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The correct gender of poecile and the scientific name of the Willow Tit

02 November 2011 Comments Letters Recently, there has been a debate in some areas - notably David & Gosselin (2008), but also on certain internet forums - about the scientific name of the Willow Tit Poecile montana - and whether the masculine form of the species name, mon...

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01 November 2011 Comments Letters Michael Shrubb's (2011) review of the histor- ical status of the Great Bustard Otis tarda in Britain very much follows our paper (Waters & Waters 2005) and we agree with most of what he writes. His main conclusion, that the Great Bustard did not colonise ...

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01 June 1990 Comments Letters Coto Doñana catastrophe. The Coto Doñana national park in southwest Spain is justly famous worldwide for its wildlife, especially its wealth of birds. It is facing ruin, however, unless the local authorities do an abrupt about-turn and stop developme...

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The correct gender of poecile and the scientific name of the Willow Tit

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