Synopsis
An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.
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About the Author
Debbie Pain is Director of Conservation at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, and was formerly Head of International Research at the RSPB. Paul Donald is Principal Conservation Scientist at the RSPB and Editor-in-Chief of Ibis. Stuart Marsden is Reader in Conservation Ecology at Manchester Metropolitan University and Editor-in-chief of Bird Conservation International. Nigel Collar is Leventis Fellow in Conservation Biology at BirdLife International, and is the author of numerous books, papers and articles on threatened birds.
Review
'immensely accessible to the general reader and beautifully illustrated' The Independent (September 2010) 'fascinating' thetraveleditor.com (February 2011) 'Knowing the problem may be the first step, and this book can help with that.' Birds {Main} (May 2011)
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