Field / Identification Guide
Out of Print
By: Noel FR Snyder and Helen A Snyder
271 pages, 81 col and 12 b/w photos, 5 maps
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About this book
The authors delineate in clear fashion the myriad issues facing the Condor today, and looking to the future, convey a message of hope that we may still achieve viable wild populations of this magnificent denizen of the California landscape.
"As one of the most visible, dramatic, and controversial examples of intensive conservation management in modern times, the California Condor makes a good story. The Snyders' work is exemplary. This is a solid introduction to the subject and an excellent contribution to the press's natural history series". - Walter Koenig, Hastings Natural History Reservation, University of California.
Contents
Preface / Acknowledgments / Chapter 1: GIANT SCAVENGERS / Chapter 2: FOOD AND MOVEMENTS / Chapter 3: BREEDING BIOLOGY / Chapter 4: THE HISTORIC DECLINE / Chapter 5: WHAT CAUSED THE HISTORICAL DECLINE? EARLY HYPOTHESES / Chapter 6: STUDIES OF THE DECLINE IN THE 1980s / Chapter 7: HISTORICAL CONSERVATION EFFORTS / Chapter 8: CAPTIVE BREEDING / Chapter 9: RELEASES TO THE WILD / Chapter 10: CONDOR CONSERVATION IN A CHANGING WORLD / Literature Cited and Bibliography / Photo and Art Credits / About the Authors / Abstract / Index
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Biography
Noel F. R. Snyder and Helen A. Snyder are ornithologists who specialize in birds of prey and bird conservation. Among their books are Birds of Prey: Natural History and Conservation of North American Raptors (1991) and The California Condor: A Saga of Natural History and Conservation (2000).
Field / Identification Guide
Out of Print
By: Noel FR Snyder and Helen A Snyder
271 pages, 81 col and 12 b/w photos, 5 maps
This is an amazingly compact, up-to-date history of the politics and biological research of the California Condor. It will be invaluable for biology students who want to review a case study of an endangered species and for environmental planners considering the highly political nature of rare-species conservation. - Allen Fish, Director, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory"
