Birds and Habitat Relationships in Changing Landscapes

Name: Birds and Habitat Relationships in Changing Landscapes
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ISBN: 9780521722339

ISBN-10: 0521722330

ISBN-13: 9780521722339

Edition: 2012

Authors: Robert J. Fuller

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The successful conservation of bird species relies upon our understanding of their habitat use and requirements. In the coming decades the importance of such knowledge will only grow as climate change, the development of new energy sources and the needs of a growing human population intensify the, already significant, pressure on the habitats that birds depend on. Drawing on valuable recent advances in our understanding of bird-habitat relationships, this book provides the first major review of avian habitat selection in over twenty years. It offers a synthesis of concepts, patterns and issues that will interest students, researchers and conservation practitioners. Spatial scales ranging…

Book details

Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/8/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 554
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.65" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English



List of contributors


Preface



The Complexity of Patterns and Processes



The bird and its habitat: an overview of concepts




Habitat quality and habitat occupancy by birds in variable environments




Spatial variation and temporal shifts in habitat use by birds at the European scale




Mechanisms and processes underlying landscape structure effects on bird populations




Avian responses to transitional habitats in temperate cultural landscapes: woodland edges and young growth




Habitat associations of birds in complex changing cultural landscapes




The importance of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales for birds in European agricultural landscapes




Case Studies of Habitat Use and Selection



Spatial variation and habitat relationships in moorland bird assemblages: a British perspective




Arctic-alpine mountain birds in northern Europe: contrasts between specialists and generalists




Bird-habitat relationships in reedswamps and fens




Breeding waders on wet grassland: factors influencing habitat suitability




Processes influencing bird use of estuarine mudflats and saltmarshes in western Europe




Avian habitat use on the non-estuarine intertidal coast




Temperate western European woodland as a dynamic environment for birds: a resource-based view




Wider Perspectives



What is habitat quality? Dissecting a research portfolio on shorebirds




Understanding individual life histories and habitat choices: implications for explaining population patterns and processes Beat




Insufficient adaptation to climate change alters avian habitat quality and thereby changes habitat selection




Australian birds in a changing landscape: 220 years of European colonisation




Birds in cultural landscapes: actual and perceived differences between north-east North America and western Europe




Birds and their changing habitat: thoughts on research and conservation strategies



Index