Reviews

01 December 2006
Comments Reviews BIRDS AND CLIMATE CHANGE Edited by Anders P. Møller, Wolfgang Fiedler and Peter Berthold. Academic Press, London, 2006. 251 pages; figures, tables. ISBN 0-12-373614-5. Paperback, £28.99. This book contains a series of papers published in 2004 as a vo...
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Conservation research news

01 December 2006
Comments News and comment Over 1,200 bird species in the world are currently threatened with extinction, of which 179 are classified as `Critically Endangered\' � the highest threat category. In the face of these statistics it is difficult to remain optimistic, b...
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News and Comment

01 December 2006
Comments News and comment The temporary ban on importing wild birds into the EU has lasted more than a year, but it's up for review later this month. The ban was imposed in October 2005 to contain the spread of H5N1 `avian flu' following the deaths of infected birds at a quaran...
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Recent reports

01 March 1973
Comments News and comment These are largely unchecked reports, not authenticated records November saw the beginning of winter in most parts of Britain. Temperatures, although above average, dropped sharply, especially in the third week, and frost and light falls of snow were no...
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News and comment

01 March 1973
Comments News and comment B.T.O. conferences  This winter, the British Trust for Ornithology has held three of its well-known weekend conferences at Swanwick in Derbyshire. The Annual Conference, during 1st-3rd December, heard a diverse selection of mainly con...
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Reviews

01 March 1973
Comments Reviews Handbuch der Vogel Mitteleuropas. Vol. 4. Falconiformes. Edited by U. N. Glutz von Blotzheim, with K. M. Bauer and E, Bezzel. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Frankfurt a m Main, 1971.943 pages; 3 colour plates; 128 line-drawings and maps. DM 138.00 (s...
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