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Title Raptors in human landscapes : adaptations to built and cultivated environments / edited by David M. Bird, Daniel E. Varland, Juan Jose Negro
Published London ; San Diego : Academic Press, ©1996

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 396 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Front Cover; Raptors in Human Landscapes; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Raptors in Urban Landscapes; Part II: Raptors and Artificial Nest Sites; Part III: Raptors in Cultivated Landscapes; Part IV: Raptors in Industrial Landscapes; Part V: Raptors at Large; Appendix: List of species mentioned in the text; Index
Summary This book is a collection of papers highlighting ways in which Raptors have successfully adapted to man-made landscapes and structures. The coverage of Raptors in Human Landscapes is broad, ranging from the impact of human activity on country-wide scales to the particular conditions associated with urban, cultivated, and industrial landscapes, as well as to the various schemes specifically directed towards the provision of artificial nest sites and platforms. The cases described hail from a wide geographic range including North and South America, Europe, Africa and elsewhere, and from a broad
Analysis Birds of prey
Notes "The book is a direct result of a symposium, Raptors Adapting to Human-Altered Environments, held on 6 November 1993 in Charlotte, North Carolina ... in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. (RRF)"--Page xi
"Raptor Research Foundation"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Birds of prey -- Effect of habitat modification on -- Congresses
Birds of prey -- Adaptation -- Congresses
Birds of prey -- Habitat -- Congresses
Urban animals -- Congresses
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Ornithology.
NATURE -- Birdwatching Guides.
NATURE -- Animals -- Birds.
Birds of prey -- Adaptation
Birds of prey -- Effect of habitat modification on
Birds of prey -- Habitat
Urban animals
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Bird, David M. (David Michael), 1949-
Varland, Daniel E.
Negro, Juan José.
Raptor Research Foundation. Meeting (1993 : Charlotte, N.C.)
Raptor Research Foundation.
ISBN 9780080547541
0080547540
Other Titles Raptors adapting to human-altered environments