Alters- und Geschlechtsbestimmung europäischer Singvögel

Raffael Winkler and Lukas Jenni

Illustrated guide to the determination of age and sex of 83 European songbirds. ....

Areas Importantes Para La Conservacion de Las Aves En Los Andes Tropicales

Edited by K Boyla and A Estrada

The five countries of the Tropical Andes form the most biodiverse regions in the world, with a quarter of the world's bird species in just three percent of the land area. The ....

Atlas of Bird Migration

Edited by Jonathan Elphick

Traces the world migration routes of over 100 species. An illustrated introduction explains flight techniques, feeding, biology and navigation including the amazing ....

Avian Flight

J Videler

Covers all the main aspects of aerial locomotion by birds including sections on the history of bird flight study, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, ....

Avian Invasions

The Ecology and Evolution of Exotic Birds

T Blackburn, JL Lockwood and P Cassey

Biological invaders represent one of the primary threats to the maintenance of global biodiversity, human health, and the success of human economic enterprises. The ....

Avian Immunology

Edited by Fred Davison, Bernd Kaspers and Karel A Schat

The science underpinning avian immunology is crucial to understanding basic immunological principles and the exceptional features of the avian immune system, as ....

A Best Practice Guide For Wild Bird Monitoring Schemes

Edited by P Vorisek, A Klvanova, S Wotton and RD Gregory

This book summarises recommendations on establishing, running and improving national wild bird monitoring schemes. The methodology is described in details and includes field ....

Biologia de la Conservacion del Aguila Imperial Iberica / Conservation Biology of the Spanish Imperial Eagle

Luis Mariano Gonzalez and Antoni Margalida

Outlines the conservation efforts between 1989 and 2004. See more detailed information under the "Contents" section. ....

Bird Coloration, Volume 1

Mechanisms and Measurements

Edited by Geoffrey E Hill and Kevin J McGraw

It has been more than 40 years since the mechanisms of color production of birds have been reviewed and synthesized and in those 40 years new pigments have been discovered, ....

Bird Coloration, Volume 2

Function and Evolution

Edited by Geoffrey E Hill and Kevin J McGraw

In this companion volume to "Bird Coloration: Volume 1, Mechanisms and Measurements", Geoffrey E. Hill and Kevin J. McGraw have assembled some of the world's leading experts ....

Bird Conservation and Agriculture

The Bird Life of Farmland, Grassland and Heathland

Jeremy D Wilson, Andrew D Evans and Philip V Grice

Writing for researchers, professionals and graduate students, the authors summarize the collapse of populations of many farmland bird species in the 20th century, one of the ....

Birds and Climate Change

Edited by Anders Moller, Wolfgang Fiedler and P Berthold

Temperature and other climate variables are currently changing at a dramatic rate. As observations have shown, these climatic changes have serious consequences for all ....

Bird Census Techniques

Colin J Bibby, David A Hill, Neil D Burgess and Simon Mustoe

Provides a concise guide to the various census techniques and the opportunities and pitfalls which each entail. The common methods are described in detail and illustrated ....

Birds in Europe

Population Estimates, Trends and Conservation Status

BirdLife International

New review of bird conservation compiled by Ian Burfield and Frans van Bommel ....

Bird Ecology and Conservation

A Handbook of Techniques

Edited by William J Sutherland, Ian Newton and Rhys Green

The aim of this book is to outline the main methods and techniques available to ornithologists. A general shortage of information about available ornithological ....

Bird Migration

Dominic Couzens

Few types of behaviour are more fascinating than migration. We know that birds can travel vast distances with accuracy, but how they do is still somewhat of a mystery. ....

Bird Migration

T Alerstam

Translated by David A Christie. Paperback edition of this book, which is a general overview aimed at students and researchers in bird behaviour and ecology as well as the ....

Bird Ringing

A Concise Guide

Dawn Balmer, Liz Coiffait, Jacquie Clark and Rob Robinson

2009 sees the celebration of 100 years of bird ringing in Britain & Ireland, and this guide highlights some of the major achievements of the Scheme over that time. ....

Bird Song

Biological Themes and Variations

CK Catchpole and PJB Slater

Bird song is one of the most remarkable and impressive sounds in the natural world, and has inspired not only students of natural history, but also great writers, poets and ....

Bird Surveys: Expedition Field Techniques

Edited by Colin Bibby, Martin Jones and Stuart Marsden

Details all the techniques that might be needed to obtain and analyse good quantitative bird data from the field, highlighting potential problems and pitfalls of such work. ....

Bird Trapping and Bird Banding

A Handbook for Trapping Methods all over the World

Hans Bub

Translated by Frances Hamerstrom & Karin Wuertz-Schaefer Originally published in German, this is the most complete and detailed single work on bird capture available. ....

Birds and Wind Farms

Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Edited by Manuela de Lucas, Guyonne FE Janss and Miguel Ferrer

Presents a scientific approach for the assessment of the hazard this new industry poses on bird populations. ....

The BTO Nestbox Guide

Chris du Feu

All you need to know about nestboxes in this colourful, practical, informative guide from the British Trust for Ornithology. Whether you want to build your own nestboxes or ....

Call of the Eagle

Dave Walker

This is an account of one man's 30-year involvement with England's rarest bird, the golden eagle. Initially employed by the RSPB as a senior species protection warden at a ....

Conserving Bird Biodiversity

General Principles and their Application

Edited by Ken Norris and Deborah J Pain

Conservationists attempt to intervene in the current extinction process either locally by protecting or restoring important species and habitats, or at national and ....

Cranes - Where, When and Why?

A Guide Book for Visitors in European Crane Areas and Ideas How to Manage Cranes in an Agricultural Environment

Edited by Göran Lundin

Written by local experts, and edited by Goran Lundin, an effective coordinator of the Swedish Crane Working Group, this guide is packed with information about the different ....

The Ecology of Bird Communities: Volume 1

Foundations and Patterns

John A Wiens

The two volumes of John Wiens' Ecology of Bird Communities are already recognised as having applications and importance beyond the study of birds to the wider study of ....

The Ecology of Bird Communities: Volume 2

Processes and Variations

John A Wiens

The two volumes of John Wiens' Ecology of Bird Communities have applications and importance to the whole field of ecology. The books contain a detailed synthesis of our ....

Effects of Wind Farms on Birds

Nature and Environment, No. 139

RHW Langston and JD Pullan

The report analyses the literature into the effects of windfarms on birds and suggests some guidance for assessing their impact and the precautions to be taken when selecting ....

Egg and Nest

Rosamond Purcell, Linnea S Hall and Rene Corado

The beauty of the robin's egg is not lost on the child who discovers the nest, nor on the collector of nature's marvels. Such instances of wonder find fitting expression in ....

Feathers

Identification for Bird Conservation

Marian Cieslak and Boleslaw Dul

This guide presents the feathers of 60 species of bird, of which 38 are included in Annex I of the EU's Birds Directive. In European Union Member States, these species ....

Habitats for Birds in Europe

A Conservation Strategy for the Wider Environment

Graham M Tucker and Michael I Evans

The greatest threats to Europe's birds and biodiversity come from loss and degradation of habitat. This book brings together more than 190 bird and habitat conservation ....

Important Bird Areas in Asia

Key Sites for Conservation

S Chan, MJ Crosby, MZ Islam and AW Tordoff

Compiled by S Chan, MJ Crosby, MZ Islam, and AW Tordoff. ....

Important Bird Areas in the Caribbean

Key Sites for Conservation

Edited by David C Wege and Veronica Anadon-Irizarry

The aim of this publication is simple - in a rational, scientifically robust way, it puts the spotlight on a Caribbean ....

Important Bird Areas in Europe: Priority Sites for Conservation 2 Volume Set

Edited by MF Heath, MI Evans, DG Hoccom, AJ Payne and NB Peet

Updated and extended, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the 3,619 most important sites for bird conservation in 51 ....

Important Bird Areas in Europe: Priority Sites for Conservation Volume 2

Southern Europe

Edited by MF Heath, MI Evans, DG Hoccom, AJ Payne and NB Peet

Volume 2 covers: Albania, Andora, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Italy, ....

Important Bird Areas in Fiji

Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage

Edited by Vilikesa T Masibalavu and Guy Dutson

This book describes the 14 sites in Fiji which are of global importance for bird conservation. These Important Bird Areas (IBAs) are priorities for conserving the ....

Important Bird Areas in Guinea-Bissau

Zonas Importantes para as Aves na Guine-Bissau

Tim Dodman, Clive Barlow, Joaozinho Sa and Peter Robertson

Provides a comprehensive account of ten key areas of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Guinea-Bissau, which together cover around one third of the surface area of the country. ....

Important Bird Areas in Kazakhstan

Priority Sites for Conservation

Edited by SL Sklyarenko, GR Welch and M Brombacher

This book is the first inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Kazakhstan. The basic principles of the IBA programme, its justification and the methodology used for IBA ....

Important Bird Areas in the Middle East

Edited by MI Evans

The Middle East contains some of the largest wetland, steppe desert and marine ecosystems in the world, providing habitats for more than 800 species of bird, of which ....

Important Bird Areas in Nepal

Key Sites for Conservation

Hem Sagar Baral and Carol Inskipp

Nepal's birdlife is among the richest in Asia, particularly considering the small size of the country. In total, 862 species have been recorded so far, including nearly 600 ....

Important Bird Areas in Timor-Leste

Key Sites for Conservation

Michael J Crosby

This book describes 16 sites in Timor-Leste which are of global importance for the conservation of birds and their habitats. As birds are good indicators of overall ....

Important Bird Areas in Uzbekistan

Priority Sites for Conservation

Edited by RD Kashkarov, GR Welch and M Brombacher

This book is the first inventory of Important Bird Areas (IBA) in Uzbekistan. The basic principles of the IBA Programme, its justification and the methodology used for IBA ....

Important Bird Areas in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories

Priority Sites for Conservation

Edited by Sarah Sanders

A new directory of Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in the United Kingdom's 14 Overseas Territories highlights their massive global biological importance. ....

Important Bird Areas in Zambia

Peter Leonard

An essential new resource for conservationists and birders, this book isn't just a listing, it is supplemented with excellent quality colour photos and black and white ....

A Management Guide to Birds of Lowland Farmland

R Winspear and G Davies

This book provides information on how agricultural changes have affected lowland bird populations, detailed ecology on key species that have declined and practical advice on ....

The Migration Atlas

Movements of the Birds of Britain and Ireland

Edited by BTO, C Wernham, M Toms, J Marchant, J Clark, G Siriwardena and S Baillie

This landmark publication presents the most up-to-date information on bird migration, using the vast wealth of data that the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have ....

The Migration Ecology of Birds

Ian Newton

Bird migration has long fascinated its human observers. It has been subject to scientific study for more than a century, by hundreds of scientists, using increasingly ....

Modelling the Flying Bird

CJ Pennycuick

This book outlines the principles of flight, of birds in particular. It describes a way of simplifying the mechanics of flight into a practical computer program, which will ....

Moult in Birds

HB Ginn and DS Melville

This work falls into two parts. The first section gives a short general summary of the plumage of birds, its structure, arrangement and functions and briefly reviews the ....

Nomads of the Strait of Gibraltar

A Field Guide to Bird Migration, the Natural Parks of the Strait and los Alcornocales, and the Rock of Gibraltar

Fernando Barrios Partida

With Nomads of the Strait of Gibraltar, the author aims to inform ornithologists, botanists, naturalists, photographers, and, in general, all those people who are just ....

Ornithology

Frank B Gill

A comprehensive and balanced synthesis of the extensive research in the field, it provides the reader with thorough coverage of the form, function and behaviour of birds ....

Population Limitation in Birds

Ian Newton

Illustrations by Keith BrockieAn understanding of the processes of population limitation is central to the study of ecology, whether in birds or in other organisms. ....

Protecting Birds From Powerlines

D Haas, M Nipkow, G Fiedler, R Schneider, W Haas and B Schürenberg

Collision of birds with the cables of powerlines and electrocution of birds sitting on power poles are important factors increasing mortality of some threatened species. The ....

The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird

The Discovery and Death of the Po'ouli

Alvin Powell

Thirty years ago researchers discovered a previously unknown species of bird in the rain-soaked and remote mountains of Hawaii. As they studied the creature - which sported ....

Raptors: A Field Guide to Survey and Monitoring

J Hardey, H Crick, C Wernham, H Riley, B Etheridge and D Thompson

At a time when many raptors in Britain and Ireland are recovering from low population in the mid to late 20th Century (or earlier), there is a growing demand for high quality ....

Rare Birds Yearbook 2009

The World's 190 Most Threatened Birds

Edited by Erik Hirschfeld

Rare Birds Yearbook covers all 190 Critically Endangered species of the world and is based on scientific facts and produced annually in close ....

Rare Birds Yearbook 2008

The World's 189 Most Threatened Birds

Edited by Erik Hirschfeld

The vision of the Rare Birds Yearbook is to improve the chances of survival of the world's most threatened birds in two ways. ....

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds, Part B

Sexual Selection, Behavior, Conservation, Embryology, Genetics

Edited by Barrie GM Jamieson

Discusses sexual selection of ultraviolet and structural signals; melanins and carotenoids as feather colorants and signals; sexual selection and auditory signaling; ....

Saving Asia's Threatened Birds

A Guide for Government and Civil Society

BirdLife International

This book documents the major forest, grassland and wetland regions of Asia and the globally threatened bird species which they support. ....

Seabird Numbers and Breeding Success in Britain and Ireland, 2006

RA Mavor, M Heubeck, S Schmitt and M Parsons

This is the eighteenth annual report on the results of seabird monitoring at colonies throughout Britain and Ireland, produced ....

A Single Swallow

Following an Epic Journey from South Africa to South Wales

Horatio Clare

A journey of 6,000 miles across two continents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the ....

Speciation in Birds

Trevor Price

This major new title is a comprehensive review of speciation and its consequences in birds. The book covers a broad range of areas, from genetics to biogeography and from ....

Speciation and Biogeography of Birds

Ian Newton

A major synthesis of current knowledge of species formation in birds and of the factors that influence their geographical distributions. It draws on information from the earth ....

Statistics for Ornithologists

Jim Fowler and L Cohen

This guide aims to introduce ornithologists to the fundamentals of statistics without swamping them with the underlying theory. Most of the techniques are illustrated with ....

Threatened Birds of Asia (2 Volume Set)

The BirdLife International Red Data Book

Edited by NJ Collar, AV Andreev, S Chan, MJ Crosby, S Subramanya and JA Tobias

Provides incredibly detailed information on the 665 most threatened bird species found in Asia. The sites known for each species are detailed, with maps showing locations. ....

Threatened Birds of Asia CD-ROM

NJ Collar et al

Provides incredibly detailed information on the 665 most threatened bird species found in Asia. The sites known for each ....

Threatened Birds of the World

Edited by Alison J Stattersfield and David R Capper

All 1200 species now threatened with global extinction are covered. The threats to each species are described, with an evaluation of conservation measures so far and targets ....

Time to Fly

Exploring Bird Migration

Jim Flegg

There are millions of birds on the move to, from and through Britain and Ireland in every month of the year. In August, for instance, Swifts are leaving for southeast ....

While Flocks Last

An Armchair Birdwatcher goes in search of Britain's Most Endangered Species

Charlie Elder

A worrying number of Britain's birds are in population freefall. We have lost a staggering 60 per cent of our familiar house sparrows and starlings over the last 25 ....

Wings and Rings

A History of Bird Migration Studies in Europe

Richard Vaughan

This book is about the systematic or scientific study of bird migration - a chapter in the history of ornithology. The four individual ornithologists, pioneers of bird ....

Woodland Management for Birds: A Guide to Managing for Declining Woodland Birds in England

N Symes and F Currie

Excellent new handbook on woodland managemement for birds. ....

Zones Importantes pour la Conservation des Oiseaux de Nouvelle-Caledonie

Jerome Spaggiari, Vivien Chartendrault and Nicolas Barre

New Caledonia is recognized as one of the richest territories for biodiversity in the world. ....