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Proceedings of Manchester N. Atlantic Islands Conference, September 1990 [M.V. Hounsome, proceedings editor]

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Author:
Hounsome, M. V  Search this
Linnean Society of London  Search this
Physical description:
342 pages illustrations, maps 23 cm
Type:
Congresses
Congrès
Conference papers and proceedings
Place:
Macaronesia
Islands of the Atlantic
Atlantique, Îles de l'
Atlantic Ocean
Date:
1993
Notes:
Chiefly English; some text in Spanish
"Evolution and conservation in the North Atlantic islands : a Linnean Society conference held in Manchester, 4-6th September 1990"--Page 7
"Outubro 1993"
Contents:
Evolution and conservation in the North Atlantic islands : a Linnean Society conference held in Manchester, 4-6th September 1990 / M.V. Hounsome -- Origins and affinities of teh Fauna of Madiera / M. Baez -- Recovery plan for the threatened flora of the Teide National Parl i. Cistus osbaeckaefolius Webb ex Christ. and Helianthemum juliae Wildpret / A. Bąares, M. Castroviejo and J. Real -- The diet of teh Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae in the Canary Islands -- D.R. Collins -- Extinction and conservation in the St. Helena flora : the palaeobiological and ecological background / Q.C.B. Cronk -- Status and distribution of the Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) in the Canary Islands / G. Delgado, J. Carrillo and M. Nogales -- Micropropagation of plants from the Canary Islands / Michael F. Fay -- Interpreting the Ponta de Ŝo Loureṅo / Isolda Ferreira -- Conservation strategies for Tagasaste and Escob̤n (Chamaecytisus proliferus (L. fil.) Link) in the Canaray Islands / F.J. Francisco-Ortega and M.T. Jackson -- Biometrics and origins of some Atlantic Island birds / M.V. Hounsome -- Sexual dimorphism and natala site fidelity in Cory's shearwater Calonectris diomedea borialis / Samantha J. Hughes -- Fossil birds from the Bujero del Silo, La Gomera (Canara Islands) : with a description of a new species of quail (Galliformes:Phasianidae) / Damỉ Jaume, Miguel McMinn and Josep Antoni -- Ornithological importance of the Island of Alegranza (Canary Islands) / A. Mart̕n and M. Nogales -- The Azores -- westernmost Europe : where evolution can be caught red-handed / Antonio M. de Frias Martins -- Preliminary data on the breeding of the great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major L. , 1758) in the Canary Islands / M. Nogales ... [and others] -- The origin and history of the butterfly fauna of the north Atlantic islands / Denis F. Owen and David A.S. Smith -- Introduced plants and their effect on the flora of Madeira / J.R. Press -- El ǧnero Dactylis L. (Gramineae) en las Islas Canarias : biodiversiad -- abstract of poster display / Ana Ramos- Martinez -- An investigation into the effects of conifer planting on the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Porto Santo / Helen J. Read and C.P. Wheater / A computing method for distribution mapping / Francisco La Roche and Jacinto Barqu̕n -- The effect of herbivores on the endemic Canary flora / J.C. Rodr̕guez-Pįero and J.L. Rodr̕guez-Luengo -- Canary Island blue tits (Parus caeruleus ssp) : differences and variation in territorial song -- preliminary results / Brigitte Schottler -- The systematics, behaviour and habitats of the Madeiran grayling (genus Hipparchia: Lepidoptera, Satyrinae) / A.G. Smith and T.G. Shreeve -- Notes on the Predation of Lymnaea truncatula (M|ller, 1774) by the endemic Azorean zonitid Oxychilus (Drouetia) atlanticus (Morelet and Droǔt, 1857) / R.M. Trist̂o da Cunha -- Situacion de la Avifauna de Gran Canaria : problematica conservacionista / Octavio Trujillo Ram̕rez -- Habitat similarities of Coleoptera from the Madeiran archipelago / C. Philip Wheater -- Relationships of the Pterodroma Petrels from the Madeira archipelago inferred from their feather lice / Bernard Zonfrillo -- Abtracts from the Biological journal of the Linnean Society volume46 Nos. 1 and 2, May/June 1992
Topic:
Island animals  Search this
Island plants  Search this
Zoology  Search this
Botany  Search this
Birds  Search this
Wildlife conservation  Search this
Plant conservation  Search this
Faune insulaire  Search this
Flore insulaire  Search this
Zoologie  Search this
Oiseaux  Search this
Faune--Protection  Search this
Plantes--Conservation  Search this
Call number:
QH132.M28 P96 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_466070