| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 23(1) - MAR 2013 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Romulo Romeu Nobrega Alves, Auteur ;
Jose Ribamar De Farias Lima, Auteur ;
Helder Farias P. Araujo, Auteur
Brazil's rich biological and cultural diversity makes it an exceptional location for examining the commerce in live wild birds and its implications for conservation. This paper catalogues the live bird species being traded in Brazil, characteris[...]
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S. van Balen, Auteur ;
James A. Eaton, Auteur ;
Frank E. Rheindt, Auteur
The Short-tailed Green Magpie Cissa thalassina, a member of an Asian lineage of uniquely coloured corvids, is represented by two subspecies, thalassina and jefferyi, that occur on the islands of Java and Borneo, respectively. The distinct Javan [...]
Article
Silvina L. Malzof, Auteur ;
Maria L. Bolkovic, Auteur ;
Jeffrey J. Thompson, Auteur ;
Ruben D. Quintana, Auteur
The Dusky-legged Guan Penelope obscura is the southernmost species of the family Cracidae, reaching its southern distributional limit in the delta of the Parana River. Habitat loss, together with uncontrolled harvest, has led to local-scale decr[...]
Article
Vanessa V. Kuhnen, Auteur ;
R. E. M. De Lima, Auteur ;
J. F. Santos, Auteur ;
L. C. P. Machado Filho, Auteur
Solitary Tinamou Tinamus solitarius is a threatened Brazilian bird, and very little is known about its ecology and behaviour. In this study we aimed to verify the use of habitats in different stages of plant succession and the circadian activity[...]
Article
Julia Jenkins, Auteur ;
Robert E. Simmons, Auteur ;
Odette Curtis, Auteur ;
Marion Atyeo, Auteur ;
Domatilla Raimondo, Auteur ;
Andrew R. Jenkins, Auteur
Determining the efficacy of using indicator species to predict the spatial location of biodiversity hotspots is one way of maximising the conservation of biodiversity in already threatened habitats. Recent evidence from Europe suggests raptors c[...]
Article
Lisa A. Sztukowski, Auteur ;
Dylan C. Kesler, Auteur
Rat Rattus spp. predation is widely recognised as a major threat to insular seabird populations. Rodent eradication programmes have advanced over the last two decades with purported benefits to ecosystems and seabird conservation. However, the d[...]
Article
Wei Liang, Auteur ;
Yan Cai, Auteur ;
Can-Chao Yang, Auteur
In China, many bird species are generally thought to be threatened mainly, or at least partly, by hunting. However, there have been few studies of bird hunting at a local scale. Bird hunting and trade in Nanmao, a remote mountainous village of H[...]
Article
Tom Clements, Auteur ;
Martin Gilbert, Auteur ;
Hugo J. Rainey, Auteur ;
Richard Cuthbert, Auteur ;
Jonathan C. Eames, Auteur ;
Pech Bunnat, Auteur ;
Seng Teak, Auteur ;
Song Chansocheat, Auteur ;
Tan Setha, Auteur
Asian vultures have undergone dramatic declines of 90-99% in the Indian Subcontinent, as a consequence of poisoning by veterinary use of the drug diclofenac, and are at a high risk of extinction. Cambodia supports one of the only populations of [...]
Article
Jean-Dominique Lebreton, Auteur ;
Sophie Veran, Auteur
The incidental bycatch of seabirds in longline fisheries is one of the most striking examples of diffuse and incidental impact of human activities on vertebrate species. While there are various types of evidence of a strong impact of longline fi[...]
Article
Ivaylo Angelov, Auteur ;
Ibrahim Hashim, Auteur ;
Steffen Oppel, Auteur
Electrocution on poorly designed power poles is increasingly shown to pose a threat for the populations of many large raptors. Here we document that a power line in Sudan continues to cause mortality of Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus, a[...]
