Milton W. Weller

Wetland Birds

Habitat Resources and Conservation Implications

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Weller describes the ecology of wetland birds by identifying patterns of habitat use and typical bird communities that result from the use of resources such as food, cover, and breeding sites. He integrates basic and practical information on bird/habitat relationships for researchers, landowners, managers and avid birders alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 593g
• ISBN-13: 9780521633628
• ISBN-10: 0521633621
• Artikelnr.: 21762718

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Wetlands: what, where and why
3. Major groups of birds that use wetlands
4. Water and other resource influences
5. Foods, feeding tactics, strategies and guilds
6. Bird mobility and wetland predictability
7. Other behavioral and physical influences on wetland living
8. Spatial and structural patterns
9. Habitat dynamics: water, succession and time
10. Population consequences of wetland abundance and quality
11. How birds influence wetlands
12. Conservation implications
13. Measures of bird habitat use and quality
14. Current status and some conservation problems
15. Conservation and management strategies
16. Outlook
Epilogue
Scientific names of birds mentioned in the text
Scientific names of animals other than birds mentioned in the text
Scientific names of plants mentioned in the text
Index.