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Author Weller, Milton Webster.

Title Wetland birds : habitat resources and conservation implications / Milton W. Weller.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QL698.95 .W45 1999    Available  ---
Description xv, 271 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction -- Wetlands: what, where, and why -- Major groups of birds that use wetlands -- Water and other resource influences -- Foods, feeding tactics, strategies, and guilds -- Bird mobility and wetland predictability -- Other behavioral and physical influences on wetland living -- Spatial and structural patterns -- Habitat dynamics: water, plant succession, and time -- Population consequences of wetland abundance and quality -- How birds influence wetlands -- Conservation implications -- Measures of bird habitat use and quality -- Current status and some conservation problems -- Conservation and management strategies -- Outlook.
Subject Water birds -- Ecology.
Water birds -- Ecology.
Water birds.
Wetland animals -- Ecology.
Wetland animals.
Ecology.
Birds -- Conservation.
Birds -- Conservation.
Water birds -- Ecology.
Birds, Protection of.
Wetland animals -- Ecology.
ISBN 0521633621 paperback
0521633265 hardback