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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"island endemic"”.
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Microgeographic divergence in a single-island endemic: evolutionary patterns and conservation implications
… bird species in North America, the Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis). The species is restricted to Santa Cruz Island in southern California, USA, where it occurs in a diversity of habitat types within its narrow (250 km2) geographic range. Remarkably, I found that Island …
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Assessment of bird diversity, feeding guild and avitourism potential in Pulau Tinggi Marine Park, Mersing, Johor, Malaysia.
Small islands are known for their fundamental role in providing vital pitstop for migratory birds. Moreover, island birds are important models for Island Biogeography Theory. However, research on birds on Malaysian islands are lacking whereas most research mainly concentrated on marine lives. Thus, …
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Population dynamics and population genetics of the Critically Endangered Raso lark: implications for conservation
The Raso lark is a Critically Endangered bird endemic to the islet of Raso, Cape Verde. This thesis investigates two phenomena that particularly put the species at risk: its extreme fluctuations in population size, and its potentially very low genetic diversity arising from small population size …