The life of buzzards / Peter Dare.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dare, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buzzards--Great Britain.

Buzzards.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dunbeath, Caithness, Scotland : Whittles Publishing, [2015]

Summary:

This is a much-needed and authorative account of common buzzards gained from extensive studies by the author for over 60 years.

Contents:

Contents; Preface ; Acknowledgements; 1 The Common Buzzard: An introduction; Common Buzzards in Britain; Common Buzzards in Europe; 2 Buzzard country: Study areas and methods ; Dartmoor study area; North-West Wales study areas; 1. Migneint-Hiraethog Moors; 2. Snowdonia; 3 Buzzards in winter (December-February); Buzzards as individuals ; Population structure; Territories; Winter challenges; Daily food requirements; Finding food ; Winter diets; Cold weather responses & mortalities; Signs of spring; 4 Buzzards in early spring (March-mid-April); Population features; Territories

A poetic diversionFood: the spring challenge; Hunting methods; Early Spring diet; Counting down to breeding; 5 Breeding season I. Nests, eggs and incubation; Population features; Diet during incubation; Nests & nesting sites; Eggs ; 6 Breeding season II. Brood care and food; Parental roles; Providing food for broods; Diets of Buzzard broods; 7 Breeding season III. Brood growth and survival; Hatching process; Physical development of nestlings; Behavioural development ; Nestling survival; Fledgling brood sizes ; 8 Buzzards in summer ; Population features; Juveniles: post-fledging behaviour

Annual moult of adultsDaily energy expenditure; Summer diets; 9 Buzzards in autumn; Population structure; Young Buzzards disperse; Autumn diet of juvenile Buzzards ; Autumn diet of adult Buzzards; 10 Territory; What is a Buzzard territory?; Habitat compositions of territories; Territory size ; Territory permanence ; Territory quality; Summary; 11 Energy and food needs ; Energetic considerations; Assessing food consumption ; Daily food consumption; Food requirements of broods; Weight losses in winter; Summary; 12 Facets of predation; Seasonal prey availability; Seasonal predation patterns

Hunting effort and successAnnual consumption of preys ; Summary; Addendum; 13 Food and breeding success; Buzzards and small rodents in Europe; Buzzards and Voles in the British Isles; Buzzards and Rabbits in the British Isles; Summary; 14 Demography and population dynamics; Survival and longevity; Age at first breeding; Reproductive rates; Accounting for population changes; Recent expansion phase; Summary; 15 Population: decline and recovery; National population changes; Local population changes; Buzzards in the 21st century; Summary; Bibliography; Appendices; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2016).

ISBN:

9781849952408

184995240X