Impact of introduced birds on the recovery of the Tahiti Flycatcher (Pomarea nigra), a critically endangered forest bird of Tahiti

Biological Conservation

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-205

  Blanvillain, C ^a,b   Salducci, J M ^a   Tutururai, G ^a   Maeura, M ^a  

^a Société d'Ornithologie De Polynésie   (French Polynesia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

Indian Mynah; Introduced birds; Recovery programme; Red vented Bulbul; Tahiti Flycatcher

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INTRODUCED SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ACRIDOTHERES; ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; POMAREA; POMAREA NIGRA; PYCNONOTUS; PYCNONOTUS CAFER; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0037289865     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00147-7     Document Type: Article

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