Birds and Habitat: Relationships in Changing Landscapes

ISBN-13: 9780521897563 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 554 str.

Robert J. Fuller

Opis

Synthesises important concepts, patterns and issues relating to avian habitat selection, drawing on examples from Europe, North America and Australia.

Recenzje

'… this book provides a useful overview of the habitat use and requirements of birds in changing landscapes and provides an informative account that will be of use to a broad readership. All of the chapters are well written.' Mark C. Mainwaring, Biological Conservation

Spis treści

List of contributors; Preface; Part I. The Complexity of Patterns and Processes: 1. The bird and its habitat: an overview of concepts Robert J. Fuller; 2. Habitat quality and habitat occupancy by birds in variable environments Robert J. Fuller; 3. Spatial variation and temporal shifts in habitat use by birds at the European scale Tomasz Wesołowski and Robert J. Fuller; 4. Mechanisms and processes underlying landscape structure effects on bird populations Paul M. Dolman; 5. Avian responses to transitional habitats in temperate cultural landscapes: woodland edges and young growth Robert J. Fuller; 6. Habitat associations of birds in complex changing cultural landscapes Shelley A. Hinsley and Simon Gillings; 7. The importance of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales for birds in European agricultural landscapes Juliet Vickery and Raphaël Arlettaz; Part II. Case Studies of Habitat Use and Selection: 8. Spatial variation and habitat relationships in moorland bird assemblages: a British perspective Murray C. Grant and James W. Pearce-Higgins; 9. Arctic-alpine mountain birds in northern Europe: contrasts between specialists and generalists Des B. A. Thompson, John Atle Kålås and Ingvar Byrkjedal; 10. Bird-habitat relationships in reedswamps and fens Gillian Gilbert and Ken W. Smith; 11. Breeding waders on wet grassland: factors influencing habitat suitability Malcolm Ausden and Mark Bolton; 12. Processes influencing bird use of estuarine mudflats and saltmarshes in western Europe Jennifer A. Gill; 13. Avian habitat use on the non-estuarine intertidal coast Niall H. K. Burton; 14. Temperate western European woodland as a dynamic environment for birds: a resource-based view Robert J. Fuller, Ken W. Smith and Shelley A. Hinsley; Part III. Wider Perspectives: 15. What is habitat quality? Dissecting a research portfolio on shorebirds Theunis Piersma; 16. Understanding individual life histories and habitat choices: implications for explaining population patterns and processes Beat Naef-Daenzer; 17. Insufficient adaptation to climate change alters avian habitat quality and thereby changes habitat selection Christiaan Both; 18. Australian birds in a changing landscape: 220 years of European colonisation Tara G. Martin, Carla P. Catterall, Adrian D. Manning and Judit Szabo; 19. Birds in cultural landscapes: actual and perceived differences between north-east North America and western Europe Jean-Louis Martin, Pierre Drapeau, Lenore Fahrig, Kathryn Freemark Lindsay, David Anthony Kirk, Adam C. Smith and Marc-André Villard; 20. Birds and their changing habitat: thoughts on research and conservation strategies Robert J. Fuller; Index.