Bird Ecology and Conservation: A Handbook of Techniques

by William J. Sutherland, Ian Newton, Rhys Green

Overview

The aim of this book is to outline the main methods and techniques available to ornithologists. A general shortage of information about available techniques is greatly hindering progress in avian ecology and conservation. Currently this sort of information is disparate and difficult to locate with much of it widely dispersed in books, journals and grey literature. Sutherland and his editorial team bring together in a single authoritative source all the ornithological techniques the avian community will ever need. For use by graduate students, researchers and practising conservationists worldwide. Bird Ecology and Conservation 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. The series editor is William J Sutherland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191036989
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	06/17/2004
Series:	Techniques in Ecology & Conservation , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

William J Sutherland is Professor of Ecology at the University of East Anglia.He is a world-renowned conservation biologist who has contributed enormously to the profile of the subject. His books are best sellers and used by students and conservation professionals worldwide. Professor Ian Newton FRSE FRS OBE has recently retired from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. He is the author of several classic ornithological texts and remains one of the highest profile ornithologists in the UK. Rhys Green is a Principal Research Biologist at the RSPB and a Senior Research Fellow in the Conservation Biology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

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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