The Teal

About this book

Unmodified print-on-demand reissue of this Poyser monograph that was originally published in 2014.

Small, noisy and colourful, the Teal is a familiar duck throughout the wetlands and waterways Europe and Asia. Once hunted extensively for the pot, its numbers have recovered and it is now one of our commonest species of waterfowl.

A flagship species for wetland conservation, the Teal is also an excellent model species for ecological research, and this forms the spine of this Poyser monograph.

The Teal looks at distribution and trends in numbers, foraging ecology, breeding behaviour, population dynamics, management and conservation of teal, looking at both the Eurasian Common Teal and its North American equivalent, the Green-winged Teal (which until relatively recently was considered to be the same species). The Teal provides a scientifically robust account on which wetland managers, research scientists and the ornithological community may rely, with wider implications for the conservation and management of other waterfowl, and for ecological research in general.

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Biography

Matthieu Guillemain and Johan Elmberg are renowned waterfowl ecologists. Matthieu is a Research Fellow at the Tour du Valat research centre in southern France, based in the Camargue. His current research is based on models of teal and wigeon population dynamics. Johan is currently Professor of Animal Ecology at the University of Kristianstad, Sweden, where his research focuses on teal and other dabbling ducks, and includes a wide variety of fields such as population ecology, community ecology, duck-fish interactions, avian influenza, and management.