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_b.S78 1987
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245 0 0 _aStudies of Mascarene Island birds /
_cedited by A.W. Diamond for the British Ornithologists' Union with the assistance of A.S. Cheke and Sir H.F.I. Elliott.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1987.
300 _a1 online resource (458 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aFirst published in 1987, this volume presents the scientific results of an expedition, promoted by the British Ornithologists' Union, to study the endangered birds of the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. This group of islands is of unique importance to bird conservation and is perhaps best known as the last home of the famous dodo. Thirty endemic species of birds are already extinct and the populations of several others are now so small as to be of doubtful validity. The data presented here will enable the appropriate government departments and conservation bodies to proceed on the basis of a sound knowledge of the needs of the threatened birds, and it is hoped that the survival of at least a proportion of the unique wildlife of this island group can be ensured. Studies of Mascarene Island Birds will also provide the keen amateur ornithologist with a serious interest in conservation with a direct appreciation of field work aimed at protecting rate species in their natural habitat.
650 0 _aBirds
_zMascarene Islands.
700 1 _aDiamond, A. W.
_q(Antony William),
_d1944-
_eeditor.
700 1 _aCheke, A. S.
_q(Anthony S.),
_eeditor.
700 1 _aElliott, Hugh F. I.,
_eeditor.
710 2 _aBritish Ornithologists' Union,
_eissuing body.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521258081
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511735769
999 _c521654
_d521652