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Overview"In this volume I include chapters on continental population trends, orni thology's contribution to the habitat concept, social organization outside the breeding season, the role of predation in limiting numbers, and the evolution of prolonged incubation periods. Authors are based in Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Is there evidence for wholesale population declines in North Ameri can birds? Robert Askins says yes, with qualifications. Fragmentation of forest causes the population of many forest-interior species to decline, and loss of winter forest habitat in Mexico, Central America, and the Greater Antilles is potentially serious. Trends over the past 25 years are, however, difficult to discern. Grassland and shrubland specialists have likewise diminished over the past quarter century. Askins calls for management of regional landscapes to maintain habitat diversity. As for habitats, William Block and Leonard Brennan review the role of ornithology in developing the concept of ""habitat."" Their intention is to stimulate ornithologists to consider habitat as a unifying concept in con temporary ecology. They describe uses of the habitat concept in basic and experimental ecology. Recent advances in sociobiology stimulated deeper interest in social organization. Erik Matthysen has gathered a diversity of information on social organization outside the breeding season, both in migratory and in nonbreeding resident birds. He discusses populations that continue indi vidual associations outside the breeding season and site-related aggression (territoriality), and reviews a number of long-term benefits of these behaviors." Full Product DetailsAuthor: D.M. PowerPublisher: Springer Science+Business Media Imprint: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Edition: 1993 ed. Volume: 11 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 1.360kg ISBN: 9780306445507ISBN 10: 0306445506 Pages: 292 Publication Date: 31 October 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Population Trends in Grassland, Shrubland, and Forest Birds in Eastern North America.- 2 The Habitat Concept in Ornithology: Theory and Applications.- 3 Nonbreeding Social Organization in Migratory and Resident Birds.- 4 Predation and Limitation of Bird Numbers.- 5 Sibling Competition, Hatching Asynchrony, Incubation Period, and Lifespan in Altricial Birds.Reviews'The quality of these chapters, as usual, is quite high...As in past volumes, this book provides a tremendous service to both new students and more experienced researchers...They provide new viewpoints, corrections of misconceptions, and a means of checking what we think we already know.' The Wilson Bulletin, March 1995 The quality of these chapters, as usual, is quite high....As in past volumes, this book provides a tremendous service to both new students and more experienced researchers....They provide new viewpoints, corrections of misconceptions, and a means of checking what we think we already know.' The Wilson Bulletin, March 1995 `The quality of these chapters, as usual, is quite high....As in past volumes, this book provides a tremendous service to both new students and more experienced researchers....They provide new viewpoints, corrections of misconceptions, and a means of checking what we think we already know.' The Wilson Bulletin, March 1995 Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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