Bücher der Reihe Oxford Ornithology Series

Reviewing our understanding of avian population dynamics, this work explores ways in which population studies can contribute to effective conservation and management. It reviews general questions such as estimation of demographic parameters, the role of mathematical modelling, and the special problems of island populations and seabird populations.

Some birds mate for life, while others have many partners. Why? In this book, fourteen classic studies of bird behaviour are brought together to compare the different partnership patterns from ecological and evolutionary perspectives.

Synthesises and analyses the masses of data on the behavioural ecology of harriers. This work offers a comparison of breeding systems among harriers in the northern and southern hemispheres, and includes a phylogeny of the harriers, based on DNA findings. It is illustrated with line drawings of these impressive birds.

Covering the aspects of aerial locomotion by birds, this book includes sections on the history of thinking about bird flight, aerodynamics, functional morphology, evolution, kinematics, physiology, energetics and the cost of flight. It also provides insights into the trend in metabolic costs of flight of birds varying in shape and mass.