A parrot apart: the natural history of the kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), and the context of its conservation management
By R. Powlesland, D. Merton, J. Cockrem. Notornis, 2006
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Since the last review of kakapo biology, published 50 years ago, much has been learnt as a result of the transfer of all known individuals to offshore islands, and their intensive management to increase adult survival and productivity. This review summarises information on a diversity of topics, including taxonomy, plumage, moult, mass, anatomy, physiology, reasons for decline in distribution, present numbers and status, sex ratio, habitat, home range, foraging activities, diet, voice, breeding biology, nesting success, sexual maturity, and adult survival. In addition, those kakapo attributes that compromise its long-term survival in present-day New Zealand are discussed, along with management practises developed to overcome these problems.
Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science
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Citations in the corpus
- Catastrophic cat predation: A call for predator profiling in wildlife protection programs (2015, background): “Since cats had been present on Stewart Island for over a century, during which time kakapo could not possibly have survived such predation pressure, the most likely explanation was that one or more cats had learned to kill kakapo, a conclusion supported by the total cessation of cat-killed kakapo af”
- Psittacine reintroductions: Common denominators of success (2012, background): “…in New Zealand, and have been primarily attributed to releases on predator-free islands or in areas with otherwise high-quality habitat and low numbers of introduced mammalian predators (e.g., Elliot et al., 2001; Powlesland et al., 2006; Ortiz-Catedral et al., 2010b; RJM, unpubl. data).”
- Declines in common, widespread native birds in a mature temperate forest. (2010, background): “Declines in some rare native forest-dwelling birds have been well documented (Hooson and Jamieson, 2003; Powlesland et al., 2006) and this study shows that there have also been declines in some more common species.”