Bird Population Studies

• 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, & 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; M. Owen & J.M. Black: The importance of migration mortality in non-passerine birds; 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; Ian Newton: Concluding remarks; Index.

`This fine book is a harvest of current research studies, now published in a series of 29 erudite papers. Each paper ends with a summary.' `This is a serious book for the expert student of bird biology.' Ulster Newsletter, 19 August 1991