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Madeira Laurel Pigeon Columba Trocaz (Near Threatened)

Paulo Oliveira studied the Madeira Laurel Pigeon for his doctorate at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He successfully completed his thesis entitled "Conservation and ecology of the endemic Madeira Laurel Pigeon Columba trocaz" in 2003.

Paulo's current address is Parque Natural da Madeira, Quinta Bom Succeso, Caminho do Meio, 9050 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Email: namaste "at" netmadeira.com.

Publications:

Oliveira, P. and Jones, M. (1995). Population numbers, habitat preferences and the impact of the Long-toed Pigeon, Columba trocaz, on agriculture. Bol. Mus. Mun. Funchal 4: 531–542.

Oliveira, P. & Heredia (1996). Action plan for the Madeira Laurel Pigeon, Columba trocaz. In B. Heredia, L. Rose, & M. Painter (Eds). Globally threatened birds in Europe. Action plans. Council of Europe Publishing. pp. 303-309.

Oliveira, P. and Heredia, B. (1996). Action plan for the Madeira Laurel Pigeon, Columba trocaz. Pp. 303–309 in B. Heredia, L. Rose and M. Painter, eds. Globally threatened birds in Europe. Action plans. Strasbourg, France: Council of Europe Publishing.

Oliveira, P. and Jones, M. (2001). Columba trocaz Madeira Laurel Pigeon. BWP Update 3: 111–117.

Oliveira, P., Rosa, A., Quintal, C., Menezes, D., Sousa, F., Fagundes, I., Sousa, L. and Pestana, N. (2001). Population trends between 1995 and 2000 and conservation status of the Madeira Laurel Pigeon, Columba trocaz. Proceedings book of the first symposium of island ecosystems: a conservation and molecular approach. Madeira.

Oliveira, P., Marrero, P. and Nogales, M. (2002). Diet of the endemic Madeira Laurel Pigeon and fruit resource availability: a study using microhistological analyses. Condor 104: 811–822.

Marrero, P., Oliveira, P. and Nogales, M. (2004). Diet of the endemic Madeira Laurel Pigeon Columba trocaz in agricultural and forest areas: implications for conservation. Bird Conservation International (2004) 14:165–172.

Oliveira, P., Menezes, D., Jones, M. and Nogales, M. (2006). The influence of fruit abundance on the use of forest and cultivated field habitats by the endemic Madeira Llaurel Pigeon Columba trocaz: Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation.

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Canary Islands

There are two threatened pigeon species in the Canary islands, the Endangered White-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae and the Near Threatened Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii.

Publications:

Carrascal, L. M. (mcnc152 "at" mncn.csic.es) & Palomino, D. (2005). Preferencias de hábitat, densidad y diversidad de las comunidades de aves en Tenerife (Islas Canarias). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 28(2): 101–119. (includes inforamation on both species.)

Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii (Near Threatened)

González, C. (1996). Action plan for the Dark-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii. In B. Heredia, L. Rose, & M. Painter (Eds). Globally threatened birds in Europe. Action plans. Council of Europe Publishing.

White-tailed Laurel Pigeon Columba junoniae (Endangered)

González, C. (1996). Action plan for the White-tailed Laurel Pigeon, Columba junoniae. In B. Heredia, L. Rose, & M. Painter (Eds). Globally threatened birds in Europe. Action plans. Council of Europe Publishing.

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