Andrew Cristinacce - Publications

2010

Nesting success of a managed population of Mauritius fodies Foudia rubra marooned on a partially restored island
Cristinacce, A, Garrett LJH, Cole, RE, Tatayah RVV & Jones CG (in press). Bird Conservation International. doi:10.1017/S095927090999027X, 2010.
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2009

Artificial propagation and neonatal care of passerines as an effective tool for in-situ species recovery programs
Richard Switzer, Andrew Cristinacce, Amanda Ladkoo, T. Goltz, G. Ward, C. Kuehler, A. Lieberman and Carl Jones, ICZ/AAZK Conference, Seattle 2009.
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The release and establishment of Mauritius fodies Foudia rubra on Ile aux Aigrettes, Mauritius
Andrew Cristinacce, Markus Handschuh, Richard Switzer, Ruth Cole, Vikash Tatayah, Carl Jones, Diana Bell, Conservation Evidence, Vol 6, p1-5, 2009.
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Increasing use of exotic forestry tree species as refuges from nest predation by the critically endangered Mauritius fody Foudia rubra
Andrew Cristinacce, Richard Switzer, Ruth Cole, Carl Jones, Diana Bell, Oryx, The International Journal of Conservation, vol 43, p97-103, 2009.
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2008

Captive breeding and rearing of critically endangered Mauritius fodies Foudia rubra for reintroduction
Andrew Cristinacce, Amanda Ladkoo, Richard Switzer, Lara Jordan, Vanessa Vencatasamy, Frederique de Ravel Koenig, Carl Jones, Diana Bell, Journal of Zoo Biology, Volume 27, Issue 4, pp. 255-268, May 2008.
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The reintroduction of the critically endangered Mauritius fody Foudia rubra into native lowland forest
Andrew Cristinacce, Master of Science by Research, University of East Anglia, March 2008.
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2007

Competition or co-existence of reintroduced, critically endangered Mauritius fodies and invasive Madagascar fodies in lowland Mauritius?
Lucy J.H. Garrett, Carl G. Jones, Andrew Cristinacce, Diana J. Bell, Journal of Biological Conservation, Volume 140, Issue 1-2, pp. 19-28, November 2007.
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The first hand-rearing of Mauritian white-eyes Zosterops spp
Andrew Cristinacce, Amanda Ladkoo, Elise Kovacs, Lara Jordan, Anne Morris, Tracé Williams, Frederique de Ravel Koenig, Vikash Tatayah and Carl Jones, The Aviculural Magazine, Volume 112, Issue 4, pp. 150-160, July 2007.
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2006

The use of sewage treatment works as foraging sites by insectivorous bat
Kirsty Park and Andrew Cristinacce, Journal of Animal Conservation, Volume 9, Number 3, pp. 259-268, August 2006.
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