Galliformes 2000: Proceedings of the 2nd International Galliformes Symposium (September 24-October 1, 2000 : Kathmandu and Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal)

Authors

Maureen Woodburn
Philip J. McGowan
John P. Carroll
Abbas Musavi
Zhang Zheng-wang

Date of this Version

2000

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Citation

Galliformes 2000: Proceedings of the 2nd International Galliformes Symposium (September 24-October 1, 2000 : Kathmandu and Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal)

Editors-in-chief: Maureen Woodburn and Philip McGowan

Editors: John P. Carroll, Abbas Musavi, and Zhang Zheng-wang

Sponsored by Trust for Nature, Nepal, World Pheasant Association, Bird Conservation, Nepal

Comments

Copyright 2000, the authors of the respective papers. Used by permission

Abstract

Plenary presentation

Molecular genetics and the conservation of threatened birds, David Parkin

Country overviews

Overview of the Galliformes of Nepal and their conservation status, Hem Sagar Baral

Conservation of lndian Galliformes through the Important Bird Areas approach, Farah Ishtiaq, Supriya Jhunjhunwala, M. Zafar-ul-Islam and Asad R. Rahmani

Status, distribution and conservation efforts of pheasants in Myanmar with special emphasis on Blyth's tragopan, Kyaw Tint and Khin Maung Zaw

Distribution and conservation status of Galliformes in Bangladesh, Md. Sohrab Uddin Sarker and Noor Jahan Sarker

Recent infonnation on the status and conservation of Galliformes in Cambodia, Tan Setha and Pich Bunnat

Galliformes in Saudi Arabia, with notes on chukar, Arabian red-legged and sand partridges, H. S. A. Yahya

Captive management

Management and breeding programmes in rare domestic Gallifonnes at Cobthorn Trust, UK, A. J. Sheppy

Gamebird rearing for sport in the UK: Are there lessons for threatened species conservation? Maureen I. A. Woodburn

Westrag-2000: A report on attempts to establish a captive breeding population of the western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus in Pakistan, Owen Joiner

Distribution and habitat studies Response of a northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus population to thinning of pine plantations in southeastern USA, Ira B. Parnell III, Lynn A. Lewis, Sara H. Schweitzer, and Craig G. White

Surveys of pheasants in Chamba District, Hirnachal Pradesh, India, Jitender S. Jandrotia, S. S. Katoch, Rahul Kaul, and K. Seth

Modelling distributions of Mexican quail (Odontophoridae): Implications for conservation, Alejandro Gordillo-Martinez

Occurrence of blood pheasant Ithaginis cruentus in relation to habitat fragmentation in southern Gansu, China, Jia Chen-xi, Sun Yue-hua and Fang Yun

Distribution and population status of brown eared-pheasant in China, Zhang Zhengwang, Zheng Guangmei, Zhang Guogang, Yang Xiangming, Wu Jianyong and Li Shiguang

Nest survival of the Nahan's francolin Francolinus nahani in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda, Eric Sande, Christine Dranzoa, Per Wegge and John P. Carroll

Distribution and habitat use of Blyth's tragopan in Mizoram, India Dipankar Ghose, Rahul Kaul, and Gautam K. Saha

Habitat associations and abundance of the Palawan peacock pheasant Polyplectron emphanum David Lee, Stuart Marsden, and Mark Whiffin

Galliformes in the Chitwan Valley, Nepal, Rupendra Kannacharya, Dadi Ram Sapkota, and Khagendra Dhakal

Studies of Bulwer's wattled pheasant Lophura bulweri in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, John Rowden

Distribution of swamp francolin Francolinus gularis in the terai grasslands of Nepal Suresh Shakya, Anil Shrestha and Rajiv S. Kalsi

Status and conservation of swamp francolin Francolinus gularis in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal: A preliminary study, Bhagawan R. Dahal

Distribution of monal pheasants in Arunachal Pradesh, India, with information on the discovery of a possible new monal taxon, R. Suresh Kumar and Pratap Singh

Behaviour and phylogeny

A phylogenetic hypothesis for the pheasants (Phasianidae) based on behavioural and ecological characters, Richard A. Fuller

Non-social and social behaviours of free-ranging Tibetan eared-pheasant Crossoptilon harmani, Lu Xin and Zheng Guang-mei

The distribution and food habits of the ring-necked pheasant in Turkmenistan, Natalya Mamedova and Alexander Solokha

Studies on aggregating behaviours of Reeves' pheasant Syrmaticus reeves ii in Dongzhai Bird Nature Reserve, China Sun Quanhui, and Zhang Zhengwang

Natural history of a marked population of Chinese monals Lophophorus lhuysi in Sichuan Province, China, David S. Rimlinger, Hans F. Landel, Cheng Cai Yun, and Guo Geng

Social organisation and behaviour of blood pheasant lthaginis cruentus in Wolong Nature Reserve, Sichuan Province, China, Jia Chenxi and Zheng Guangmei

Methods and techniques

Effect of call stimulation on rates of covey calling by northern bobwhite quails in North Carolina, USA, Shane D. Wellendorf, William E. Palmer and Peter T. Bromley

Monitoring pheasant populations in montane forest: some lessons learnt from the Pakistan Galliformes Project, Rab Nawaz, Peter J. Garson and Murritaz Malik

Estimating the abundance of Galliformes: Tools and their application, Michael J. Conroy and John P. Carroll

The cross species utility of domestic fowl Gallus domesticus microsatellites in other species of Galliformes and a population genetic study ofring-necked pheasants Phasianus colchicus in the U.K., Koon Wah Fok and David Parkin

Measuring the population status of the western tragopan Tragopan melanocephalus using two methods in the forests of Himachal Pradesh, India, Shahid Bashir Khan, Salim Javed, Rahul Kaul and Philip McGowan

Short communications

Growth and survival of captive Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus, Saida Khanom, Noor Jahan Sarker, and Md. Sohrab Uddin Sarker

Diet of the Indian blue peafowl Pavo cristatus in Tamilnadu, south India, M. C. Sathyanarayana and P. Ganesan

Status of grey junglefowl at Theni Forest Division, Western Ghats, Tamilnadu, south India, M. C. Sathyanarayana, C. Subramanian, and P. Kambarajan

Workshop report

Conservation review of the swamp francolin in India and Nepal, R. Kalsi, Suresh Shakya, Anil Kumar Shreshta, Salim Javed, Hem Sagar Baral, Rahul Kaul, Philip J.K. McGowan and John P. Carroll

Abstracts

India's illegal bird trade, Abrar Ahmed

Doing conservation biology with threatened Galliformes: A blueprint with examples, John P. Carroll and Peter J. Garson

Preliminary studies of the ecology ofSichuan hill-partridge in spring and summer, Dai Bo

Distribution and conservation ofNahan's francolin in the tropical rainforests of Uganda, Christine Dranzoa

Beating the clock: How well do we know the geographic ranges of east Asian Galliformes? Richard Fuller

Effects of alternative cotton cropping systems on northern bobwhite quail brood habitat, Elena Goldberg and John P. Carroll

The 'Bobwhite Quail Initiative' in Georgia, USA: using a game species to benefit conservation, Richard G. Hamrick, Reggie Thackston, and John P. Carroll

Research on Sclater's monal in western Yunnan, China, Han Lianxian

Ten years of surveys for Galliformes in north-east India, Rahul Kaul, Suresh Kumar, Pratap Singh, Anwaruddin Choudhury, and Dipankar Ghose

Macroinvertebrate availability and use by northern bobwhite quail chicks in four agricultural crops, Denise A. Maidens, Randy Hudson, and John P. Carroll

Distribution and status of orange-necked hill-partridge and six other Galliformes species in Cat Tien National Park, southern Vietnam, Nguyen Tran Vy

Distribution patterns and conservation of pheasants in the Great Himalayan National Park, India, K. Ramesh, S. Sathyakumar and G. S. Rawat

Social organization of pheasants in the Great Himalayan National Park, India, K. Ramesh, S. Sathyakumar, and G. S. Rawat

Museum collections of Galliformes species in Nepal, Tej K. Shrestha, Keshab Shrestha, and Pusp Keshari Shrestha

Search for the mountain quail in Nepal, Tej K. Shrestha

Grey junglefowl habitat degradation at Meghamalai, Western Ghats, Tamilnadu, South India, P. Kambarajan, M. C. Sathyanarayana and C. Subramanian

Summing-up: Impressions and future directions, David Parkin