Migrating raptors of the world : their ecology & conservation / Keith L. Bildstein

Author: Bildstein, Keith L.
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Pub. Associates, 2006.
Physical Description: xii, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

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Contents

Preface -- 1. The phenomenon of raptor migration -- 2. Origins and evolution of raptor migration -- 3. History of raptor-migration studies -- 4. Flight strategies -- 5. Orientation and navigation -- 6. The ecology of migratory raptors -- 7. Migration geography -- 8. Migration life histories -- 9. Great hawkwatches -- 10. Protecting migratory raptors -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References -- Index.

Subject(s)

Birds of prey—Migration

ISBN

080144179X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801441790 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-308) and index.

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