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    Population size and habitat associations of the Long-tailed Ground-roller Uratelornis chimaera
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 2007
    In:  Bird Conservation International Vol. 17, No. 1 ( 2007-03), p. 1-12
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    In: Bird Conservation International, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 17, No. 1 ( 2007-03), p. 1-12
    Abstract: The Long-tailed Ground-roller ( Uratelornis chimaera ) is a globally Vulnerable, restricted-range species of dry forests in south-west Madagascar. We studied a population in 1997–2000, finding that nest-building was relatively synchronous and that pairs preferentially nested next to open areas, such as driveable tracks. By searching for trackside nests and for footprints, we conducted surveys throughout the known range of the species. Total transect coverage was 153 km, along which we encountered a minimum of 28 breeding pairs. By dividing the transects into 41 randomly distributed survey strips, each 1.2 km in length and 200 m broad, we intensively sampled an area of 9.84 km 2 . Using transect data, we made a tentative estimate of 5.7 mature adults km −2 , from which we estimated a global population of 21,092 individuals, based on our calculation from satellite imagery that 3,706 km 2 of suitable habitat remained. By comparing habitat data at points with and without ground-rollers we found that, contrary to previous statements, they prefer lower stature or degraded habitats, and have no direct association with the endemic cactus-like tree Didierea madagascariensis . We used a novel census technique to provide the first quantitative data on population size, population density, breeding behaviour and ecology in the Long-tailed Ground-roller, or any member of the family Brachypteraciidae, information that is crucial to the design of effective conservation programmes.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0959-2709 , 1474-0001
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1017/S095927090600058X
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 2007
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    Conservation issues and priorities in the Mikea Forest of south-west Madagascar
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 2000
    In:  Oryx Vol. 34, No. 04 ( 2000-10), p. 287-
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    In: Oryx, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 34, No. 04 ( 2000-10), p. 287-
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    ISSN: 0030-6053 , 1365-3008
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1017/S0030605300031355
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 2000
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    Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 2020
    In:  Global Sustainability Vol. 3 ( 2020)
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    In: Global Sustainability, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 3 ( 2020)
    Abstract: Recent research demonstrates that nature-based solutions (NbS) can help protect communities and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change while providing a range of other benefits for society. As nations revise or prepare new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) in support of the Paris Agreement, there is a major opportunity to increase global ambition on NbS. To support this process and to provide a baseline against which ambition for NbS can be tracked, here we report on the prominence of NbS in the 168 NDCs that were submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. In total, 104 nations include NbS in the adaptation component of their NDCs, 77 nations include them in both their adaptation and mitigation components and an additional 27 include them as part of their mitigation plans only. In other words, 131 nations – or 66% of all signatories to the Paris Agreement – have articulated intentions of working with ecosystems, in one form or another. However, national intentions to deliver NbS for adaptation vary by level of economic development, region and habitat type, and rarely translate into measurable evidence-based targets. We discuss possible reasons for these findings and provide recommendations on how national governments, practitioners and researchers can together enhance ambition for NbS to climate change impacts. As climate pledges are revised during successive global ‘stock takes’ of the Paris Agreement, we urge the research community to work closely with practitioners and policy-makers to identify meaningful targets that benefit both people and the ecosystems on which they depend.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 2059-4798
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1017/sus.2020.8
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 2020
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    Notes on the ecology and conservation status of key bird species in Nilo and Nguu North Forest Reserves, Tanzania
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 1999
    In:  Bird Conservation International Vol. 9, No. 1 ( 1999-03), p. 9-28
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    In: Bird Conservation International, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 9, No. 1 ( 1999-03), p. 9-28
    Abstract: Ornithological surveys were conducted in Tanzanian submontane forest at Nilo Forest Reserve in the East Usambaras and Nguu North Forest Reserve in the Nguu Mountains in July-September 1995. Information on the ecology of poorly known bird species of conservation interest was collected and combined with previously published information to assess their conservation status. Sixteen species of conservation interest were recorded during fieldwork, including five Vulnerable (Usambara Eagle Owl Bubo vosseleri , East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi , Amani Sunbird Anthreptes pallidigaster , Banded Green Sunbird Anthreptes rubritorques and Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli ); three Near-threatened (Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus , Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri and Moreau's Sunbird Nectarinia moreaui ); one regionally Endangered (Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis ); one regionally Vulnerable (Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus ), two regionally Near-threatened (Lemon Dove Aplopelia lavata and Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus barratti ); and 10 in total as restricted-range species (Fischer's Turaco, Usambara Eagle Owl, Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei , Red-capped Forest Warbler Orthotomus metopias , Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula , Amani Sunbird, Banded Green Sunbird, Moreau's Sunbird, Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki and Usambara Weaver). New information on the ecology of these species is presented in this paper. It is recommended that the conservation status of East Coast Akalat and Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird be changed to globally Near-threatened and regionally Near-threatened, respectively. Should further work confirm that the Usambara race of Southern Hyliota deserves specific status it is strongly recommended that it be considered globally Endangered. All other species recorded should retain their current status and continue to be monitored. The Nguus represented a new locality for several species. Sharpe's Akalat, Spot-throat, Red-Capped Forest Warbler, otherwise widely distributed throughout the east Tanzania, were absent from the Nguus.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0959-2709 , 1474-0001
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003312
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 1999
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    Conservation issues and priorities in the Mikea Forest of south-west Madagascar
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 2000
    In:  Oryx Vol. 34, No. 4 ( 2000-10), p. 287-304
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    In: Oryx, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 34, No. 4 ( 2000-10), p. 287-304
    Abstract: The dry forests constitute one of the most distinct, yet least protected, ecosystems in Madagascar, an island renowned for high levels of endemism. They have generally been considered one of the most intact of Madagascar's climax vegetation types and accordingly have received little conservation effort. In particular, the Mikea Forest, a unique area between the Mangoky and Fiherenana rivers, currently receives negligible formal protection. It contains remarkably diverse plant and reptile assemblages, including several taxa that are found nowhere else, plus the only populations of two threatened bird species: the subdesert mesite Monias benschi and long-tailed ground-roller Uratelornis chimaera . From satellite imagery we estimate that primary forest cover declined by 15.6 per cent from 1962 to 1999, and that the rate of deforestation has increased from 0.35 per cent per annum in 1962–94 to 0.93 per cent per annum over the past 5 years. The most important factors underlying this process are slash-and-burn maize cultivation in the northern Mikea Forest and charcoal production at its southern fringe. Given these alarming circumstances, we suggest that combinations of conservation measures are required to safeguard the biological diversity of the area. Specifically, we recommend the establishment of a large protected area to the north of Manombo, a co-ordinated network of community-based conservation areas throughout the Mikea Forest, development projects to improve agriculture, and a regional research and education centre.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0030-6053 , 1365-3008
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00134.x
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 2000
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    Threatened mammals of the Cordillera de Colán, Peru
    Cambridge University Press (CUP) ; 1995
    In:  Oryx Vol. 29, No. 4 ( 1995-10), p. 275-281
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    In: Oryx, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 29, No. 4 ( 1995-10), p. 275-281
    Abstract: During recent surveys in the Cordillera de Coldn, a semi-isolated mountain range in northern Peru, observations were made and information collected on three species of mammals considered globally threatened with extinction – yellow-tailed woolly monkey Lagothrix flavicauda, Andean night monkey Aotus miconax and spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus. The yellow-tailed woolly monkey has an extremely restricted range, in which extensive deforestation is occurring, and the species is also heavily hunted. The urgent establishment of an effectively protected area in the Cordillera de Colán is strongly recommended in order to help secure the future for this poorly known primate and other mammal and bird species of conservation importance .
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0030-6053 , 1365-3008
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1017/S003060530002127X
    Language: English
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
    Publication Date: 1995
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