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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
2021 North Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona 85743 U.S.A.
Email: info "at" desertmuseum.org
Scientists from the ASDM examined the migratory routes of the the Western White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica mearnsii) (Least Concern) and other migratory pollinators that move seasonally along the "nectar" corridor that extends from southern Mexico north to the Intermountain West of the U.S. and Canada, between the tropics and their northern breeding/birthing grounds. Nectar corridors consist of
a series of stepping stones, or patches of flowering
plants, that provide nectar for refueling during migration along 2000-6000 km flyways. These flyway habitats are threatened by destruction, degradation, and fragmentation due to land conversion, herbicides, pesticides, and exotic plant invasion. They studied their biology and the floral resources upon which they depend during migration. The field research covered approximately 1660 km (straight-line measurement) from Jalisco (south-central Mexico) to central Arizona. It provided community outreach and education in Arizona and Mexico to develop local public acceptance of conservation needs and to involve local communities in conservation efforts and in the collection of scientific data.
Project summary
Species account (2003 update)
Martínez del Rio, C., Wolf, B.O. and Haughey, R.A. (2004). Saguaros and White-winged Doves: the natural history of an uneasy partnership. In G. Nabhan (ed.), Conservation of Migratory Pollinators and Their Nectar Corridors in North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, Arizona.
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National Audubon Society
700 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, Phone: (212) 979-3000. Fax: (212) 979-3188
Email: audubonaction "at" audubon.org
Audubon's WatchList is designed specifically to highlight bird species that have the greatest conservation needs. Audubon and its partners work across the U.S. to identify and protect habitats that are critical to populations of WatchList species. Audubon WatchList identifies U.S. bird species that need our help. WatchList species are those facing population declines and/or threats such as habitat loss on their breeding and wintering grounds, or with limited geographic ranges. Two species of pigeon are currently on the WatchList:
White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala
Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata
NatureServe
NatureServe is a non-profit conservation organization that provides the scientific information and tools needed to help guide effective conservation action. NatureServe and its network of natural heritage programs are the leading source for information about rare and endangered species and threatened ecosystems. It represents an international network of biological inventories—known as natural heritage programs or conservation data centers—operating in all 50 U.S. states, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. They collect and manage detailed local information on plants, animals, and ecosystems, and also develop information products, data management tools, and conservation services to help meet local, national, and global conservation needs.
InfoNatura InfoNatura is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with their network of conservation data centres in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is a conservation and educational resource on the birds, mammals and amphibians of Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides range maps for all species of pigeons in Latin American and the Caribbean species (see link).
Re-Introduction Specialist Group (RSG) of the IUCN's Species Survival Comission (SSC)
RSG mission statement: to combat the ongoing and massive loss of biodiversity by using re-introduction as a responsible tool for the management and restoration of biodiversity through actively developing and promoting sound inter-disciplinary scientific information, policy and practice to establish sound viable wild populations in their natural habitat.
They publish a newsletter called Re-introduction.
The latest edition (No. 24, 2005) contains an article on reintroduction of the Socorro Dove:
The Socorro dove project update, Mexico
by:
Helen Horblit, Island Endemics Foundation, E-mail: socorrodove "at" att.net
Juan E. Martínez-Gómez, E-mail: endemicos_insularis "at" yahoo.com.mx
Stefan Stadler, Frankfurt Zoo, E-mail: stefan.stadler "at" stadt-frankfurt.de
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