The takahē : fifty years of conservation management and research /
The takahē : fifty years of conservation management and research /
edited by William G. Lee and Ian G. Jamieson.
- 131 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 23 cm
"Dedicated to Dr Geoffrey Orbell and his party ... in rediscovering the takahe in 1948"--Frontispiece.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131) and index.
Takahe: the bird that twice came back from the grave / Alison Ballance -- Notornis rediviva / Joan L. Watson -- Origins and prehistoric ecology of takahe based on morphometric, molecular, and fossil data / Steven A. Trewick and Trevor H. Worthy -- Fifty years of takahe conservation, research and management: what have we learnt? / William G. Lee -- Fiordland takahe: population trends, dynamics and problems / Jane M. Maxwell -- Captive rearing: a management tool for the recovery of the endangered takahe / Daryle K. Eason and Murray Willans -- Island takahe: closure of the debate over the merits of introducing Fiordland takahe to predator-free islands / Ian G. Jamieson and Christine J. Ryan -- Takahe: breaking ground in species recovery / John L. Craig.
1877276014 9781877276019
Orbell, G. B. 1908-2007.
Takahe.
Birds--Conservation--New Zealand
Rare birds--New Zealand
Festschriften
639.97850993
"Dedicated to Dr Geoffrey Orbell and his party ... in rediscovering the takahe in 1948"--Frontispiece.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131) and index.
Takahe: the bird that twice came back from the grave / Alison Ballance -- Notornis rediviva / Joan L. Watson -- Origins and prehistoric ecology of takahe based on morphometric, molecular, and fossil data / Steven A. Trewick and Trevor H. Worthy -- Fifty years of takahe conservation, research and management: what have we learnt? / William G. Lee -- Fiordland takahe: population trends, dynamics and problems / Jane M. Maxwell -- Captive rearing: a management tool for the recovery of the endangered takahe / Daryle K. Eason and Murray Willans -- Island takahe: closure of the debate over the merits of introducing Fiordland takahe to predator-free islands / Ian G. Jamieson and Christine J. Ryan -- Takahe: breaking ground in species recovery / John L. Craig.
1877276014 9781877276019
Orbell, G. B. 1908-2007.
Takahe.
Birds--Conservation--New Zealand
Rare birds--New Zealand
Festschriften
639.97850993