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    Springer
    Journal of ornithology 120 (1979), S. 237-246 
    ISSN: 1439-0361
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: Summary During three trips across the Tanezrouft desert, in spring 1973 and 1977 (Fig. 1), migrating palaearctic birds were observed and fallouts recorded (Tab. 1). ForStreptopelia turtur, Merops apiaster, Calandrella brachydactyla, Oenanthe oenanthe, andCercotrichas galactotes regular intermediate stops in the desert are discussed. 20 exhausted or dead migrants, and 18 control birds, were analyzed for fat content, water content (Tab. 2), and chlorinated hydrocarbon residues. Small birds in Tanezrouft had failed because of exhausted fat stores, larger birds apparently because of water deprivation, while their fat reserves were not exhausted. Pesticide residues had no demonstrable influence on mortality. All migrants in the desert had low water indices. 42 (4 %) out of 1062 observed migrants (only a small fraction of the total number of migrating birds at the same localities and at the same time) had failed. The real mortality rate during the crossing of the western Sahara might usually be far below these 4 %, and especially low in some species, e. g.Merops apiaster, Calandrella brachydactyla, Cercotrichas galactotes, warblers.
    Notes: Zusammenfassung Bei drei Durchquerungen der Tanezrouft-Wüste im März und April 1973 und 1977 wurden durchziehende paläarktische Vögel beobachtet, gezählt und Verluste erfaßt. FürStreptopelia turtur, Merops apiaster, Calandrella brachydactyla, Oenanthe oenanthe, Cercotrichas galactotes wird die Möglichkeit regelmäßiger Zwischenlandungen diskutiert. 20 erschöpft gegriffene oder tot gefundene Durchzügler sowie 18 Kontrolltiere wurden u. a. auf Fettgehalt, Wassergehalt und Rückstände chlorierter Kohlenwasserstoffe untersucht. Kleinvögel waren in der Tanezrouft am aufgezehrten Fettdepot gescheitert, größere Vögel am Wasserverlust bei hohen Fettreserven. Biozidrückstände waren ohne nachweisbaren Einfluß auf die Mortalität. Die Wasserindices aller untersuchten Durchzügler aus der Wüste waren erniedrigt. Von 1062 beobachteten Zugvögeln (das ist nur ein Bruchteil der dort in der Beobachtungszeit zu erwartenden Durchzügler) hatten 42 (4 %) versagt. Die tatsächlichen Mortalitätsraten bei der Überquerung der Westsahara dürften gewöhnlich weit unter diesen 4 % liegen, besonders niedrig bei manchen Arten, wieMerops apiaster, Calandrella brachydactyla, Cercotrichas galactotes, Grasmücken- und Laubsängerarten.
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2006-07-01
    Description: In November 2005 the ‘Question of Antarctica’ was taken up yet again by the UN First Committee. Following formal placement upon its agenda in 1983 by the Malaysian government, the UN has discussed the topic regularly, initially annually, then biennially, but more recently upon a triennial basis. As usual, in 2005 UN members were guided by a lengthy report produced for the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in order to outline recent developments affecting Antarctica and the Antarctic Treaty system (ATS). In November 2005 the UN First Committee, acting upon proposed amendments advanced by the Malaysian delegation, agreed to a major change of course. Thus, resolution L60, adopted by the committee without a vote, stipulated that the UN, though remaining ‘seized’ of the ‘Question of Antarctica’, would not place the topic upon the agenda of the 63rd. session in 2008. Nor would the UNSG be required, henceforth, to produce a report on Antarctica for members. In December 2005, the UN General Assembly adopted draft resolution L60 as resolution 60/47, once again without a vote. As a result, for the first time since 1983, the UN is no longer scheduled to return to the ‘Question of Antarctica’. Meanwhile, the episode has raised interesting questions about future developments: the UN's role, if any, in the ‘Question of Antarctica’, the direction of Malaysian policy towards the ATS, including membership thereof; the continued ability of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties (ATCPs) to manage Antarctica in a democratic, transparent and accountable manner without attracting criticism from the broader international community; and the relevance of the common heritage principle to the Antarctic region.
    Print ISSN: 0032-2474
    Electronic ISSN: 1475-3057
    Topics: Ethnic Sciences , Geography
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    Publication Date: 2009-10-19
    Description: Recent media coverage of the threatened collapse of the vast Wilkins ice shelf highlights the manner in which the established focus on global warming and the ozone hole has led Antarctica to be well and truly accepted as playing an integral role in global environmental systems. By contrast, histories of the 1950 and 1960s continue still to treat Antarctica largely as, to quote Philip Quigg (1983), ‘a Pole Apart’, that is a marginal region struggling for inclusion on most world maps. Despite the occasional newsworthy item, like the 1952 Anglo-Argentine clash at Hope Bay (Beck 1987: 18–21) or the 1955–1958 British Trans-Antarctic Expedition (Fuchs and Hillary 1958), Antarctic affairs have not been regarded, except perhaps in Argentina, Australia, Chile and New Zealand, as sufficiently mainstream during the 1950s and 1960s to warrant inclusion in national or global histories covering that period. As a result, it remains easy still to gloss over the 1959 Antarctic Treaty as possessing rather limited contemporary significance, and hence to dismiss it as a limited purpose agreement confined to a relatively marginal area. Indeed, for some commentators, the treaty was even interpreted as a lost opportunity in terms of failing either to internationalise the region or to resolve the longstanding Antarctic sovereignty problem.
    Print ISSN: 0032-2474
    Electronic ISSN: 1475-3057
    Topics: Ethnic Sciences , Geography
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