Synopses & Reviews
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.
Table of Contents
1. Population Limitation in Birds of Prey: A Comparative Approach,
Ian Newton2. Demography of Passerines in the Temperate Southern Hemisphere, Ian Rowley
3. Birds in Biological Isolates, Jacques Blondel
4. Estimation of Demographic Parameters in Bird Populations, J. Clobert and J-D. Lebreton
5. Bird Population Dynamics, Management, and Conservation, J.D. Lebreton and J. Clobert
6. The Effects of Predation on the Numbers of Great Tits Arus Major, R.H. McCleery and C.M. Perrine
7. Social Behavior and Population Regulation in Insular Bird Populations, James N.M. Smith, P. Arcese and W. Hochachka
8. Demographic Changes in a Snow Goose Population, F. Cooke and E.G. Cooch
9. Constraints on the Demographic Parameters of Bird Populations, C.M. Perrins
10. Population Studies of White Storks Ciconia in Europe, F. Bairlein
11. Population Studies and Conservation of Puffins Fratercula arctica, M.P. Harris and S. Wanless
12. Survival Rates of Greater Flamingos in the West Mediterranean Region, A. Johnson, E. Green and G.J.M. Hirons
13. Population Regulation of Seabirds, J.P. Croxall and P. Rothery
14. Changes in Seabird Population Sizes in French Antarctic Territories, P. Jouventin and H. Weimerskirch
15. Distribution of Birds Among Habitats, C. Bernstein, J.R. Krebs and A. Kacelnik
16. Seasonal and Annual Patterns of Mortality in Migratory Shorebirds, P.R. Evans
17. Modelling the Population Dynamics of the Grey Partridge, G.R. Potts and N.J. Aebischer
18. Parasites, Cuckoos and Avian Population Dynamics, A. P. Dobson
19. Control of Parasites in Natural Populations, P.J. Hudson and A.P. Dobson
20. Population and Contamination Studies in Coastal Birds, P. H. Becker
21. Control of Bird Pest Populations, C.J. Feare
22. The Population Dynamics of Herring Gulls and Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, J.C. Coulson
23. Responses of North American Duck Populations to Exploitation, J.D. Nichols
24. Science and Craft in Waterfowl Management in North America, H. Boyd
25. Florida Scrub Jay Ecology and Conservation, G. Woolfenden and J.W. Fitzpatrick
26. Population Dynamics and Extinction in Heterogeneous Environments, R. Lande
27. Conserving Threatened Birds, M.R.W. Rands
28. The Relevance of Population Studies to the Conservation of Threatened Birds, R.E. Green and G.J.M. Hirons
29. Concluding Remarks, I. Newton