… Although the tropics lie between 23.5 south and north, tropical or equatorial climates are
regarded as areas where the mean monthly minimum temperature is ≥18 C and can extend …

… of vocalisations and surveys of farmers attitudes (N Bunbury and A Reuleaux pers. obs.). …
in the main breeding area of Vallée de Mai (N Bunbury and A Reuleaux pers. obs.). Recent …

Invasive alien species are a major threat to native insular species. Eradicating invasive
mammals from islands is a feasible and proven approach to prevent biodiversity loss. We …

… and volcanic eruptions (n = 12); warfare, violent conflict or civil strife (n = 35); … n = 6); sudden
economic or political change (n = 8); and zoonotic disease outbreaks including COVID-19 (n …

Although well known as a widespread parasitic disease of columbids and birds of prey,
there have been few studies of trichomonosis in populations of wild birds. In Mauritius, …

… n = 4), the Madagascar turtle-dove (Streptopelia picturata n = 1) and the zebra dove (Geopelia
striata n … available in the sample archive at the University of East Anglia (Bunbury, 2011). …

Despite increasing recognition of the role of exotic pathogens in species decline,
comprehensive studies of wildlife disease epidemiology in threatened species are rare. We …

… (N. Bunbury, personal communication). Any of these or imports of other non-CITES-listed
parrot species into the Seychelles could have introduced BFDV, posing a high risk to the small …

… located at 5 and 15 m water depth at nine seaward survey sites (n = 18 seaward transects)
and at ca. 2 m water depth at three sites in the lagoon (n = 3 lagoonal transects) (Fig. 5). All …

… % loss of heterozygosity in a single generation is expected for a population with N e = 7.6,
which compares to a census subpopulation size (N c ) of 70–90 in those years and an N e /N c …