Seabird Energetics
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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.
Seabird Energetics
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Author : G. Causey Whittow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984-10-01
Seabird Energetics written by G. Causey Whittow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-10-01 with categories.
Community Ecology And Flight Energetics In Tropical Seabirds Of The Eastern Pacific
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Author : Lisa Taylor Ballance
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Community Ecology And Flight Energetics In Tropical Seabirds Of The Eastern Pacific written by Lisa Taylor Ballance and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
Modelling Environmental Effects On Seabird Foraging Energetics
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Author : P J (Phil) Bacon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Modelling Environmental Effects On Seabird Foraging Energetics written by P J (Phil) Bacon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
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 Nature categories.
Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds in detail and includes two summary chapters that address the biology of shorebirds and wading birds and their lives in the marine environment. Summary tables give detailed information on various aspects of their life histories, breeding biology, physiology and energetics, and demography. It provides a guide to ornithologists and students for research projects.
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.
Avian Energetics And Nutritional Ecology
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Author : C. Carey
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Avian Energetics And Nutritional Ecology written by C. Carey 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.
A symposium held in 1973 chaired and organized by William R. Dawson was the first major attempt to summarize and synthesize the existing information in the then emerging field of avian energetics. The symposium featured papers by James R. King, William A. Calder III, Vance A. Tucker, and Robert E. Ricklefs and com mentaries by George A. Bartholomew, S. Charles Kendeigh, and Eugene P. Odum. The proceedings of the symposium, Avian Energetics (Paynter 1974), played a critical role in stimulating interest and research in the field of avian energetics. Some twenty-odd years later, we are making another attempt to summarize the information in the field of avian energetics. Some obvious differences exist be tween its predecessor and this volume. Numerous improvements in methodology, such as the use of doubly labeled water to estimate metabolism in free-living birds, now allow researchers to ask questions that could not be addressed previ ously. Second, consideration of nutrition is now inseparable from that of energet ics. This merger is necessary not only because food intake is the source of both en ergy and nutrients but also because one or more nutrients, rather than energy, can be limiting for a given species in a particular instance. Finally, the study of ener getics and nutritional ecology, particularly in birds and mammals, has grown so dramatically that a single volume can now only partially cover the range of possi ble topics and can catalogue only a sampling of all the studies on the subject.
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.
Wildlife Review
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Wildlife Review written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Wildlife conservation categories.
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.