C. M. Perrins / J.-D. Lebreton / G. J. M. Hirons (eds.)

Bird Population Studies

Relevance to Conservation and Management
Herausgeber: Hirons, G. J.; Perrins, Christopher M.; Lebreton, J. D.

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Produktbeschreibung

There are more than one-thousand species of threatened birds in the world, while many others are valued for sport and some are serious pests. All these bird populations require management of one kind or another. This volume reviews our current understanding of avian population dynamics and explores ways in which population studies can contribute to effective conservation and management. The earlier chapters review general questions such as estimation of demographic parameters, the role of mathematical modelling, and the special problems of island populations and seabird populations. The specific chapters are devoted to great tits, snow geese, white storks, puffins, flamingos, grey partridge, red grouse, common terns, herring gulls, lesser black-backed gulls, ducks, Florida scrub jays, and northern spotted owls. The emphasis throughout is on how bird populations are regulated under various constraints and conditions and on what changes we might expect under varying environmental regimes.

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This volume reviews our current understanding of avian population dynamics and explores ways in which population studies can contribute to effective conservation and management. Estimation of demographic parameters, the role of mathematical modelling, and the special problems of island populations and seabird populations are discussed. The emphasis throughout is on how bird populations are regulated under various constraints and conditions, including the impact of environmental changes. This book will be useful and interesting to ornithologists, ecologists, wildlife managers, and population biologists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 700
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 1045g
• ISBN-13: 9780198540823
• ISBN-10: 0198540825
• Artikelnr.: 21246243

Inhaltsangabe

Ian Newton: Population limitation in birds of prey: a comparative approach;
Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell: Demography of Passerines in the temperate
Southern Hemisphere; Jacques Blondel: Birds in biological isolates; J.
Clobert & J-D. Lebreton: Estimation of demographic parameters in bird
populations; J-D. Lebreton & J. Clobert: Bird population dynamics,
management, and conservation; R.H. McCleery & C.M. Perrins: The effects of
predation on the numbers of Great Tits Parus major; James N.M. Smith, Peter
Arcese, & Wesley Hochachka: Social behaviour and population regulation in
insular bird populations; Fred Cooke & E.G. Gooch: Demographic changes in a
snow goose population; C.M. Perrins: Constraints on the demographic
parameters of bird populations; Franz Bairlein: Population studies of White
Storks Ciconia ciconia in Europe; M.P. Harris & S. Wanless: Population
studies and conservation of Puffins Fratercula arctica; A.R. Johnson, R.E.
Green, & G.J.M. Hirons: Survival rates of greater flamingoes in the West
Mediterranean region; J.P. Croxall & P. Rothery: Population regulation of
seabirds; Pierre Jouventin & Henri Weimerskirch: Changes in seabird
population sizes in French Antarctic territories; Carlos Bernstein, John R.
Krebs, & Alex Kacelnik: Distribution of birds amongst habitats; P.R. Evans:
Seasonal and annual patterns of mortality in migratory shorebirds; M. Owen
& J.M. Black: The importance of migration mortality in non-passerine birds;
G.R. Potts & N.J. Aebischer: Modelling the population dynamics of the Grey
Partridge; A.P. Dobson & Robert M. May: Parasites, cuckoos, and avian
population dynamics; Peter J. Hudson & A.P. Dobson: Control of parasites in
natural populations; Peter H. Becker: Population and contamination studies
in coastal birds; Chris J. Feare: Control of bird pest populations; J.C.
Coulson: The population dynamics of Herring Gulls and Lesser black-backed
Gulls; James D. Nichols: Responses of North American duck populations to
exploitation; Hugh Boyd: Science and craft in waterfowl management in North
America; Glen Woolfenden & John W. Fitzpatrick: Florida Scrub Jay ecology
and conservation; Russell Lande: Population dynamics and extinction in
heterogenous environments; M.R.W. Rands: Conserving threatened birds; R.E.
Green & G.J.M. Hirons: The relevance of population studies to the
conservation of threatened birds; Ian Newton: Concluding remarks; Index.