Overview

Birds are a commonly acknowledged indicator of biodiversity. This book presents an indigenous perspective on the effects of traditional activities on birds. Moreover, birds are among the main components for plant reproduction in tropical ecosystems, hummingbirds being the most important vertebrate pollinators in the Neotropics. This book puts together different approaches and perspectives to study bird-flower interaction networks, reinforcing the idea of communities displaying high connectedness. In addition, data on the number of occupied territories and breeding frequency (active nests) of nine species of vole-eating birds of prey in Finland are examined, using generalised linear models. It was expected that the effects of global warming on various vole-eating birds of prey at high latitudes were both positive and negative, in particular due to mild winters. Thus, because temperature affects the distribution limits of many organisms, global warming may provoke an advance of distribution ranges polewards. The authors also discuss whether European birds have advanced their distribution ranges mainly northwards in response to climatic warming. Furthermore, fossil footprints provide important evidence regarding the morphology, behaviour, distribution, and ecology of ancient animals. For the first time, the entire avian track record is reviewed, including its specialised ichnotaxonomy, from the Mesozoic through the Holocene. How the evidence impacts the understanding of avian evolution and ecology is discussed as well.

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Author:   Pedro K Ulrich ,  Julien H Willett
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.506kg
ISBN:  

9781608764549

ISBN 10:   1608764540
Pages:   175
Publication Date:   10 March 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface; On the Trail of Early Birds: A Review of the Fossil Footprint Record of Avian Morphological Evolution & Behavior; Trophic Relationships & Mechanisms of Ecological Segregation Among Heron Species in the Parana River Floodplain (Birds: Ardeidae); Reflections of Winter Season Large-scale Climatic Phenomena & Local Weather Conditions in Abundance & Breeding Frequency of Vole-eating Birds of Prey; Using Indigenous Knowledge of Birds to Facilitate Conservation in New Guinea; European Bird Species Have Expanded Northwards during 1950-1993 in Response to Recent Climatic Warming; The Study of Interactions between Birds & Flowers in Neotropics: A Matter of Point of View; Radar Ornithology -- The Past, Present, & Future: A Personal Viewpoint; Index.

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