Quantifying Disturbance Factors and Effects in Common Terns (Sterna Hirundo) Using Visual, Audio, and Reproductive Data
Author: Peter Moir Mattison
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13:
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Wildlife and Recreationists
Author: Richard L. Knight
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2013-04-22
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 1610911202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWildlife and Recreationists defines and clarifies the issues surrounding the conflict between outdoor recreation and the health and well-being of wildlife and ecosystems. Contributors to the volume consider both direct and indirect effects of widlife-recreationist interactions, including: wildlife responses to disturbance, and the origins of these responses how specific recreational activities affect diverse types of wildlife the human dimensions of managing recreationists the economic importance of outdoor recreation how wildlife and recreationists might be able to coexist The book is a useful synthesis of what is known concerning wildlife and recreation. More important, it addresses both research needs and management options to minimize conflicts.
Naturalized Parrots of the World
Author: Stephen Pruett-Jones
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2021-08-10
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0691204411
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"The first book to look at naturalized parrots with a global perspective, with a wide range of chapters by 36 leading researchers"--
Sociality: The Behaviour of Group-Living Animals
Author: Ashley Ward
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-20
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 3319285858
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe last decade has seen a surge of interest among biologists in a range of social animal phenomena, including collective behaviour and social networks. In ‘Animal Social Behaviour’, authors Ashley Ward and Michael Webster integrate the most up-to-date empirical and theoretical research to provide a new synthesis of the field, which is aimed at fellow researchers and postgraduate students on the topic.
Orientation in Birds
Author: P. Berthold
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published: 2013-03-08
Total Pages: 341
ISBN-13: 3034872089
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf it is true that science proceeds from a romantic through a scientific to a technological stage, then research on bird orientation is certainly on its move from its first to its second grade, and recent developments in radiotelemetry and satellite tracking of migrating birds might already indicate the advent of the third stage. At this juncture, Orientation in Birds is a timely account. Even though the study of animal migration in general, and bird navigation in particular, has produced a literature of impressive proportions, the threads provided by the plethora of research papers, review articles and symposiums volumes have not yet been knitted into a theoretical fabric. This is partly due to our still incomplete understanding of fundamen tal topics in avian navigation. The answer to the most intriguing question of how a bird displaced to "unknown" territory finds its way back home is as obscure now as it was a few decades ago. Whether and how birds solve this problem by using far ranging grid-maps or more local familiar-area maps, as has been proposed off and on, is still a matter of heated debates. These debates frequently center around provocative hypotheses - let alone the question about the physical (topographic, magnetic, infrasonic, olfactory) parameters which might constitute such maps.
Occupancy Estimation and Modeling
Author: Darryl I. MacKenzie
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2017-11-17
Total Pages: 668
ISBN-13: 0124072453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOccupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, Second Edition, provides a synthesis of model-based approaches for analyzing presence-absence data, allowing for imperfect detection. Beginning from the relatively simple case of estimating the proportion of area or sampling units occupied at the time of surveying, the authors describe a wide variety of extensions that have been developed since the early 2000s. This provides an improved insight about species and community ecology, including, detection heterogeneity; correlated detections; spatial autocorrelation; multiple states or classes of occupancy; changes in occupancy over time; species co-occurrence; community-level modeling, and more. Occupancy Estimation and Modeling: Inferring Patterns and Dynamics of Species Occurrence, Second Edition has been greatly expanded and detail is provided regarding the estimation methods and examples of their application are given. Important study design recommendations are also covered to give a well rounded view of modeling. - Provides authoritative insights into the latest in occupancy modeling - Examines the latest methods in analyzing detection/no detection data surveys - Addresses critical issues of imperfect detectability and its effects on species occurrence estimation - Discusses important study design considerations such as defining sample units, sample size determination and optimal effort allocation
Marine Birds
Author: Pacific Seabird Group
Publisher: Canadian Wildlife Service
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe papers presented in this document are listed under threeparts: Feeding ecology of marine waterfowl, Feeding ecology ofpelagic marine birds, and Commercial fisheries interactions.
Camera Traps in Animal Ecology
Author: Allan F. O'Connell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2010-10-05
Total Pages: 279
ISBN-13: 4431994955
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRemote photography and infrared sensors are widely used in the sampling of wildlife populations worldwide, especially for cryptic or elusive species. Guiding the practitioner through the entire process of using camera traps, this book is the first to compile state-of-the-art sampling techniques for the purpose of conducting high-quality science or effective management. Chapters on the evaluation of equipment, field sampling designs, and data analysis methods provide a coherent framework for making inferences about the abundance, species richness, and occupancy of sampled animals. The volume introduces new models that will revolutionize use of camera data to estimate population density, such as the newly developed spatial capture–recapture models. It also includes richly detailed case studies of camera trap work on some of the world’s most charismatic, elusive, and endangered wildlife species. Indispensible to wildlife conservationists, ecologists, biologists, and conservation agencies around the world, the text provides a thorough review of the subject as well as a forecast for the use of remote photography in natural resource conservation over the next few decades.
Seabird Bycatch
Author: Edward F. Melvin
Publisher: Alaska Sea Grant College Program
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSeabird Bycatch significantly adds to the knowledge base of seabird mortality in commercial fisheries, and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive solutions. The product of a 1999 symposium held by the Pacific Seabird Group, Seabird Bycatch is a response to escalating bycatch, a global conservation and fisheries management issue.
Animal Communication and Noise
Author: Henrik Brumm
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 364241494X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe study of animal communication has led to significant progress in our general understanding of motor and sensory systems, evolution, and speciation. However, one often neglected aspect is that signal exchange in every modality is constrained by noise, be it in the transmission channel or in the nervous system. This book analyses whether and how animals can cope with such constraints, and explores the implications that noise has for our understanding of animal communication. It is written by leading biologists working on different taxa including insects, fish, amphibians, lizards, birds, and mammals. In addition to this broad taxonomic approach, the chapters also cover a wide array of research disciplines: from the mechanisms of signal production and perception, to the behavioural ecology of signalling, the evolution of animal communication, and conservation issues. This volume promotes the integration of the knowledge gained by the diverse approaches to the study of animal communication and, at the same time, highlights particularly interesting fields of current and future research.
