Bird Ecology and Conservation A Handbook of Techniques

analysis (Aebischer et al. 1993) or log-linear modeling (Heisey 1985) modified to include a randomization test (Green et al. 200 ...

individually marked breeding birds, it might be appropriate to pair each foraging location with a site selected at random on the ...

Suction traps often yield large quantities of insects, which would be difficult to sort and identify, but the daily total volume ...

upon the identification of fragments of cotyledon epidermis in Skylark droppings (Green 1980). The main approaches for measuring ...

11.8 Disturbance If studying disturbance is necessary to relate the level of disturbance to the ecology of the species. A major ...

Gaskin, G.J. and Miller, J.D. (1996). Measurement of soil water content using a simplified impedance measuring technique. J. Agr ...

268 |Habitat assessment Weins, J.A. (1973). Pattern and process in grassland bird communities. Ecol. Monogr., 43, 237–270. Wiers ...

12. Conservation management of endangered birds Carl G. Jones 12.1 Introduction There is a long history of managing endangered b ...

The level of intervention and management is dictated by the rarity of the species. The IUCN criteria for threatened species; Cri ...

It is often useful to keep a close watch on wild pairs, monitoring their behavior, anticipating and reacting to problems that ma ...

assessment of numbers and distribution, and if possible also of productivity and survival. These various components of species r ...

In restoring critically endangered species, the initial aim is to address the proxim- ate causes of population decline to preven ...

increases have been recorded in response to winter feeding programs in Hooded Cranes G. monachaand White-napped Cranes G. vipio( ...

cavities. Sites that were unsuitable because they were easily accessible to preda- tors were permanently blocked ( Jones et al. ...

acceptable to some wild birds. Released parakeets, and wild males paired to released females, have readily accepted nest-boxes. ...

12.3.3Disease control Parasitic disease was once considered to have little impact on most bird species, only in exceptional circ ...

focal species. Young captive Pink Pigeons reared by domestic pigeons Columba liviadied when they contracted pigeon herpesvirus f ...

islands, introduced rats Rattusspp., feral cats Felis catus, Small Indian Mongoose Herpestes auropunctatus, Stoat Mustela ermine ...

Foxes were removed from several islands and the goose population recovered to its former densities, helped by some reintroductio ...

shows signs of failing. Close guarding has been an important component in restoration programs for the Kakapo, Chatham Island Bl ...