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Filtering by: Subject Endangered species -- Conservation Creator Kesler, Dylan C. Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Population demography, resource use, and movement in cooperatively breeding Micronesian Kingfishers

Creator:

Kesler, Dylan C.

Abstract:

Island systems and species are susceptible to extinction because of their small population size and an ecological naiveté from an evolutionary past lacking strong competition and predation. For example, only one-fifth of the world’s bird species occur on islands, yet more than 90% of the avian extinctions witnessed during historic...

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Dissertation

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competitor species are among the major conservation issues facing insular systems. On the island of Guam