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Conservation success for two Bermudan bird species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Christopher Lever
Christopher Lever
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Bt., Newell House, Winkfield, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 4SE. UK.
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The plight of indigenous birds on oceanic archipelagoes often makes depressing reading, as the author points out in his forthcoming book, Naturalized Mammals of the World. Habitat destruction by domestic stock and predation by accidentally introduced rats and mice are the major causes. In Bermuda this discouraging trend has been reversed by the successful rehabilitation of two species within the space of a quarter of a century.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 18 , Issue 3 , July 1984 , pp. 138 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1984

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