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Conference/Meeting: |
Pan African Ornithological Congress (5th : 1980 : Lilongwe, Malawi) |
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Title Statement: |
Proceedings of the Fifth Pan African Ornithological Congress, held at Lilongwe, Malaŵi in 1980 / editor, John Ledger. |
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Published: |
Johannesburg : Southern African Ornithological Society, [1984] |
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Description: |
885 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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ISBN: |
ISBN 0620050578 (pbk.) |
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ISBN 9780620050579 (pbk.) |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Systematic problems in African Falconiformes / Leslie Hilton Brown (14 p.). -- Corythornis systematics and character release in the Gulf of Guinea islands / C. Hilary Fry (16 p.). -- Taxonomic features common to Mimidae, Erythropygia and some other genera / Tibor Farkas (18 p.). -- Secondary contacts in Central Africa / Alexandre Prigogine (16 p.). -- Age structure of populations of wild birds in tropical Africa, as demonstrated by plumage characters and marking techniques / Leslie Hilton Brown (24 p.). -- Brown-throated golden weaver Ploceus xanthopterus from Moçambique and Malawi / D.B Hanmer (28 p.). -- Life expectancy and productivity estimates for three species of bulbul from southern Malawi / D.B Hanmer (14 p.). -- Changes in the avian population of the Kalahari National Park / R Liversidge (16 p.). |
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Contents: Studies of birds in a semi-arid region of Kenya : 1. The use of transects to assess the effects of bush clearance on bird populations / D.E Pomeroy (22 p.). -- Population dynamics of birds in Brachystegia woodland / C.J Vernon (16 p.). -- Changes in resource division among four breeding seabirds in the Benguela upwelling system, 1953-1978 / J Cooper (14 p.). -- Ecological and ethological aspects of the nest of the shoebill / A Guillet (6 p.). -- Effects of forest size of montane bird populations / F Dowsett-Lemaire (12 p.). -- Sibling aggression in the African fish eagle in Uganda / S.J.A Sumba (17 p.). -- Breeding biology of the hamerkop in central Mali / R. Trevor Wilson (12 p.). -- Aspects of the breeding biology of the jackass penguin Sphenicus demersus / A.J Williams (14 p.). -- Breeding biology of the thickbilled cuckoo / C.J Vernon (16 p.). |
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Contents: Comparison of the food supply of African and South American vultures / D.C Houston (14 p.). -- Coexistence of the red-bellied paradise flycatcher Tchitrea rufiventer and the chestnut wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea (Muscicapidae) in Nigerian rain forest / D.N Johnson (12 p.). -- Apparent range gaps in African forest birds / Michael M Louette (12 p.). -- Raptor density and diversity in the Matopos, Zimbabwe / I.A.W Macdonald (22 p.). -- Eremopterix nigriceps albifrons et Eremopterix leucotis melanocephala (Alaudidés) au Sénégal / G.-J Morel (14 p.). -- Exploitation of a new niche by the Rameron pigeon Columa arquatrix in Natal / T.B Oatley (8 p.). -- Scavenging behaviour of vultures in southern Africa / P.K.K Richardson (24 p.). -- Islands and "islands" in bird distribution / J.M Winterbottom (6 p.). |
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Contents: Timing of southward night migration of Palaearctic birds over Ngulia, southeast Kenya / G.C Backhurst (10 p.). -- Pest status of some granivorous birds in eastern Machakos District, Kenya / N.N Gichuki (16 p.). -- Notes on the ecology of southern African kingfishers / R.M Harwin (8 p.). -- Distribution and abundance of waterfowl (Anatidae) in Zimbabwe / M.J.F Jarvis (18 p.). -- Distribution, feeding and roosting habits and movements of thickbilled weavers in Natal / H.T Laycock (12 p.). -- Occurrence and ecological preferences of certain Rallidae near Salisbury / G Hopkinson (16 p.). -- Numbers of seasonality of filter-feeding ducks in Kenya / Brian S Meadows (20 p.). -- Egg measurements and coloration throughout life in the village weaverbird, Ploceus cucullatis / E.C Collias (16 p.). |
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Contents: Spectacled weaver, Ploceus ocularis, and monogamy in the Ploceinae / A.J.F.K Craig (8 p.). -- Monitoring adult and nestling bee-eater weights : new techniques / C. Hilary Fry (16 p.). -- Use of chemical profiles from feathers to determine the origins of birds / J.P Kelsall (16 p.). -- Vertebrate prey of the barn owl Tyto alba in the Cape Province north of the Orange River / I.A.W Macdonald (26 p.). -- Ontogeny of the wing moult pattern in the white stork Ciconia ciconia / E.R Sutter (10 p.). -- Ground rollers of Madagascar / D.A Turner (6 p.). -- Conservation of raptors in the Cape Province of South Africa / A.F Boshoff (8 p.). -- Assessment of rare, vulnerable and endangered South African breeding birds / R.K Brooke (10 p.). -- Status of the fish eagle and Goliath heron in the Orange Free State, South Africa / J.N Geldenhuys (12 p.). |
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Contents: Analysis of the role of the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserves Complex in the conservation of the avifauna of Natal / I.A.W Macdonald (38 p.). -- Importance of national parks for raptor survival / R Liversidge (12 p.). -- Waterfowl survey in southern Moçambique : with conservation implications / P. le S Milstein (26 p.). -- Status and conservation of the wattled crane in the Transvaal / W.R Tarboton (14 p.). -- East African endangered species / P.L Britton (10 p.). -- Activities and behaviour of black eagle pairs in the Matopos, Zimbabwe / V Gargett (18 p.). -- Behaviour patterns of non-breeding African black oyster-catchers Haematopus moquini at offshore islands / P.A.R Hockey (22 p.). -- Aspects of duetting in some ground barbets / Lester L Short (16 p.). |
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Contents: Group size of Cape turtle doves at desert water holes / W.R Siegfried (8 p.). -- Is food supply the main determinant of African bird breeding seasons? / Leslie Hilton Brown (10 p.). -- Breeding of the Didric cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius in Zambia / J.F.R Colebrook-Robjent (16 p.). -- Social behaviour of the grey-capped social weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi in East Africa / N.E Collias (8 p.). -- Variation in the breeding season of the white-fronted sandplover in southern Africa / Anna A Crowe (12 p.). -- Timing of breeding in blackshouldered kites in southern Africa / J Mendelsohn (10 p.). -- Time of egg-laying and number of nesting great white pelicans at Shala, Ethiopia, and elsewhere in Africa / Emil K Urban (16 p.). |
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Local Note: |
NWRCCatalogISO20250428 |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Pan African Ornithological Congress (5th : 1980 : Lilongwe, Malawi). Proceedings of the fifth Pan African Ornithological Congress, held at Lilongwe, Malaŵi in 1980. Johannesburg : Southern African Ornithological Society, [1984] (OCoLC)685828660 |
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Subject: |
Birds--Africa--Congresses. |
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Oiseaux--Afrique--Congrès. |
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Birds fast |
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Africa fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkHrMyfHC67yqRTycbrv3 |
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Index - Genre/Form: |
Conference papers and proceedings fast |
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Name Added Entry: |
Ledger, John. |
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South African Ornithological Society. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QH7JmpTf7dd4gyh3qyGwTgg |