| Titre : | Bird Conservation International 29(4) - December, 2019 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 01/12/2019 |
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Article
Andrés De Miguel, Auteur ;
Laura Fasola, Auteur ;
Ignacio Roesler, Auteur ;
Lucía Martin, Auteur ;
Natalia Cossa, Auteur ;
Emilia Giusti, Auteur
Since its rediscovery in 1998, two major threats have been mentioned for the enigmatic Austral Rail Rallus antarcticus: cattle management by burning grass and rushes and predation by American mink Neovison vison. Added to the lack of a protocol [...]
Article
Sarah K. Faegre, Auteur ;
Lindsey Nietmann, Auteur ;
Dylan Hubl, Auteur ;
James C. Ha, Auteur ;
Renee R. Ha, Auteur
Knowledge of species-specific spatial ecology is critical for applying appropriate management strategies to maximise conservation outcomes. We used radio-telemetry to describe spatial behaviour of the critically endangered, island-endemic Marian[...]
Article
Sophea Chhin, Auteur ;
Nicholas J. Souter, Auteur ;
Dusit Ngoprasert, Auteur ;
Stephen J. Browne, Auteur ;
Tommaso Savini, Auteur
Thirty-two percent of bird species in South-East Asia are likely to become extinct by the end of this century. However, due to a lack of data this number may be an underestimate. The Chestnut-headed Partridge Arborophila cambodiana found in sout[...]
Article
María Teresa Ravasi, Auteur ;
Juan Pablo Seco Pon, Auteur ;
Jesica Andrea Paz, Auteur ;
Marco Favero, Auteur ;
Sofía Copello, Auteur
Olrog’s Gull Larus atlanticus is an endemic species of the Atlantic coast of southern South America and is currently listed as ‘Near Threatened’ on the IUCN Red List. The species breeds in coastal wetlands of Buenos Aires and Chubut provinces of[...]
Article
Juliana Monteiro De Almeida-Rocha, Auteur ;
Julio Amaro Betto Monsalvo, Auteur ;
Leonardo De Carvalho Oliveira, Auteur
Habitat loss and fragmentation, especially due to agriculture expansion, pose the main threats to biodiversity conservation. While some species are able to survive and proliferate in human-modified habitats (winner species), others are highly de[...]
Article
Sarah Withers, Auteur ;
Doug Armstrong, Auteur ;
Tamsin Ward-Smith, Auteur ;
Stuart Parsons, Auteur ;
Mark E. Hauber, Auteur
Despite many notable successes, the failure rate of animal translocations remains high. Conservation practitioners and reintroduction specialists have emphasised the need for ongoing documentation of translocation attempts, whether successful or[...]
Article
Volker Salewski, Auteur ;
Martin Flade, Auteur ;
Simeon Lisovski, Auteur ;
Anatolii Poluda, Auteur ;
Oleksander Iliukha, Auteur ;
Grzegorz Kiljan, Auteur ;
Uladzimir Malashevich, Auteur ;
Steffen Hahn, Auteur
Birds that are long-distance migrants partition their annual cycle among a number of locations over a large spatial range. The conservation of these species is particularly complex because it requires attention to a number of different and dista[...]
Article
Graden Z. L. Froese, Auteur ;
Abdul H. Mustari, Auteur
The Maleo Macrocephalon Maleo is a megapode bird endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia, that lays large eggs at communal nesting grounds in naturally-heated sands or soils. It is classified as ‘Endangered’ and many populations have been extirpated due [...]
Article
Wesley G. Gush, Auteur ;
David H. Maphisa, Auteur ;
Chevonne Reynolds, Auteur ;
Paul F. Donald, Auteur ;
Claire N. Spottiswoode, Auteur
Rudd’s Lark Heteromirafra ruddi is a globally threatened species endemic to eastern South Africa’s highland grasslands, where climate envelope modelling has predicted a dramatic reduction in its already small and fragmented distribution. Here we[...]
Article
Kate F. Carstens, Auteur ;
Reshma Kassanjee, Auteur ;
Rob M. Little, Auteur ;
Peter G. Ryan, Auteur ;
Phil A. R. Hockey, Auteur
The provision of artificial nests can improve the conservation status of threatened bird species that are limited by nest-site availability. The shortage of natural cavity nesting sites is one factor limiting the population growth of the Souther[...]
Article
Notes on the biology of the threatened Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus xanthopus in New Caledonia
Pascal Villard, Auteur ;
Thomas Duval, Auteur ;
Christian Papineau, Auteur ;
Jean-Jérôme Cassan, Auteur ;
Jerome Fuchs, Auteur
Three subspecies of Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus were historically found in New Caledonia. All these subspecies were considered extinct until 1978, when T. p. xanthopus was rediscovered on two small islands, Néba (∼ 3.5 km2) and Yandé (∼ 1[...]
Article
Thomas Ghestemme, Auteur ;
Arthur Matohi, Auteur ;
Caroline Blanvillain, Auteur ;
Emmanuelle Portier, Auteur ;
Maden Le Barh, Auteur ;
Mark O’Brien, Auteur
This paper documents the catastrophic decline of the ‘Critically Endangered’ Fatu Hiva Monarch Pomarea whitneyi since 2000 and presents population dynamics and conservation actions for the species between 2008 and 2017. The Fatu Hiva Monarch con[...]
