| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 13(4) - DEC 2003 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
In 2001 the abundance of Yellow-headed Parrot Amazona oratrix "guatemalensis" at a roost site in Punta de Manabique, Guatemala was found to be 70 individuals. A comparison with a roost census in 1994 suggested a population decline. The largest t[...]
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J. Karubian, Auteur ;
G. Castaneda, Auteur ;
J. F. Freile, Auteur ;
R. T. Salazar, Auteur ;
T. Santander, Auteur ;
T. B. Smith, Auteur
Long-wattled Umbrellabirds Cephalopterus pendiliger are restricted to the Choco Biogeographical Region, an area with exceptional levels of avian diversity and endemism. Due to widespread habitat loss and hunting pressure, the species is consider[...]
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A. B. Hennessey, Auteur ;
S. A. Herzog, Auteur ;
M. Kessler, Auteur ;
D. Robison, Auteur
Pilon Lajas Biosphere Reserve and Communal Lands (Pilon Lajas) ranges from 300 m to 1,400 m altitude in the departments of Beni and La Paz, Bolivia. It is located in the Bolivian and Peruvian lower yungas Endemic Bird Area (054) and within one o[...]
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I. M. D. Maclean, Auteur ;
M. Hassall, Auteur ;
R. Boar, Auteur ;
O. Nasirwa, Auteur
The density and species richness of bird communities in disturbed and undisturbed stands of papyrus Cyperus papyius were compared. Point counts, corrected for different probabilities of detection in different swamps, suggested that the species r[...]
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D. Currie, Auteur ;
R. Bristol, Auteur ;
J. Millett, Auteur ;
N. J. Shah, Auteur
The 10 km(2) island of La Digue, Republic of Seychelles, western Indian Ocean supports the last viable population of the Critically Endangered Seychelles Black Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina. Small populations recorded on adjacent islan[...]
Article
I. G. Jamieson, Auteur ;
G. C. Wilson, Auteur
Translocations of threatened species play an increasingly important role in conservation management. However, few studies have examined what effects, if any, the translocation process itself (i.e. catching, handling, confining, transferring and [...]
Article
M. Favero, Auteur ;
C. E. Khatchikian, Auteur ;
A. Arias, Auteur ;
M. P. S. Rodriguez, Auteur ;
G. Canete, Auteur ;
R. Mariano-Jelicich, Auteur
The incidental mortality of albatrosses Diomedeidae and petrels Procellariidae by longline fishing vessels, has been assessed and analysed in several areas of the globe. We provide the first direct estimates of incidental mortality rates of alba[...]
