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Breeding bird survey Kizilirmak Delta, Turkey 1991-92
A preliminary visit for a longer study in 1992 which will involve a team of Dutch and Turkish ornithologists collecting detailed information of species composition and numbers of breeding birds...View Project
Galapagos marine survey 1991
Although the terrestrial ecology of the Galapagos Islands is well-known, little work has been done on the off-shore marine environment. Ten subtidal sites were surveyed by divers to establish quantitative...View Project
University of East Anglia Cloudforest expedition, Ecuador 1991
The original aim, of comparing five ecological aspects of primary, secondary and plantation forests, had to be modified due to the inaccessibility of primary forest and the absence of plantations....View Project
University of Bristol Rio Paute headwaters expedition, Ecuador 1991
The aim was to produce useful data on the hydrology and aquatic ecology of the primary and secondary Montane Cloudforest, 2000-3000m. Fieldwork included an investigation into the contribution of fog...View Project
Landuse and conservation in the Mount Loma Reserve, Sierra Leone
This project changed rapidly from its instigation early in 1991. We originally planned to visit the Gola Forest in the east of the country to carry out faunal surveys and...View Project
Insect biodiversity of a montane rainforest expedition, Vietnam 1991
Working with the National Centre for Scientific Research, Hanoi, the team studied insect communities of the montane evergreen monsoon rainforest in the Tam Dao Mts (800-1000m) to provide data on...View Project
Anglia Polytechnic University Colombia ’91, Cambridge Rainforest Expedition
The expedition aimed to justify the proposed creation of a Biosphere Reserve in the region by compiling comprehensive bird and mammal inventories of the tropical moist forest between 1000-3500m, particularly...View Project
Oxford University expedition to Sabah 1991
The expedition re-surveyed four permanent coral reef sites, established in the national park during the 1987 Oxford Expedition, and established two new sites. Within each site, diversity, form and extent...View Project
Svjatoj Peninsula expedition
This expedition was the first international biological expedition to Siberia with special respect to wetlands. 145 species of birds were observed during the course of the expedition, of which 40...View Project
The Cambridgetanzania rainforest survey 1990 – A wildlife survey of the East Usambara and Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania
To report on the conservation status of two evergreen forests in the Ukaguru Mountains and in the Mtai Forest of the East Usambaras of Tanzania. Forest birds studied using mist-netting...View Project
Amazula ’90
Team investigated the cloud forest on the Coedillera de Cyaanilla in Loja Province to determine the status, distribution and threat to the 14 globally threatened birds species known from the...View Project
Cambridge Ethiopia groundwater-forest expedition 1990
The park comprises typical river valley habitat, and the expedition aim was to produce inventories of the birds and mammals, with subsidiary observations of other faunal groups. Ornithological work produced...View Project
A study of the birds, small mammals, turtles and medicinal plants of Sao Tome & Principe
Considering the small size of the four islands in the Gulf of Guinea, they hold a remarkable number of endemic animal and plant species. Sao Tome and Principe, the middle...View Project
Oxford Univerity Silhouette expedition
The aim of this expedition was to characterise the Pisonia sechellarum forest on Silhouette Island, Seychelles. The island has important populations of rare animals, especially the Sechelles sheath-tailed bat (Coleura...View Project
Cambridge Solomon Islands rainforest project 1990
A study of rainforest birds on a selection of islands in North Melanesia. Priority was given to islands with concentrations of threatened endemic bird species, data were collected on geographical...View Project
Project Green: Ghana rainforest expedition ’89
Six separate but related fieldwork studies by Cambridge University undergraduates centred on a comparison of primary forest with secondary rainforest selectively logged 17 years ago. Entomological research included species abundance,...View Project
