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9780849398827

Biology of Marine Birds

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  • ISBN13:

    9780849398827

  • ISBN10:

    0849398827

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 8/16/2001
  • Publisher: CRC Press

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Summary

Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation.

Table of Contents

Seabirds in the Marine Environment
1(16)
E. A. Schreiber
Joanna Burger
The Seabird Fossil Record and the Role of Paleontology in Understanding Seabird Community Structure
17(40)
Kenneth I. Warheit
Seabird Systematics and Distribution: A Review of Current Knowledge
57(30)
M. de L. Brooke
Colonial Breeding in Seabirds
87(28)
John C. Coulson
Seabird Demography and Its Relationship with the Marine Environment
115(22)
Henri Weimerskirch
Foraging Behavior and Food of Seabirds
137(42)
David A. Shealer
Climate and Weather Effects on Seabirds
179(38)
E. A. Schreiber
Breeding Biology, Life Histories, and Life History-Environment Interactions in Seabirds
217(46)
Keith C. Hamer
E. A. Schreiber
Joanna Burger
Site and Mate Choice in Seabirds: An Evolutionary Approach
263(44)
Joel Bried
Pierre Jouventin
Seabird Communication and Displays
307(52)
J. Bryan Nelson
Patricia Herron Baird
Energetics of Free-Ranging Seabirds
359(50)
Hugh I. Ellis
Geir W. Gabrielsen
Seabird Reproductive Physiology and Energetics
409(30)
G. Causey Whittow
Chick Growth and Development in Seabirds
439(28)
G. Henk Visser
Water and Salt Balance in Seabirds
467(18)
David L. Goldstein
Effects of Chemicals and Pollution on Seabirds
485(42)
Joanna Burger
Michael Gochfeld
Interactions between Fisheries and Seabirds
527(32)
William A. Montevecchi
Seabird Conservation
559(22)
P. Dee Boersma
J. Alan Clark
Nigella Hillgarth
Shorebirds in the Marine Environment
581(36)
Nils Warnock
Chris Elphick
Margaret A. Rubega
Wading Birds in the Marine Environment
617(40)
Peter C. Frederick
Appendix 1: List of Seabird Species 657(8)
Appendix 2: Table of Seabird Species and Life History Characteristics 665(22)
Index 687

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