Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I The native avifauna of the Mascarene Islands
- 1 An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates
- 2 The fossil record
- 3 Vocalisations of the endemic land-birds of the Mascarene Islands
- II The surviving native birds of Mauritius
- 4 The ecology of the smaller land-birds of Mauritius
- 5 The larger land-birds of Mauritius
- III The surviving native birds of Réunion and Rodrigues
- 6 The ecology of the surviving native land-birds of Réunion
- 7 Notes on the nesting of Procellariif ormes in Réunion
- 8 Observations on the surviving endemic birds of Rodrigues
- IV Measurements and weights
- 9 Measurements and weights of the surviving endemic birds of the Mascarenes and their eggs
- References
- Index
Index
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I The native avifauna of the Mascarene Islands
- 1 An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands, with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land vertebrates
- 2 The fossil record
- 3 Vocalisations of the endemic land-birds of the Mascarene Islands
- II The surviving native birds of Mauritius
- 4 The ecology of the smaller land-birds of Mauritius
- 5 The larger land-birds of Mauritius
- III The surviving native birds of Réunion and Rodrigues
- 6 The ecology of the surviving native land-birds of Réunion
- 7 Notes on the nesting of Procellariif ormes in Réunion
- 8 Observations on the surviving endemic birds of Rodrigues
- IV Measurements and weights
- 9 Measurements and weights of the surviving endemic birds of the Mascarenes and their eggs
- References
- Index
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- Studies of Mascarene Island Birds , pp. 447 - 458Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987