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Description: |
x, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Island birds : will the future repeat the past? / Warren B. King -- Population processes in island birds : immigration, extinction and fluctuations / Jared M. Diamond -- Island biogeographic theory in bird conservation : an alternative approach / T.M. Reed -- The spread of commensal species of Rattus to Oceanic islands and their effects on island avifaunas / I.A.E. Atkinson -- The conservation of landbirds on islands in the tropical Indian Ocean / A.W. Diamond -- Threats to birds on subantarctic islands / G.W. Johnstone -- Methods of eradicating feral cats from offshore islands in New Zealand / C.R. Veitch -- Eradication campaigns against Rattus norvegicus on the Noises Islands, New Zealand, using brodifacoum and 1080 / P.J. Moors -- The impact and eradication of feral goats on the Galapagos Islands / Luis Calvopina -- Breeding success and mortality of dark-rumped petrels in the Galapagos, and control of their predators / R.J. Tomkins -- A programme to save the dark-rumped petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia, on Floreana Island, Galapagos, Ecuador / Malcolm C. Coulter, Felipe Cruz & Justine Cruz -- The diet of the osprey on Tiran Island : management implications for populations on the northern Red Sea islands / Uriel N. Safriel, Yehuda Ben-Hur & Adam Ben-Tuvia -- Status, habits and conservation of Cyanoramphus parakeets in the New Zealand region / Rowland H. Taylor -- The Puerto Rican parrot and competition for its nest sites / James W. Wiley -- The restoration of Nonsuch Island as a living museum of Bermuda's pre-colonial terrestrial biome / David B. Wingate -- Multiple use of Cousin Island Nature Reserve, Seychelles / A.W. Diamond -- Conservation of island ecosystems / Cameron B. Kepler & J. Michael Scott. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: International Council for Bird Preservation. World Conference (18th : 1982 : Cambridge, England). Conservation of island birds. Cambridge, England : International Council for Bird Preservation, ©1985 (OCoLC)656196246 |