Coastal Waders and Wildfowl in Winter

Herausgeber: Evans, P. R.; Hale, W. G.; Goss-Custard, J. D.

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1984, this book explores the feeding requirements and behaviour of shorebirds and coastal wildfowl.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780521281676
• ISBN-10: 0521281679
• Artikelnr.: 33609913

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; List of contributors; Part I. Bird Populations: The Influence of
Food Resources on the Use of Feeding Areas: Introduction P. R. Evans; 1.
Coastal birds: numbers in relation to food resources P. R. Evans and P. J.
Dugan; 2. Balancing the budget: measuring the energy intake and
requirements of shorebirds in the field M. W. Pienkowski, P. N. Ferns, N.
C. Davidson and D. H. Worrall; 3. Relations between the distribution of
waders and the intertidal benthic fauna of the Oosterschelde, Netherlands
P. Meire and E. Kuyken; 4. How Oystercatchers and Curlews successfully
deplete clams L. Zwarts and J. Wanink; 5. Waterfowl movements in relation
to food stocks M. R. van Eerden; 6. Diving duck populations in relation to
their food supplies O. Pehrsson; Part II. Bird Populations: Social
Behaviour and the Use of Feeding Areas: Introduction J. D. Goss-Custard; 7.
Why do birds roost communally R. C. Ydenberg and H. H. Th. Prins; 8. The
unsociable plover - the use of intertidal areas by Grey Plovers D. J.
Townshend, P. J. Dugan and M. W. Pienkowski; 9. Age-related distribution of
Dunlin in the Dutch Wadden Sea T. M. van der Have, E. Nieboer and G. C.
Boere; 10. Differences in quality of roosting flock of Oystercatchers C.
Swennen; 11. Feeding ecology, winter mortality and the population dynamics
of Oystercatchers on the Exe estuary J. D. Goss-Custard and S. E. A. le V.
dit Durell; Part III. Introduction W. G. Hale; 12. The Danish Wadden Sea K.
Laursen and J. Frikke; 13. The German Wadden Sea P. Prokosch; 14. The Dutch
Wadden Sea W. J. Wolff and C. J. Smit; 15. The Dutch Delta Area R. J.
Leewis, H. J. M. Baptist and P. L. Meininger; 16. The British Isles P. R.
Evans; 17. The Atlantic coast of Morocco M. Kersten and C. J. Smit; 18. The
Banc d'Arguin (Mauritania) M. Engelmoer, T. Piersma, W. Altenburg and R.
Mes; 19. The changing face of European wintering areas W. G. Hale; Index.