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9780198546474

The Oystercatcher From Individuals to Populations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198546474

  • ISBN10:

    0198546475

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1996-08-29
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Summary

This book reviews what is known about the behaviour and population ecologyof this popular shorebird, from a scientific conservation perspective. Theplight of this bird highlights the many conflicts of interest in coastal zones,between human activities such as shellfishing, land reclamation, and industrialpollution, and the needs of wildlife for food and suitable habitats. Theauthors suggest that field studies of individual behaviour can be used topredict how populations will response to environmental changes, and that theirfindings can play a useful role in coastal management schemes.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Individual Adaptations
Food and feeding behaviour
Prey size selection and intake rate
Specialization
Feeding with other Oystercatchers
Where to feed
How Oystercatchers survive the winter
Why do Oystercatchers migrate?
Life history decisions during the breeding season
Rearing to independence
Haematopus ostralegus in perspective: comparisons with other Oystercatchers
Population Ecology
Oystercatchers and man in the coastal zone
The carrying capacity of coastal habitats for Oystercatchers
Population dynamics: predicting the consequences of habitat change at the continental scale
Conclusions
References
Index
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