Steffen Oppel

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Eruptions, Invasives, and the Montserrat Oriole

Conservation intervention leads to downlisting of Montserrat Oriole. Sometimes events that are out of human control, such as natural disasters, can damage an ecosystem and threaten native wildlife. This was the case for the Montserrat Oriole (Icterus oberi) in the 1990’s, but years of conservation efforts and some luck have aided this species’ recovery. On Montserrat Island […]

Written by on February 10, 2017