, Auteur ;
Ana B. Marin-Arroyo, Auteur
Although most Old World vulture species are declining or threatened in Asia and Africa, in Europe healthy vulture populations still exist. However, recent application of sanitary legislation that has greatly reduced the availability of animal ca[...]
Article
Dorota Czeszczewik, Auteur ;
Wieslaw Walankiewicz, Auteur ;
Cezary Mitrus, Auteur ;
Tomasz Tumiel, Auteur ;
Tomasz Stanski, Auteur ;
Mustapha Sahel, Auteur ;
Grzegorz Bednarczyk, Auteur
Many woodpecker species are known to be sensitive to the removal of dead wood. In 1999-2001 and 2007-2009 woodpeckers and dead wood abundance were studied in coniferous stands of the Biaowiea Forest, Poland. Transects (3.9-6 km long) were establ[...]
Article
Ugo Mellone, Auteur ;
Pascual López-López, Auteur ;
Ruben Liminana, Auteur ;
Vicente Urios, Auteur
Recent advances in bird tracking technologies are revealing that migratory birds use temporal staging sites other than breeding and wintering areas, and these areas deserve conservation efforts. Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae is a long-distan[...]
Article
Luis Santiago Cano, Auteur ;
Claudia Franco, Auteur ;
Guillermo Doval, Auteur ;
Alejandro Tores, Auteur ;
Isidoro Carbonell, Auteur ;
Jose Luis Telleria, Auteur
Seven out of ten Black Stork chicks fitted with satellite tags successfully made the journey from Iberia to the Sahel. Four died there during their first winter and one additional bird in the second winter. Our results show that 30% of the tagge[...]
Article
G. Serra, Auteur ;
C. Bruschini, Auteur ;
L. Peske, Auteur ;
A. Kubsa, Auteur ;
M. Wondafrash, Auteur ;
J. A. Lindsell, Auteur
The long-range, migratory eastern relict population of Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita has been steadily declining since the time of discovery in 2002, despite the protection programme in place at the breeding grounds in Syria. Assessing t[...]
Article
Chihiro Endo, Auteur ;
Hisashi Nagata, Auteur
Seasonal foraging habitats, prey species and foraging frequency of Japanese Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon in farmland were studied one year after its reintroduction on Sado Island, Japan. Paddies were the main foraging habitat in spring, early su[...]
Article
Li Zhaotian, Auteur ;
Zhou Fang, Auteur ;
Lu Zhou, Auteur ;
Jiang Aiwu, Auteur ;
Yang Gang, Auteur ;
Yu Chenxing, Auteur
The Nonggang Babbler Stachyris nonggangensisis a new species of Timaliidae which was discovered in the Sino-Vietnamese border region in 2008. The species was initially classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List and was believed to occur [...]
Article
Andrew Dixon, Auteur ;
Roller Maming, Auteur ;
Amarkhuu Gunga, Auteur ;
Gankhuyag Purev-Ochir, Auteur ;
Nyambayar Batbayar, Auteur
We report a large number of raptors electrocuted on recently erected electricity distribution lines in the open landscapes of the Mongolian steppe and Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, China. Upland Buzzards Buteo hemilasius and Saker Falcons Falco cherr[...]
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Chris Wood, Auteur ;
Hiroshi Tomida, Auteur ;
Kim Jin-Han, Auteur ;
Ki-Sup Lee, Auteur ;
Hyong-Ju Cho, Auteur ;
Shin Nishida, Auteur ;
Jamaluddin Ibrahim, Auteur ;
Wee-Haeng Hur, Auteur ;
Hwa-Jung Kim, Auteur ;
Sung-Hyun Kim, Auteur ;
Hiroko Koike, Auteur ;
Go Fujita, Auteur ;
Hiroyoshi Higuchi, Auteur ;
Tetsukazu Yahara, Auteur
In 2011 the Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor census recorded a 22% drop in numbers from 2010, particularly at the known large coastal wintering sites. During this period, we discovered two new inland wintering sites for the species using sat[...]
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Lainie Zarones, Auteur ;
Melanie R. Colon, Auteur ;
James C. Ha, Auteur ;
Renee R. Ha, Auteur
The Rota White-eye, Zosterops rotensis, is a critically endangered species endemic to the island of Rota, in the Mariana Islands, western Micronesia. There has been a dramatic decline in both its population size and range over the past few decad[...]
