There are more than one thousand species of threatened birds in the world, while many others are valued for sport and some are serious pests. This volume reviews our current understanding of avian population dynamics and explores ways in which population studies can contribute to effective conservation and management. Estimation of demographic parameters, the role of mathematical modelling, and the special problems of island populations and seabird populations are discussed. The emphasis throughout is on how bird populations are regulated under various constraints and conditions, including the impact of environmental changes.
Ian Newton: Population limitation in birds of prey: a comparative
approach; Ian Rowley & Eleanor Russell: Demography of Passerines in the
temperate Southern Hemisphere; Jacques Blondel: Birds in biological isolates;
J. Clobert & J-D. Lebreton: Estimation of demographic parameters in bird
populations; J-D. Lebreton & J. Clobert: Bird population dynamics,
management, and conservation; R.H. McCleery & C.M. Perrins: The effects of
predation on the numbers of Great Tits Parus major ; James N.M. Smith, Peter
Arcese & Wesley Hochachka: Social behaviour and population regulation in
insular bird populations; Fred Cooke & E.G. Gooch: Demographic changes in a
snow goose population; C.M. Perrins: Constraints on the demographic
parameters of bird populations; Franz Bairlein: Population studies of White
Storks Ciconia ciconia in Europe; M.P. Harris & S. Wanless: Population
studies and conservation of Puffins Fratercula arctica ; A.R. Johnson, R.E.
Green and G.J.M. Hirons: Survival rates of greater flamingoes in the West
Mediterranean region; J.P. Croxall & P. Rothery: Population regulation of
seabirds; Pierre Jouventin & Henri Weimerskirch: Changes in seabird
population sizes in French Antarctic territories; Carlos Bernstein, John R.
Krebs & Alex Kacelnik: Distribution of birds amongst habitats; P.R. Evans:
Seasonal and annual patterns of mortality in migratory shorebirds; G.R. Potts
& N.J. Aebischer: Modelling the population dynamics of the Grey Partridge;
A.P. Dobson & Robert M. May: Parasites, cuckoos and avian population
dynamics; Peter J. Hudson & A.P. Dobson: Control of parasites in natural
populations; Peter H. Becker: Population and contamination studies in coastal
birds; Chris J. Feare: Control of bird pest populations; J.C. Coulson: The
population dynamics of Herring Gulls and Lesser black-backed Gulls; James D.
Nichols: Responses of North American duck populations to exploitation; Hugh
Boyd: Science and craft in waterfowl management in North America; Glen
Woolfenden & John W. Fitzpatrick: Florida Scrub Jay ecology and conservation;
Russell Lande: Population dynamics and extinction in heterogenous
environments; M.R.W. Rands: Conserving threatened birds; R.E. Green & G.J.M.
Hirons: The relevance of population studies to the conservation of threatened
birds.
