Birds and Habitat : Relationships in Changing Landscapes
Robert J. Fuller
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (556 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Birds and Habitat; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; PART I: The complexity of patterns and processes; CHAPTER ONE The bird and its habitat: an overview of concepts; Habitat differences within and between species; Definitions and perceptions; Habitat recognition and cues; Ultimate factors and proximate cues; Social information; Flexible and inflexible behaviour; Issues of scale: landscape to microhabitat; Predation and scale; Some diverse examples of multi-scale habitat effects; Distribution across habitats: models and theoretical perspectives. - Appropriate scales for measuring habitat qualityConcluding thoughts about measuring habitat quality; Habitat occupancy: the outcome of multiple selection processes; Interactions with other species; Heterospecific attraction; Avoiding predators and parasites; Interspecific territoriality and competition; Mechanisms producing aggregations; Conspecific attraction and habitat copying in patchy environments; Hidden leks; Predation-related aggregations; Allee effects; Resource subsidies; Interactions between behavioural and population processes; Intraspecific competition and habitat saturation. - Processes at the scale of individual territories or home ranges. - Site fidelity and dispersal limitationPrevious experience versus flexibility in habitat choice; Cultural factors; Functional and non-linear responses to habitat availability; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER THREE Spatial variation and temporal shifts in habitat use by birds at the European scale; European examples of variation in habitat use; Habitat shifts on islands relative to mainland; Species restricted to mountains in part of their range; Wetland birds; Macrohabitat associations of forest birds; Urban colonisation. - Species interactionsHabitat selection models and population processes; Maladaptive or non-ideal habitat selection; Evolutionary and life-history aspects of habitat choice; Ecological separation and competition; Ecological and life-history strategies; Evolution of habitat selection patterns in migratory species; Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER TWO Habitat quality and habitat occupancy by birds in variable environments; Habitat quality: fundamental but hard to measure; Density and habitat quality; Measuring habitat quality: beyond breeding density. - Temporal shifts in habitat use and habitat-specific densityConsequences for modelling and applying bird-habitat relationships; Potential causes of variation in spatial habitat occupancy; Behavioural processes in colonisation of new habitats; Final remarks/conclusions/summary; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER FOUR Mechanisms and processes underlying landscape structure effects on bird populations; Defining and measuring landscape attributes; A hierarchy of nested biological processes underlie effects at contrasting landscape scales. - Synthesises important concepts, patterns and issues relating to avian habitat selection, drawing on examples from Europe, North America and Australia.
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| ISBN | 9780521722339. - 9780521897563
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