Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques

by William J. Sutherland, Ian Newton, Rhys E. Green

Overview

In this intensely practical handbook, a team of leading ornithologists describe a wide range of standard methods that can be applied to the study of avian ecology and conservation. Topics covered range from surveys and tracking and handling to breeding biology, foraging behavior, and migration. Chapters on conservation techniques describe how to assess species over-exploitation, the methods available for the intensive conservation of endangered species, and the principles involved in the maintenance and restoration of habitats. This comprehensive synthesis will be essential reading for graduate students and researchers as well as a valuable resource for environmental consultants and professional conservationists worldwide.

Bird Ecology and Evolution is the first title in a new series of practical handbooks which include titles focusing on specific taxonomic groups as well as those describing broader themes and subjects. William J. Sutherland is the series editor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198520863
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/26/2004
Series:	Techniques in Ecology & Conservation
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Sales rank:	677,146
Product dimensions:	9.28(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

University of East Anglia, Norwich

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire

Cambridge University

Table of Contents

1. Bird diversity survey methods, Bibby2. Bird census and suvey techniques, Gregory, Gibbons and Donald3. Breeding biology, Green4. Birds in the hand, Gosler5. Estimating survival and movement, Nichols, Kendall and Runge6. Radio-tagging, Kenward7. Migration, Akesson and Hedenstrom8. Information from dead and dying birds, Cooper9. Techniques in physiology and genetics, Dawson10. Diet and foraging behaviour, Sutherland11. Habitat assessment, Sutherland and Green12. Conservation management of endangered birds, Jones13. Exploitation, Runge, Kendall and Nichols14. Habitat Management, Ausden

Editorial Reviews

"This handbook offers a detailed practical introduction to methods for observing, censusing, trapping, and autopsying birds in the wild. Sutherland (Univ. of East Anglia), Newton (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Cambridgeshire), and Green (Univ. of Cambridge) also provide sections on analyses of the resulting data and management of both game and nongame birds... The book is nicely produced with several useful black-and-white halftone photographs, graphs, and drawings."—Choice

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