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  title info:
    title: Is there a competition between endemic pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) and invasive Madagascar turtle-dove (Nesoenas picturata) in lowland Mauritius?
  name:
    name part: Eiselt, Claire.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Zuel, Nicolas
    role:
      role term: dgs
  name:
    name part: Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου
    name part: Σχολή Περιβάλλοντος.
    name part: Ελληνογαλλικό Πρόγραμμα Μεταπτυχιακών Σπουδών Διατήρηση της Βιοποικιλότητας.
  name:
    name part: Universite des sciences et techniques du Languedoc
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gr
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    extent: 17 σ. : πίν. ; 30 εκ.
  abstract: Mauritius, one of the Mascarene islands in the Indian Ocean, was identified as a biodiversityhotspot by IUCN and as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International, mostly because ofits endemic species richness. Habitat destruction and introductions of many alien invasivespecies already caused extinctions and reduction of populations to critical low levels. Theendemic pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri), one of Mauritius emblematic species, has recoveredfrom less than 20 birds in the mid 1970s to 343 free-living individuals in 2014 among whichthe subpopulation established on Ile aux Aigrettes, a Nature Reserve offshore islet. This studyinvestigated if pink pigeons were competing with exotic Madagascar turtle-dove (Nesoenaspicturata), a sister species widespread on the island, for food and nesting sites. There productive success of both species was also investigated by nests monitoring. Significant differences in the diet, foraging behaviour and nesting preferences of pink pigeon and Madagascar turtle-dove were found on Ile aux Aigrettes. Pink pigeon was predominantlyeating leaves and favouring areas of mature canopy forest, preferring tall ebony trees Diospyros egrettarum for nesting. Madagascar turtle-dove was mostly a fruit eater and wasnesting at lower levels, with no big preference in the plant species choice, and in open areas orforest edges. Proportion of successful nests was 3 times higher for the exotic N.picturata. Differing ecological requirements indicate that divergence between these congeners may besufficient for them to coexist and exploit contrasting resources on this restored islet. Nevertheless, we discuss the implications of such coexistence in relation to pathogenTrichomonas gallinae transmission which can affect pink pigeon long-term recovery programme.
  note: Claire Eiselt ; intership supervisors: Nicolas Zuel.
  note: Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Mauritius.
  note: Master 2 : Ecologie & Biodiversite research project speciality: BIODIV "Biodiversity Conservation"
  note: Ηλεκτρονική διάθεση στο πλήρες κείμενο - ελεύθερης πρόσβασης.
  note: Διατριβή (μεταπτυχιακή) - Πανεπιστήμιο Montpellier II, France, 2014.
  note: Διατριβή (μεταπτυχιακή) - Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου, Λέσβος, 2014.
  note: Περιλαμβάνει βιβλιογραφία και παράρτημα.
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
    geographic: Mauritius
  subject:
    topic: Biological invasions
    geographic: Mauritius
  classification: 577
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11610/25093
  location:
    physical location: INST LESVOS 20150826
  location:
    physical location: INST LESVOS 20150826
  access condition: Ηλεκτρονική διάθεση στο πλήρες κείμενο - ελεύθερης πρόσβασης.
  record info:
    record content source: GR-MyUa
    record creation date: 150826
    record identifier: 1/108155
    language of cataloging:
      language term: gre