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The woodhen : a flightless island bird defying extinction
- Title
- The woodhen : a flightless island bird defying extinction / Clifford B. Frith.
- Author
- Frith, Clifford B.
- Publication
- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, [2013]
- ©2013
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QL696.G876 F75 2013g | Off-site |
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- CSIRO (Australia)
- Description
- xiv, 225 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 26 cm
- Subjects
- Artenschutz
- Rare birds > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Natural history > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.) > Discovery and exploration
- Gallirallus > Conservation > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Endangered species > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Lord Howe Island
- Flightless birds > Conservation > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Rails (Birds) > Conservation > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Waldralle
- Bird populations > Australia > Lord Howe Island (N.S.W.)
- Gallirallus sylvestris > Conservation
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-212) and index.
- Contents
- Discovery of Lord Howe Island and its nature -- Origins of Lord Howe Island and its wildlife -- Rails, the woodhen and its origins -- Evolution and extinction of flightless rails -- Early knowledge of the woodhen, its demise and causes -- Assessing the post 1930s woodhen population -- Planning and implementation of woodhen management -- The revived woodhen population -- Woodhen ecology and behaviour -- Woodhen breeding biology -- The future of the woodhen -- Appendix 1. Results of the Woodhen Captive Breeding Programme -- Appendix 2. Comprehensive bird list for the Lord Howe Island group -- Appendix 3. The nomenclatural history of the woodhen -- Appendix 4. Some bird species saved from likely extinction -- Appendix 5. Scientific names of plants and animals not in the text and some words defined in order appearing within chapters.
- ISBN
- 9780643108707 (hbk)
- 064310870X (hbk)
- LCCN
- 40022753227
- OCLC
- ocn824133236
- 824133236
- SCSB-5711162
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries