Neotropical Migratory Birds : Natural History, Distribution, and Population Change / Richard DeGraaf and John Rappole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeGraaf, Richard M., author.

Rappole, John H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--North America.

Birds.

Birds--Wintering--Latin America.

Birds--Migration--North America.

Birds--Migration--Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (560 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, [1995]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Thrushes, warblers, vireos, and tanagers are probably the most familiar of the Neotropical migrants-birds that breed in the United States and Canada, then journey to spend the winter in the Caribbean, Mexico, or southward. But this extraordinary group actually comprises a large number of diverse species, including waterfowl, shorebirds, terns, hawks, flycatchers, and hummingbirds. In their compendious review of information on these birds, Richard M. DeGraaf and John H. Rappole illuminate the need for a thorough understanding of the ecology of each species, one that exte4nds throughout the entire life cycle. The authors argue convincingly that conservation efforts must be based on such an understanding and carried out across a species' range-not limited to the breeding grounds. This book is the first to summarize in one volume much-needed practical data about the distribution and breeding habitat requirements of migratory birds in North and South America. The body of the book consists of natural history accounts of more than 350 species of Neotropical migrants, including a brief description of each bird's range, status, habitats on breeding grounds, nest site, and wintering areas. The authors provide a complete range map of each species' distribution in the Western Hemisphere as well as notes on the distribution-basic data that until recently have largely been unavailable in usable form to ornithologists and land and resource managers. An appendix lists species that are increasing or decreasing at significant rates in various physiographic regions of North America.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments / DeGraaf, Richard M. / Rappole, John H.

Introduction

What Is a Neotropical Migratory Bird?

Population Change

Species Accounts: Pied-billed Grebe - Sooty Tern

Species Accounts: Black Tern - Evening Grosbeak

Appendix A. Breeding and Wintering Habitat Use

Appendix B. Population Changes by Physiographic Region

Literature Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501734014

1501734016

OCLC:

1129172571