Seabird Ecology
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Seabird Ecology
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Author : R. W. Furness
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Seabird Ecology written by R. W. Furness and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
In the last few years there has been an excltmg upsurge in seabird research. There are several reasons for this. Man's increased ex ploitation of natural resources has led to a greater awareness of the potential conflicts with seabirds, and of the use of seabirds to indicate the damage we might be doing to our environment. Many seabird populations have increased dramatically in numbers and so seem more likely to conflict with man, for example through competition for food or transmission of diseases. Oil exploration and production has resulted in major studies of seabird distributions and ecology in relation to oil pollution. The possibility that seabirds may provide information on fish stock biology is now being critically investigated. Some seabird species have suffered serious declines in numbers and require conservation action to be taken to reduce the chances that they will become extinct. This requires an understanding of the factors determining their population size and dynamics.
Seabird Ecology
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Author : R. W. Furness
language : en
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Release Date : 1987
Seabird Ecology written by R. W. Furness and has been published by Chapman & Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Science categories.
Seabirds
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Author : J. P. Croxall
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1987-05-14
Seabirds written by J. P. Croxall and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-05-14 with Nature categories.
Originally published in 1986, this book is concerned with the ways in which seabirds function as predators in the marine environment; in particular about how they find and catch food and how much of it they consume. It reviews both the feeding ecology of seabirds (including adaptations for flight and diving) and also most of the leading field studies (in polar, temperate and tropical regions) that have quantitatively examined the interactions of seabird communities with their prey.
Biology Of Marine Birds
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Author : E. A. Schreiber
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2001-08-16
Biology Of Marine Birds written by E. A. Schreiber and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-16 with Science categories.
Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds: penguins (Sphenisciformes); albatross, shearwaters, petrels (Procellariiformes); pelicans, boobies, frigatebirds, tropicbirds, cormorants (Pelecaniformes); and gulls, terns, guillemots, auks (Charadriiformes - Families Laridae and Alcidae). Two summary chapters address the biology of shorebirds and wading birds and their lives in the marine environment. This comprehensive book contains numerous summary tables that give you exhaustive information on various aspects of their life histories, breeding biology, physiology and energetics, and demography. It also discusses research techniques and future research needed, providing a guide to ornithologists and students for research projects. Written by acknowledged experts in this field, Biology of Marine Birds is the ideal resource. The authors not only present known information, but provide new analyses and insights into marine bird biology. You will find no other book that covers all the major seabird groups and all the major topics with this depth of detail. Whether you are studying, researching, or managing marine environments, you will find yourself reaching for this resource repeatedly.
Seabird Islands
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Author : Christa P. H. Mulder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Seabird Islands written by Christa P. H. Mulder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Island animals categories.
Islands with large colonies of seabirds are found throughout the globe. Seabird islands provide nesting and roosting sites for birds that forage at sea, deposit marine nutrients on land, and physically alter these islands. Habitats for numerous endemic and endangered animal and plant species, seabird islands are therefore biodiversity hotspots with high priority for conservation. This book provides a large-scale cross-system compilation, comparison, and synthesis of the ecology of seabird island systems.
Volume 1 Seabird Biodiversity And Human Activities
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Author : Jaime A. Ramos
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2022-06-30
Volume 1 Seabird Biodiversity And Human Activities written by Jaime A. Ramos and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-30 with Nature categories.
Seabirds are global travellers connecting oceans and seas all over the world, and facing multiple threats at local and global scales. Seabirds are long-lived top predators, reflecting changes at lower trophic levels, and are good models to assess ecological changes produced by human societies. Thus, world-wide collaborations are needed to understand seabird ecology and to develop effective conservation measures benefitting both humans and seabird populations. This book provides a modern overview on seabird biodiversity studies: it begins by covering the most up-to-date techniques to study seabirds, and then focus on pragmatic issues related with interactions between seabirds and humans, the use of seabirds as ecological indicators and conservation of seabirds. It gives an updated insight on all these topics and highlights gaps that need further development for a comprehensive understanding of the relationships between seabirds and human actions. This book covers the response of the seabird research community to a biodiversity crisis aiming to contribute towards environmental sustainability. It should provide inspiration to a wide range of professionals and students, including the much needed world-wide collaboration between research groups and practitioners. In this way seabird research and conservation provide an inspiration for the solution of global issues such as climate change.
Seabird Ecology In Relation To Fisheries
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Author : Juan Francisco Meraz Hernando
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Seabird Ecology In Relation To Fisheries written by Juan Francisco Meraz Hernando and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Sea birds categories.
Seabirds
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Author : Bryan Nelson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980
Seabirds written by Bryan Nelson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Nature categories.
Seabirds Of The Farallon Islands
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Author : David G. Ainley
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1990
Seabirds Of The Farallon Islands written by David G. Ainley and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Nature categories.
Summarizing a 15-year study of the seabird community on this small group of rocks about 20 miles offshore of San Francisco, this volume is both a detailed account of a seabird breeding ecology and a challenge to the prevailing conception of ecological stability as the typical seabird lifestyle. With
Seabird Energetics
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Author : G. Causey Whittow
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Seabird Energetics written by G. Causey Whittow and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
"Seabird Energetics" is a composite volume with a coherent theme. It makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the costs of breeding, the significance of which goes far beyond physiology as a brief historical perspective may illustrate. After decades of mainly anecdotal observations by natu ralists with an interest in seabirds, there was still so little information that in 1954, David Lack in his book "The Natural Regulatiori of Animal Numbers" was forced to ignore seabirds in a way that would be unthinkable today. The late fifties, however, produced a seminal contribution to seabird ecology and behaviour in the series of papers which stemmed from the Centenary Expedi tion of the British Ornithologists' Union to Ascension Island. Not only had quantitative ecology become the norm but the interest aroused by the European Ethological approach to bird behaviour had led to properly descriptive and analytical studies of seabird behaviour. The complex interactions between social behaviour and ecology then received more attention and the sixties and seventies brought a flood of papers on ecology and on some social aspects of breeding ecology. V.C. Wynne-Edwards linked these two as part of his attempt to understand the mechanism of the regulation of animal populations in his book "Animal Dispersion in Relation to Social Behaviour" (1962). He paid considerable attention to seabirds and the phenomena of clutch and brood-size, deferred breeding, "rest" years, etc., although, unfortunately, the most relevant studies were yet to come.