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Author Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Cou

Title Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Hawaiian Crow
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1900

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Description 1 online resource (148 pages)
Contents ""SCIENTIFIC BASES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE HAWAIIAN CROW""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""THE WILD POPULATION OF 'ALALA""; ""AVOIDING EXTINCTION""; ""THE CAPTIVE POPULATION OF 'ALALA""; ""GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS""; ""OPTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE 'ALALA""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 HISTORY OF THE WILD POPULATION AND CAUSES OF ITS DECLINE""; ""PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE WILD POPULATION""; ""The Geological Setting""; ""Geographic Distribution of the 'Alala""; ""ASSESSMENT OF EXTRINSIC CAUSES OF THE DECLINE IN THE POPULATION""; ""Habitat and Food""
""Predators""""Diseases and Parasites""; ""ESTIMATES OF POPULATION VIABILITY AND TIME TO EXTINCTION""; ""Approaches""; ""Demographic Analyses""; ""Times to Extinction of Corvids on Islands""; ""3 Genetic Considerations""; ""4 CAPTIVE BREEDING OF THE 'ALALA""; ""ORIGINS AND FACILITIES OF THE 'ALALA CAPTIVE-BREEDING PROGRAM""; ""DEMOGRAPHICS AND GENETICS""; ""INBREEDING DEPRESSION""; ""ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND MANAGEMENT""; ""STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION""; ""5 RELEVANT PRECEDENTS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES PRESERVATION ""; ""CALIFORNIA CONDOR (GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS)""
""Magpie robin (copsychus sechellarum)""""lord howe island woodhen (tricholimnas silvestris)""; ""takahe (notornis mantelli)""; ""kakapo (strigaps habroptilus)""; ""chatham island black robin (petroica traversi)""; ""mauritius kestrel (falco punctatus)""; ""conclusions""; ""6 options for management of the 'alala""; ""option 1. passive management (protection) of wild population""; ""option 2. removal of all birds to captivity""; ""option 3. translocation of all wild birds to another location in the wild""; ""option 4. removal of eggs from wild population for artificial incubation""
""OPTION 5. REMOVAL OF NESTLINGS FROM WILD POPULATION""""OPTION 6. FOSTERING AS A METHOD OF RELEASE""; ""OPTION 7. HACKING AND OTHER ""SOFT"" METHODS OF RELEASE""; ""OPTION 8. EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVE AND WILD CROWS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""7 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""THE WILD POPULATION""; ""Findings""; ""Maintaining a Wild Population""; ""Recovery Team""; ""Land Management""; ""Habitat preservation""; ""Cattle ranching""; ""Predator control""; ""Management of the Wild Population""; ""Additional Research""; ""Numbers""; ""Habitat""; ""Foraging behavior""; ""Physiology and disease""
""Social behavior""""Demography""; ""THE CAPTIVE POPULATION""; ""Findings""; ""The Captive-Breeding Facility""; ""Husbandry in the Captive-Breeding Program""; ""Data""; ""General data""; ""Specific data""; ""Adults""; ""Chicks""; ""Eggs""; ""Nutrition""; ""Equipment at the Captive-Breeding Facility""; ""Personnel and Training""; ""GENETICS OF THE WILD AND CAPTIVE POPULATIONS""; ""Findings""; ""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A""; ""Appendix B""; ""BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS""; ""SPECIAL ADVISORS""
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Subject Hawaiian crow.
Birds -- Conservation -- Hawaii
Rare birds -- Hawaii
Endangered species -- Hawaii
Birds -- Conservation
Endangered species
Hawaiian crow
Rare birds
Hawaii
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309584722
0309584728