Restoring avian island endemics: Use of supplementary food by the endangered Pink Pigeon (Columba mayeri)

Emu

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-80

  Edmunds, Kelly ^a,b   Bunbury, Nancy ^a,b   Sawmy, Shivananden ^b   Jones, Carl G ^b,c   Bell, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b MAURITIAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Mauritius)

^c DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD; HABITAT RESTORATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WHEAT; WILD POPULATION;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA MAYERI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 40749106577     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU06056     Document Type: Article

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