04603nam 2200625 a 450 991081150590332120240416233502.01-280-21148-297866102114870-309-58472-80-585-03077-4(CKB)110986584751208(OCoLC)42329680(CaPaEBR)ebrary10055251(SSID)ssj0000242321(PQKBManifestationID)11215872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242321(PQKBWorkID)10319045(PQKB)10707324(MiAaPQ)EBC3376232(Au-PeEL)EBL3376232(CaPaEBR)ebr10055251(OCoLC)923262173(EXLCZ)9911098658475120819920611d1992 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrScientific bases for the preservation of the Hawaiian crow /Committee on the Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Hawaiian Crow, Board on Biology, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academy Press19921 online resource (148 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-309-04775-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-130).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.Hawaiian crowBirdsConservationHawaiiRare birdsHawaiiEndangered speciesHawaiiHawaiian crow.BirdsConservationRare birdsEndangered species598.8/64MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811505903321Scientific bases for the preservation of the Hawaiian crow3948316UNINA