Search Results - "Collar, N J"

Captive breeding and the conservation of the threatened houbara bustards by Dolman, PM, Burnside, RJ, Scotland, KM, Collar, NJ

“…Translocation of captive-bred individuals to reinforce wild populations may be an important conservation approach for some species, but can be detrimental when…”
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Are populations of large-bodied avian frugivores on Luzon, Philippines, facing imminent collapse? by Española, C. P., Collar, N. J., Marsden, S. J.

“…Avian frugivores across Southeast Asia, and in the Philippines in particular, are seriously threatened owing to massive loss of habitat and direct exploitation…”
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Beyond value: biodiversity and the freedom of the mind by Collar, N. J.

“…Circumstances have conspired to render the conservation movement curiously diffident in the expression of the fundamental beliefs that underpin it…”
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Biological richness of Gunung Slamet, Central Java, and the need for its protection by Devenish, Christian, Junaid, Achmad Ridha, Saryanthi, Ria, van Balen, S. (Bas), Kaprawi, Fajar, Aprianto, Ganjar Cahyo, Stanley, Richard C., Poole, Oliver, Owen, Andrew, Collar, N. J., Marsden, Stuart J.

“…Designating protected areas remains a core strategy in biodiversity conservation. Despite high endemism, montane forests across the island of Java are…”
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Correlates of persistence in remnant populations of two Critically Endangered cockatoos by Reuleaux, A., Collar, N. J., Jones, M. J., Limu, R. N. D., Mardiastuti, A., Pinto, P., Siregar, B. A., Marsden, S. J.

“…A challenge with species that have disappeared from most of their range is to identify the correlates of local persistence. With species decimated by trade,…”
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Deforestation predicts the number of threatened birds in Insular Southeast Asia by Brooks, Thomas M., Pimm, Stuart L., Collar, Nigel J.

“…The world's tropical forests are being cleared rapidly, and ecologists claim this is causing a massive loss of species. This claim has its critics. Can we…”
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Biological richness of Gunung Slamet, Central Java, and the need for its protection—CORRIGENDUM by Devenish, Christian, Junaid, Achmad Ridha, Saryanthi, Ria, van Balen, S. (Bas), Kaprawi, Fajar, Aprianto, Ganjar Cahyo, Stanley, Richard C., Poole, Oliver, Owen, Andrew, Collar, N. J., Marsden, Stuart J.

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Nest survival and productivity of the critically endangered Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius by WATSON, M., WILSON, J. M., KOSHKIN, M., SHERBAKOV, B., KARPOV, F., GAVRILOV, A., SCHIELZETH, H., BROMBACHER, M., COLLAR, N. J., CRESSWELL, W.

“…The Sociable Lapwing Vanellus gregarius is a critically endangered species, probably declining from 5000 pairs to 500 pairs in 11 years. Fieldwork was…”
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Large avian frugivores in the Philippines show linear responses to improvements in forest quality by Española, C.P., Collar, N.J., Mallari, N.A.D., Marsden, S.J.

“…•Avian frugivore richness was highest in high biomass forest.•Some small-scale agricultural disturbance was favoured by some frugivores.•Frugivore richness was…”
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BRITISH CONSERVATIONISTS AND MUSEUM SCIENTISTS by Collar, N. J

“…Collar responds to the penultimate paragraph of David Steadman's review of "Pigeons and Dove." Rebuttal of Steadman's contentions in his review is heavily…”
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New species, high standards and the case of Laniarius liberatus by COLLAR, NIGEL J.

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Rangeland degradation is poised to cause Africa's first recorded avian extinction by Spottiswoode, C.N, Wondafrash, M, Gabremichael, M.N, Abebe, Y. Dellelegn, Mwangi, M.A.K, Collar, N.J, Dolman, P.M

“…Rangeland degradation by livestock threatens several restricted-range species, but is largely overlooked by conservation biologists. The Sidamo lark…”
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Bird Extinctions in the Central Pacific [and Discussion] by Pimm, Stuart L., Moulton, Michael P., Justice, Lenora J., Collar, N. J., D. M. J. S. Bowman, Bond, W. J.

“…The first wave of human colonists spread across the Pacific from 4000 to 1000 years ago. That they caused many extinctions is well known from fossil finds. We…”
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Multiple lines of evidence support the recognition of a very rare bird species: the Príncipe thrush by Melo, M, Bowie, R.C.K, Voelker, G, Dallimer, M, Collar, N.J, Jones, P.J

“…The Gulf of Guinea thrush Turdus olivaceofuscus is endemic to the islands of São Tomé (nominate olivaceofuscus) and Príncipe (subspecies xanthorhynchus)…”
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Captive breeding cannot sustain migratory Asian houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii without hunting controls by Dolman, P.M., Collar, N.J., Burnside, R.J.

“…To evaluate the potential contribution of captive breeding to the conservation of exploited migratory Asian houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii, we estimated…”
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Obituary by Collar, N. J., Potts, G. R.

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Obituary by Collar, N. J., Potts, G. R.

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Obituary by Collar, N. J., Potts, G. R.

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Obituary by Collar, N J, Potts, G R

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Major specimen fraud in the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux (Athene auct.) blewitti by RASMUSSEN, PAMELA C., COLLAR, NIGEL J.

“…The Forest Owlet Heteroglaux (Athene auct.) blewitti is known from central India from seven old specimens, four of which were taken in northwest Maharashtra in…”
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