Captive breeding and rearing of critically endangered Mauritius fodies Foudia rubra for reintroduction

Zoo Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 255-268

  Cristinacce, Andrew ^a,b   Ladkoo, Amanda ^b   Switzer, Richard ^b   Jordan, Lara ^c   Vencatasamy, Vanessa ^d   Koenig, Frederique De Ravel ^a   Jones, Carl ^b,e   Bell, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Mauritius Wildlife Foundation   (Mauritius)

^c CHESTER ZOO   (United Kingdom)

^d National Parks and Conservation Service   (Mauritius)

^e DURRELL WILDLIFE CONSERVATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Captive breeding; Foudia; Hand rearing; Harvesting; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

FOUDIA; FOUDIA RUBRA; MAMMALIA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 50449086463     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20182     Document Type: Article

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