John Coulson

The Kittiwake (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Greenhalf, Robert

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An authoritative overview of the biology of the Kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla.

Returning to its breeding sites in the spring after a winter spent far out at sea, the Kittiwake is a familiar sight around the coasts of Britain and Europe. A pale, medium-sized gull with a 'gentle' expression and bright yellow bill, the Kittiwake has been the subject of behavioural research since the late 1950s - one of the longest running studies in the world.

In this Poyser Monograph, John Coulson summarises these decades of research, revealing amazing insights into the life of these gulls, with wider implications for the behavioural ecology of all colonial birds. There are sections on life at sea, nest-site selection, breeding biology, feeding ecology, colony dynamics, moult, survivorship and conservation.

This book is essential for academics working on colonial species, and is also of great interest to birders who want to learn more about these elegant cliff-dwelling birds.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781408152331
• Artikelnr.: 38452324

Autorenporträt

John Coulson has made a number of outstanding contributions to the behavioural ecology of colonially breeding seabirds and to our understanding of coloniality in birds, over the course of more than 50 years of research.

A former Reader in Animal Ecology at the University of Durham, John was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science by that institution in 1972 for his contributions to ecological research. He received the Godman-Salvin Medal from the British Ornithologists' Union in 1992, and the Robert Cushman Murphy award from the Waterbird Society in 1993.

John has published more than 150 scientific papers, and has served as editor of Bird Study, Ibis and Waterbirds. He has served on several government review panels, was a council member of the Natural Environmental Research Council, and continues consulting on environmental issues.