SCIENTIFIC BASES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE HAWAIIAN CROW -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- THE WILD POPULATION OF 'ALALA -- AVOIDING EXTINCTION -- THE CAPTIVE POPULATION OF 'ALALA -- GENETIC CONSIDERATIONS -- OPTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE 'ALALA -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 HISTORY OF THE WILD POPULATION AND CAUSES OF ITS DECLINE -- PAST AND PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE WILD POPULATION -- The Geological Setting -- Geographic Distribution of the 'Alala -- ASSESSMENT OF EXTRINSIC CAUSES OF THE DECLINE IN THE POPULATION -- Habitat and Food -- Predators -- Diseases and Parasites -- ESTIMATES OF POPULATION VIABILITY AND TIME TO EXTINCTION -- Approaches -- Demographic Analyses -- Times to Extinction of Corvids on Islands -- 3 Genetic Considerations -- 4 CAPTIVE BREEDING OF THE 'ALALA -- ORIGINS AND FACILITIES OF THE 'ALALA CAPTIVE-BREEDING PROGRAM -- DEMOGRAPHICS AND GENETICS -- INBREEDING DEPRESSION -- ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND MANAGEMENT -- STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION -- 5 RELEVANT PRECEDENTS IN ENDANGERED SPECIES PRESERVATION -- CALIFORNIA CONDOR (GYMNOGYPS CALIFORNIANUS) -- MAGPIE ROBIN (COPSYCHUS SECHELLARUM) -- LORD HOWE ISLAND WOODHEN (TRICHOLIMNAS SILVESTRIS) -- TAKAHE (NOTORNIS MANTELLI) -- KAKAPO (STRIGAPS HABROPTILUS) -- CHATHAM ISLAND BLACK ROBIN (PETROICA TRAVERSI) -- MAURITIUS KESTREL (FALCO PUNCTATUS) -- CONCLUSIONS -- 6 OPTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE 'ALALA -- OPTION 1. PASSIVE MANAGEMENT (PROTECTION) OF WILD POPULATION -- OPTION 2. REMOVAL OF ALL BIRDS TO CAPTIVITY -- OPTION 3. TRANSLOCATION OF ALL WILD BIRDS TO ANOTHER LOCATION IN THE WILD -- OPTION 4. REMOVAL OF EGGS FROM WILD POPULATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION -- OPTION 5. REMOVAL OF NESTLINGS FROM WILD POPULATION -- OPTION 6. FOSTERING AS A METHOD OF RELEASE -- OPTION 7. HACKING AND OTHER "SOFT" METHODS OF RELEASE -- OPTION 8. EXCHANGE OF CAPTIVE AND WILD CROWS.

CONCLUSIONS -- 7 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- THE WILD POPULATION -- Findings -- Maintaining a Wild Population -- Recovery Team -- Land Management -- Habitat preservation -- Cattle ranching -- Predator control -- Management of the Wild Population -- Additional Research -- Numbers -- Habitat -- Foraging behavior -- Physiology and disease -- Social behavior -- Demography -- THE CAPTIVE POPULATION -- Findings -- The Captive-Breeding Facility -- Husbandry in the Captive-Breeding Program -- Data -- General data -- Specific data -- Adults -- Chicks -- Eggs -- Nutrition -- Equipment at the Captive-Breeding Facility -- Personnel and Training -- GENETICS OF THE WILD AND CAPTIVE POPULATIONS -- Findings -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A -- Appendix B -- BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS -- SPECIAL ADVISORS.