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Birds That Vanish While We Turn Our Backs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Simon N. Stuart
Simon N. Stuart
Affiliation:
Mazumbai Estate, Box 44, Soni, Tanzania, and Department of Applied Biology, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3DX, U.K.
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Abstract

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Thirteen forest bird species are seriously threatened in East Africa – one, a bush shrike, may already be extinct. But the very small surviving area of forest is being rapidly destroyed, and soil eroded. If the tree-felling can be stopped it could both save the rare birds and stop the erosion. The author's study of these forest birds was aided by the FPS Oryx 100% Fund.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , August 1980 , pp. 367 - 370
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1980

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