POPULATION ECOLOGY OF RAPTORS. By Ian Newton.

Newton (Ian).

ISBN 10: 0856610232 / ISBN 13: 9780856610233

Published by T. & A.D. Poyser. Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. 1979, 1997

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1979). 1979 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp399. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Black boards, spine titled in gilt. Top edge dusty but good-plus in slightly worn complete dust-wrapper. Bookplate of Count Umberto Caproni di Taliedo. "Dr. Newton's book is concerned with all aspects of population regulation in diurnal birds of prey, their social behaviour, dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding and mortality. He has drawn on his own studies in Scotland and on material and investigations worldwide to produce an authoritative and stimulating synthesis of current thinking and research on the ecological problems of the Falconiformes. He also deals in detail with the effects of pesticides and other pollutants on these birds, and with their scientific management and conservation." Chapters include: Relationship between the sexes; Dispersion; Breeding density; Winter density; Problems concerning nest-sites; Breeding - five chapters; Movements; Mortality; Human persecution; DDT and other organo-chlorines; Other pollutants and pesticides; Conservation management; Breeding from captive birds. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: POPULATION ECOLOGY OF RAPTORS. By Ian Newton.
• Publisher: T. & A.D. Poyser. Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. 1979
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0856610232
• ISBN 13: 9780856610233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis

Population Ecology of Raptors provides a synthesis of what we know about the population regulation of raptors. The author details their social behavior, their dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding, and mortality. He also deals with the effects of pesticides and other pollutants on raptors. Including all relevant material and information from around the world, this book provides a sound basis for further research and more effective conservation. It will be ofvalue not only to the professional research worker, but also to anyone else with a general interest in these birds.

Authoritative summary by a world expert
Full bibliography
Written for both the professional researcher worker and those with a general interest in raptors

About the Author

Dr. Ian Newton is respected world-wide both as a biologist with a special interest and expertise in this subject and as a communicator. He is a seasoned and popular key note speaker at National and International meetings, and his talks are often the high point of conferences.Ian Newton was born and raised in north Derbyshire. He attended Chesterfield Boys Grammar School, followed by the universities of Bristol and Oxford. He has been interested in birds since boyhood, and as a teenager developed a particular fascination with finches, which later led to doctoral and post-doctoral studies on these birds. Later in life he became known fore his penetrating field studies of bird populations, notably on raptors. He is now a senior ecologist with the Natural Environment Research Council, and visiting professor of ornithology at the University of Oxford. Most of his research has been in Scotland, but he has also spent a sabbatical year with the Canadian Wildlife Service, studying waterfowl, and is a frequent visitor to research groups in the United States and elsewhere. He has published more than 200 scientific papers on birds, and several books, including Finches (1972), Population Ecology of Raptors (1979), The Sparrowhawk (1986), and Lifetime Reproduction in Birds (edited, 1989). He has served as President of the British Ecological Society, Vice-president of the British Ornithologists' Union, and is honorary member of the American Ornithologists' Union. He has received several prestigious awards for research and conservation, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993. He is married, and has two sons and a daughter.