LEADER 03834nam 22006371 450 001 9910781745803321 005 20140912134227.0 010 $a1-4725-9705-2 010 $a1-283-29424-9 010 $a9786613294241 010 $a1-4081-3757-7 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472597052 035 $a(CKB)2550000000048789 035 $a(EBL)773601 035 $a(OCoLC)754582379 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000671494 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11389671 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000671494 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10614416 035 $a(PQKB)10178245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC773601 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bslw09311066 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000048789 100 $a20150116d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Hawaiian goose $ean experiment in conservation /$fJanet Kear and A.J. Berger 210 1$aCalton [England] :$cT. & A.D. Poyser,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (180 p.) 225 0 $aPoyser monographs 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4081-3758-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; 2 THE HAWAIIAN GOOSE OR NINE; 3 THE NENE IN CAPTIVITY (especially in Hawaii); 4 THE NENE AT SLIMBRIDGE; 5 THE RELEASE OF CAPTIVE-REARED NENE; 6 THE EXPERIMENT IN CONSERVATION; Appendices; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"Dr Janet Kear, Assistant Director of the Wildfowl Trust and Curator of its Martin Mere Reserve, and Professor Andrew Berger of the University of Hawaii, have written a timely and absorbing account of the recent history of the Hawaiian Goose, or Nene, its descent to near extinction, its eleventh hour rescue and current restoration to the wild. The species declined from an estimated population of 25,000 in Hawaii in the 18th century to less than fifty birds in the 1940s. Today, thanks largely to the extended breeding programmes at Slimbridge and Pohakuloa, there are probably more than 2000 Hawaiian Geese in the world. The achievement is justly applauded and well-known, but whether this impressive experiment in conservation has been truly successful will not be clear until it becomes evident that the released birds can maintain a breeding population in the wild. As the authors explain, the outcome is far from predictable. The causes which led to the species' decline and the hazards and difficulties faced by the reintroduced population are discussed at length, but the core of the book is the propagation programmes at Slimbridge and Pohakuloa, and the problems and successes they brought during many years of patient work. For the conservationist and aviculturalist the accounts of captive breeding under headings such as infertility, diet, longevity, mortality and the effects of foster mothers, geographical latitude and genetic strain, will be essential reading. Appropriately, Sir Peter Scott, whose imterest and involvement in the rescue of the Hawaiian Goose was of prime importance, is one of the artists whose drawings supplement the text. There is also a colour frontispiece and 24 monochrome plates."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 410 0$aPoyser Monographs 606 $aBirds$xConservation$zHawaii 606 $aBirds$zHawaii 606 $aNene$zHawaii 606 $2Wildlife: birds & birdwatching 615 0$aBirds$xConservation 615 0$aBirds 615 0$aNene 676 $a598.4178 676 $a639.9/78417 700 $aKear$b Janet$01541217 702 $aBerger$b Andrew John$f1915-1995, 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781745803321 996 $aThe Hawaiian goose$93814364 997 $aUNINA