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 
<br/><br/> "Dedicated to Dr Geoffrey Orbell and his party ... in rediscovering the takahe in 1948"--Frontispiece. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1877276014 9781877276019 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Orbell, G. B. 1908-2007. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Takahe.<br/>Birds--Conservation--New Zealand<br/>Rare birds--New Zealand
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Festschriften
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>639.97850993