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Vocalization Behavior of the Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus Northropi): Ontogenetic, Sexual, Temporal, Duetting Pair, and Geographic Variation Valerie A
Loma Linda University TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects 3-1-2011 Vocalization Behavior of the Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi): Ontogenetic, Sexual, Temporal, Duetting Pair, and Geographic Variation Valerie A. Lee Loma Linda University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd Part of the Biology Commons Recommended Citation Lee, Valerie A., "Vocalization Behavior of the Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi): Ontogenetic, Sexual, Temporal, Duetting Pair, and Geographic Variation" (2011). Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects. 37. http://scholarsrepository.llu.edu/etd/37 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works. It has been accepted for inclusion in Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects by an authorized administrator of TheScholarsRepository@LLU: Digital Archive of Research, Scholarship & Creative Works. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY School of Science and Technology in conjunction with the Faculty of Graduate Studies ____________________ Vocalization Behavior of the Endangered Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi): Ontogenetic, Sexual, Temporal, Duetting Pair, and Geographic Variation by Valerie A. Lee ____________________ A Thesis submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology ____________________ March 2011 © 2011 Valerie A. Lee All Rights Reserved Each person whose signature appears below certifies that this thesis in his/her opinion is adequate, in scope and quality, as a thesis for the degree Master of Science. , Chairperson William K. Hayes, Professor of Biology Stephen G. -
Aark-10Yr-Final.Pdf
Amphibian Ark 2006-2016 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Frosted Flatwoods Salamander © Pierson Hill The amphibian extinction crisis is one of the great- We’ve come a long way in the past ten years. Since est challenges facing the conservation community, its inception in 2006 AArk has been helping zoos, with 40% of the 7,500 amphibian species listed as aquariums, and other ex situ conservation organiza- threatened by the IUCN. Without an integrated and tions address the captive components of the ACAP. world-wide response, much of this entire vertebrate The community has responded to the call for action, class could be lost. with nearly 180 ex situ rescue and husbandry re- search programs for threatened species around the In 2006, in response to the (then draft) Amphibian world. Conservation Action Plan (ACAP) the World Associa- tion of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) passed a resolu- With a focus on well-managed, range-country ex situ tion calling for the international zoo and aquarium conservation programs, AArk’s primary activities community to respond immediately to the amphib- center around: ian crisis, and the Amphibian Ark (AArk) was born. • assessing the conservation needs of amphibian species; • training and capacity-building where it is most needed; • providing seed grants to help establish ex situ facilities in range countries; • raising awareness about amphibian declines and the steps being taken to reduce those declines; and • monitoring the progress of ex situ programs. European Green Toad © Claes Andrén Our vision Edited by: Anne Baker, Kevin Johnson, Luis Carrillo Publication date: June 2017 Amphibians thriving in nature Layout by: Candace M. -
TRUSTVETASSISTSSURVIVAL of WORLD'srarestparrot New Clues to Echo Parakeet Problem Bypallia Harris
News about parrot conservation, aviculture and welfare from qg&%rld q&rrot~t TRUSTVETASSISTSSURVIVAL OF WORLD'SRARESTPARROT New clues to Echo Parakeet problem ByPallIa Harris When the World Parrot Trust was The World Parrot Trust has project, contributing funds and of the World Parrot Trust and a launched in 1989, our first consistently provided funding for parrot expertise to both the member of the International Zoo priority was to help the world's the Echo Parakeet and maintained captive breeding programme and Veterinary Group. When the rarest parrot, the Echo Parakeet, close relations with the project's wild population management captive population of parrots which still numbers less than 20 director, Carl Jones, and the efforts. This new opportunity became ill this spring, Andrew birds in the wild. With your Jersey Wildlife Preservation provides the World Parrot Trust advised project staff in Mauritius generous donations, the Trust Trust, which finances and with one of the greatest by telephone and by fax. was proud to present the Echo manages the project with the co- challenges in parrot conservation Subsequently, at the request of Parakeet project with a badly operation of the Mauritius today. the Jersey Wildlife Preservation needed four wheel drive vehicle government's Conservation Unit. The followingstory is drawn, Trust, the World Parrot Trust sent to enable field researchers to Recently, the World Parrot Trust in part, from a veterinary report Andrew to Mauritius to reach the remote forest in which was invited to become a major by Andrew Greenwood,MAVetMB investigate tragic mortalities the parrot struggles to survive. partner in the Echo Parakeet MIBiolMRCVS,a founder Trustee among the Echo Parakeets. -
TAG Operational Structure
PARROT TAXON ADVISORY GROUP (TAG) Regional Collection Plan 5th Edition 2020-2025 Sustainability of Parrot Populations in AZA Facilities ...................................................................... 1 Mission/Objectives/Strategies......................................................................................................... 2 TAG Operational Structure .............................................................................................................. 3 Steering Committee .................................................................................................................... 3 TAG Advisors ............................................................................................................................... 4 SSP Coordinators ......................................................................................................................... 5 Hot Topics: TAG Recommendations ................................................................................................ 8 Parrots as Ambassador Animals .................................................................................................. 9 Interactive Aviaries Housing Psittaciformes .............................................................................. 10 Private Aviculture ...................................................................................................................... 13 Communication ........................................................................................................................ -
Ctz78-02 (02) Lee Et Al.Indd 51 14 08 2009 13:12 52 Lee Et Al
Contributions to Zoology, 78 (2) 51-64 (2009) Variation in the nocturnal foraging distribution of and resource use by endangered Ryukyu flying foxes(Pteropus dasymallus) on Iriomotejima Island, Japan Ya-Fu Lee1, 4, Tokushiro Takaso2, 5, Tzen-Yuh Chiang1, 6, Yen-Min Kuo1, 7, Nozomi Nakanishi2, 8, Hsy-Yu Tzeng3, 9, Keiko Yasuda2 1 Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Biodiversity, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan 2 The Iriomote Project, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, 671 Iriomote, Takatomi-cho, Okinawa 907- 1542, Japan 3 Hengchun Research Center, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Pingtung 946, Taiwan 4 E-mail: [email protected] 5 E-mail: [email protected] 6 E-mail: [email protected] 7 E-mail: [email protected] 8 E-mail: [email protected] 9 E-mail: [email protected] Key words: abundance, bats, Chiroptera, diet, figs, frugivores, habitat Abstract Contents The nocturnal distribution and resource use by Ryukyu flying foxes Introduction ........................................................................................ 51 was studied along 28 transects, covering five types of habitats, on Material and methods ........................................................................ 53 Iriomote Island, Japan, from early June to late September, 2005. Study sites ..................................................................................... 53 Bats were mostly encountered solitarily (66.8%) or in pairs (16.8%), Bat and habitat census ................................................................ -
The Megapode Action Plan 1995 - 1999 Halfway Down the Road
ZV-327-13 (pp 151-158) 02-01-2007 15:24 Pagina 151 The megapode action plan 1995 - 1999 halfway down the road R.W.R.J. Dekker Dekker, R.W.R.J. The megapode action plan 1995 - 1999 halfway down the road. René W.R.J. Dekker, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected] Key words: Megapodiidae; megapodes; action plan; conservation; current projects; IUCN threat cate- gories. Megapodes: an action plan for their conservation 1995 - 1999, a collaborative effort of members of the Megapode Specialist Group and the World Pheasant Association, was published in 1995. It summa- rizes the conservation status of all megapode taxa and indicates the needs of those species under threat. The Action Plan was intended to be a stimulus for conservation orientated studies and to gen- erate funds more easily. An overview is given of studies (1990 - present) in which these threatened taxa were involved. The status of these and other taxa are reassessed according to the finalized IUCN threat categories (which supercede the Mace-Lande threat categories originally used in the Action Plan) as a preparation for the megapode action plan 2000 - 2004. Introduction Megapodes: an action plan for their conservation 1995 - 1999 (Dekker & McGowan, 1995) was published by the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 1995 following a Conservation Assessment Management Plan (CAMP) meeting on galliforms held in Antwerp, Bel- gium, in February 1993. The megapode action plan, soon followed by action plans for partridges, quails, francolins, snowcocks and guineafowl (McGowan et al., 1995) and pheasants (McGowan & Garson, 1995), was the first avian action plan published by the IUCN in their series of conservation action plans. -
Predictable Evolution Toward Flightlessness in Volant Island Birds
Predictable evolution toward flightlessness in volant island birds Natalie A. Wrighta,b,1, David W. Steadmanc, and Christopher C. Witta aDepartment of Biology and Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001; bDivision of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812; and cFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800 Edited by James A. Estes, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, and approved March 9, 2016 (received for review November 19, 2015) Birds are prolific colonists of islands, where they readily evolve distinct predators (18). Alternatively, flightlessness may represent an ex- forms. Identifying predictable, directional patterns of evolutionary treme state of a continuum of morphological variation that reflects change in island birds, however, has proved challenging. The “island locomotory requirements for survival and reproduction. Across a rule” predicts that island species evolve toward intermediate sizes, but continuum of insularity, from continents to small islands, biotic its general applicability to birds is questionable. However, convergent communities exhibit gradients of species diversity (21) and corre- evolution has clearly occurred in the island bird lineages that have sponding ecological pressures (22). If flightlessness is illustrative of undergone transitions to secondary flightlessness, a process involving island bird evolution in general, reductions in predation pressure drastic reduction of the flight muscles and enlargement of the hin- associated with increased insularity should trigger incremental shifts dlimbs. Here, we investigated whether volant island bird populations in energy allocation from the forelimbs to the hindlimbs. Accord- tend to change shape in a way that converges subtly on the flightless ingly, we hypothesize that volant island birds, even those unlikely to form. -
Anura: Hemiphractidae: Gastrotheca)
Accepted Manuscript Short communication Brazilian marsupial frogs are diphyletic (Anura: Hemiphractidae: Gastrotheca) David C. Blackburn, William E. Duellman PII: S1055-7903(13)00179-6 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.04.021 Reference: YMPEV 4580 To appear in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Received Date: 7 January 2013 Revised Date: 2 April 2013 Accepted Date: 22 April 2013 Please cite this article as: Blackburn, D.C., Duellman, W.E., Brazilian marsupial frogs are diphyletic (Anura: Hemiphractidae: Gastrotheca), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2013), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.ympev.2013.04.021 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. 1 Short Communication 2 3 Brazilian marsupial frogs are diphyletic (Anura: Hemiphractidae: Gastrotheca) 4 5 David C. Blackburna,*, William E. Duellmanb 6 a Department of Vertebrate Zoology & Anthropology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 7 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA 8 b Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 9 66045, USA 10 * Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected] (D.C. Blackburn) 11 12 Abstract 13 Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on expanded taxonomic and geographic sampling 14 support the monophyly of the marsupial frog genera (family Hemiphractidae), resolve six 15 geographically circumscribed lineages within Gastrotheca, and, for the first time, reveal 16 that two divergent lineages of Gastrotheca inhabit the Atlantic Coastal Forests of Brazil. -
Ki Natural Resources Management Board Agenda
KI NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT BOARD AGENDA MEETING 155 to be held Friday 19 July 2019, Boardroom, 35 Dauncey St, Kingscote Verbal Report Paper 1:00 pm start CS Consent Schedule Time # Agenda Item 1:00 1 Meeting Preliminaries (15 mins) 1.1 Welcome 1.2 Apologies 1.3 Presiding Member D Miley 1 1.4 Declaration of interest by members 1.5 Acceptance of agenda and consent schedule Decision 1 1:15 2 Minutes of Previous Meeting (45 mins) 2.1 Acceptance of previous minutes Presiding Member Decision 1 2.2 Business arising from previous minutes D Miley Noting 18 2:00 3 Board Matters: for decision or discussion (90 mins) 3.1 Financial Reports J Hughes Decision 20 3.2 Risk Management J Hughes Decision 27 3.3 Legislative Compliance Review S Gullickson Decision 35 3.4 New and emerging introduced animals L Andrews Discussion 57 3.5 Retaining shacks D Miley Discussion 94 3.6 Financial Compliance Management Program J Hughes Discussion 130 3.7 Biosecurity Advisory Committee A Triggs Discussion 135 3.8 Regional Director’s report D Miley Discussion 139 3.9 Board member reports Discussion 144 4 Board Matters: Consent Schedule 4.1 Correspondence register CS Noting 145 4.2 Out-of-session approvals: D Miley CS Noting 157 CRC submission Service Level Agreement 3:30 5 Any Other Business (15 mins) 6 Board Communique 7 Next Meeting Friday 23 August at 9:30 am (TBC) 4:00 8 Closure Kangaroo Island NRM Board Meeting 1. Meeting Preliminaries Number 155 – 19 July 2019 1.3 PRESIDING MEMBER Priority For Decision RECOMMENDATIONS That the Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board: 1. -
Geographic Variation and Genetic Structure in the Bahama Oriole (Icterus Northropi), a Critically Endangered Synanthropic Species
Geographic variation and genetic structure in the Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi), a critically endangered synanthropic species Melissa R. Price1,2 , Carl Person3 and William K. Hayes3 1 Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa,¯ Honolulu, HI, United States 2 Kewalo Marine Laboratory, Pacific Biosciences Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States 3 Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, United States ABSTRACT Bird species may exhibit unexpected population structuring over small distances, with gene flow restricted by geographic features such as water or mountains. The Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi) is a critically endangered, synanthropic island endemic with a declining population of fewer than 300 individuals. It now remains only on Andros Island (The Bahamas), which is riddled with waterways that past studies assumed did not hinder gene flow. We examined 1,858 base pairs of mito- chondrial DNA sequenced from four gene regions in 14 birds (roughly 5% of the remaining population) found on the largest land masses of Andros Island (North Andros and Mangrove Cay/South Andros). We sought to discern genetic structuring between the remaining subpopulations and its relationship to current conservation concerns. Four unique haplotypes were identified, with only one shared between the two subpopulations. Nucleotide and haplotype diversity were higher for the North Andros subpopulation than for the Mangrove Cay/South Andros subpopulation. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) yielded a Wright’s fixation indexF ( / of Submitted 25 August 2015 st Accepted 2 November 2015 0.60 (PFst D 0:016), with 40.2% of the molecular variation explained by within- Published 26 November 2015 population diVerences and 59.8% by among-population diVerences. -
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Biodiversity Observations http://bo.adu.org.za An electronic journal published by the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town The scope of Biodiversity Observations consists of papers describing observations about biodiversity in general, including animals, plants, algae and fungi. This includes observations of behaviour, breeding and flowering patterns, distributions and range extensions, foraging, food, movement, measurements, habitat and colouration/plumage variations. Biotic interactions such as pollination, fruit dispersal, herbivory and predation fall within the scope, as well as the use of indigenous and exotic species by humans. Observations of naturalised plants and animals will also be considered. Biodiversity Observations will also publish a variety of other interesting or relevant biodiversity material: reports of projects and conferences, annotated checklists for a site or region, specialist bibliographies, book reviews and any other appropriate material. Further details and guidelines to authors are on this website. Paper Editor: Les G. Underhill OVERVIEW OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE WEAVERS H. Dieter Oschadleus Recommended citation format: Oschadleus HD 2016. Overview of the discovery of the weavers. Biodiversity Observations 7. 92: 1–15. URL: http://bo.adu.org.za/content.php?id=285 Published online: 13 December 2016 – ISSN 2219-0341 – Biodiversity Observations 7.92: 1–15 1 TAXONOMY Currently, 117 living species of weavers in the Ploceidae family are recognised. Hoyo et al. OVERVIEW OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE WEAVERS (2010) listed 116 species but Safford & Hawkins (2013) split the Aldabra Fody Foudia H. Dieter Oschadleus aldabrana from the Red- headed Fody Foudia Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, eminentissima. Dickinson & University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa Christidis (2014) also listed 117 species. -
ListOfBirdsOnWarimakAndWaifoi
LIST OF BIRDS ON WARIMAK AND WAIFOI TREKKING ROUTE N Species Latin Name Status o 1 HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 1 Great-billed Heron Ardea Sumatrana Difficult 2 Pacific Heron Ardea pacifica Rare 3 Rufous Night-Heron Egretta caledonicus Rare 4 Striated Heron Ardeola striata Rare 5 Cattle Egret Egretta ibis Difficult 6 Little Egret Egretta garzatta Common 7 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Rare 8 Great Egret Egretta alba Rare 2 CORMORANTS 1 Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Common 3 IBISES 1 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Common 2 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Common 4 DUCKS 1 White-headed Shelduck Tadorna radjah Common 5 PLOVERS, HALAROPES, CURLEWS & SANDPIPERS 1 Lesser Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica Common 2 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus Rare 3 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Rare 4 Ret-necket stint Calidris ruficollis Rare 5 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Rare 6 Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleuc Rare 6 TERNS 1 Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus Common 2 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus Common 3 Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Common 4 Common Tern sterna hirundo Common 5 Crested Tern Sterna begii Common 7 FRIGATEBIRD 1 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Rare 8 GOSHAWKS, EAGLES 1 Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrhocephalus Rare 2 Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis Rare 3 Grey-headed Goshawk Accipiter poliocephalus Common 4 Grey Goshawk Accipiter