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Journal of African Ornithology
Volume 85, 2014 - Issue 3: SPECIAL ISSUE ON AFRICAN PARROTS
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Research and conservation of the larger parrots of Africa and Madagascar: a review of knowledge gaps and opportunities

Rowan O MartinPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Michael R PerrinResearch Centre for African Parrot Conservation, School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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Rutledge S BoyesPercy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Yilma D AbebeEthiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Nathaniel D AnnorbahDivision of Biology and Conservation Ecology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Augustus AsamoahEnvironmental Sustainability Project, United Nations Development Programme, Adabraka, Accra
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Dieudonné BizimanaAssociation Burundaise pour la protection des Oiseaux, Bujumbura, Burundi
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Kadiri S BoboDepartment of Forestry, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
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Nancy BunburySeychelles Islands Foundation, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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Joost BrouwerNiger Bird Database, Bennekom, The Netherlands
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Moussa S DiopAfriWet Consultants, Thiaroye, Dakar, Senegal
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Mihret EwnetuEthiopian Wildlife Conservation Authority, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Roger C FotsoWildlife Conservation Society, Cameroon Programme, Messa, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Jerry GartehSociety for the Conservation of Nature of Liberia, Monrovia, Liberia
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Philip HallAP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, Amurum, Jos Plateau State, Nigeria
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Lars H HolbechDepartment of Animal Biology and Conservation Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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Ireene R MadindouOrnithology Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Fiona MaiselsGlobal Conservation Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, USA;School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK
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Jérôme MokokoWildlife Conservation Society, Congo Programme, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo
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Ronald MulwaOrnithology Section, Zoology Department, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
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Anna ReuleauxSeychelles Islands Foundation, Victoria, Mahé, Seychelles
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Craig SymesSchool of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Simon TamungangWildlife Ecology and Management Group, Department of Biology, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon
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Stuart TaylorSchool of Science, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Simon ValleDivision of Biology and Conservation Ecology, School of Science and the Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Matthias WaltertConservation Biology/Workgroup on Endangered Species, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Mengistu WondafrashEthiopian Wildlife and Natural History Society, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Pages 205-233 | Received 15 Oct 2013, Accepted 11 Feb 2014, Published online: 23 Dec 2014

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