| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 18(2) - JUN 2008 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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H. Q. Shi, Auteur ;
L. Cao, Auteur ;
M. A. Barter, Auteur ;
N. F. Liu, Auteur
The Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus is a globally threatened species with three distinct populations, the smallest of which is the almost extinct eastern race with an estimated population size of 50 birds breeding in Mongolia and migrating t[...]
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Point count distance sampling surveys were conducted at three sites in the Cordillera Vilcanota to determine whether variation in high-Andean species richness, diversity and abundance was a reflection of Polylepis habitat quantity. Bird communit[...]
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Yun-Le Jiang, Auteur ;
Wei Gao, Auteur ;
Fu-Min Lei, Auteur ;
Dong-Mei Wan, Auteur ;
Jiang Zhao, Auteur ;
Hai-Tao Wang, Auteur
Jankowski's Bunting Emberiza jankotoskii is endemic to China, Russia and Northern Korea, and was listed as a 'Vulnerable' species. The population in Dagang Forestry of western Jilin is one of the small remaining discrete breeding populations in [...]
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Andrew W. Tordoff, Auteur ;
Tim Appleton, Auteur ;
Jonathan C. Eames, Auteur ;
Karin Eberhardt, Auteur ;
Htin Hla, Auteur ;
Khm Ma Ma Thwin, Auteur ;
Sao Myo Zaw, Auteur ;
Saw Moses, Auteur ;
Sein Myo Aung, Auteur
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Peter J. Barham, Auteur ;
Les G. Underhill, Auteur ;
Robert J. M. Crawford, Auteur ;
Res Altwegg, Auteur ;
T. Mario Leshoro, Auteur ;
Duncan A. Bolton, Auteur ;
Bruce M. Dyer, Auteur ;
Leshia Upfold, Auteur
Some 2,000 orphaned chicks of African Penguins Spheniscus demersus were hand-reared and released back into the wild on Robben and Dassen Islands following the Treasure oil spill in June 2000. Of these chicks, 1,787 were flipper banded. This pape[...]
Article
Torbjorn Haugaasen, Auteur ;
Carlos A. Peres, Auteur
Little is known about the contribution of different forest types to the beta-diversity, abundance and biomass of the avifauna in lowland Amazonia. This paper presents data on the large-bodied bird assemblages of adjacent upland (terra firme) and[...]
Article
Adam Felton, Auteur ;
Jeff T. Wood, Auteur ;
Annika M. Felton, Auteur ;
Bennett A. Hennessey, Auteur ;
David B. Lindenmayer, Auteur
We studied bird community composition and abundance within four vegetation and disturbance categories located within selectively logged and unlogged forest in a Bolivian subtropical lowland forestry concession. The logged forest was subject to r[...]
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Tim A. Reid, Auteur ;
Nic Huin, Auteur
A complete census was taken of all colonies of Southern Giant Petrels Macronectes giganteus within the Falkland Islands in 2004/05. The breeding population of the islands was estimated to be approximately 19,529 pairs (range 18,420-20,377). Sout[...]
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Floris Van Beest, Auteur ;
Loes van den Bremer, Auteur ;
Willem F. de Boer, Auteur ;
Ignas M. A. Heitkonig, Auteur ;
Antonio E. Monteiro, Auteur
The global decrease of vulture populations has been attributed to several factors, such as food availability, poisoning, human disturbance, or habitat suitability. We studied the effect of factors that vary both spatially and temporally on the n[...]
