The destruction of source and sink habitats in the decline of the Mauritius fody, Foudia rubra, an island-endemic bird

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 513-527

  Safford, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

habitat destruction; island endemic bird; metapopulation; nest predation; sources and sinks

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED BIRD; ENDEMIC BIRD; HABITAT DESTRUCTION; MAURITIUS FODY; METAPOPULATION; NEST PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FOUDIA RUBRA; MAURITIUS;

EID: 0030618303     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018377010933     Document Type: Article

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