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Vultures of the world : essential ecology and conservation / Keith L. Bildstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca [New York] : Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press, 2022Description: xi, 244 pages : colo illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781501761614
  • 1501761617
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : Origins and Evolution of Vultures -- Essential Ecology of Scavengers -- Species Descriptions and Life Histories -- Pair Formation and Reproduction -- Food Finding and Feeding Behavior -- Movement Behavior -- Social Behavior -- Vultures and People -- Appendix : Scientific Names of Vultures and Condors, and Other Birds, and Scientific Names of Other Animals Cited in the Text -- Glossary.
Summary: "This book contains descriptions of the ecology of the world's twenty-three species of vultures and condors, including their conservation status"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 598.92 B595 Available 33111010810071
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In Vultures of the World , Keith L. Bildstein provides an engaging look at vultures and condors, seeking to help us understand these widely recognized but underappreciated birds.

Bildstein's latest work is an inspirational and long overdue blend of all things vulture. Based on decades of personal experience, dozens of case studies, and numerous up-to-date examples of cutting-edge science, this book introduces readers to the essential nature of vultures and condors. Not only do these most proficient of all vertebrate scavengers clean up natural and man-made organic waste but they also recycle ecologically essential elements back into both wild and human landscapes, allowing our ecosystems to function successfully across generations of organisms. With distributions ranging over more than three-quarters of all land on five continents, the world's twenty-three species of scavenging birds of prey offer an outstanding example of biological diversity writ large.

Included in the world's species fold are its most abundant large raptors--several of its longest lived birds and the most massive of all soaring birds. With a fossil record dating back more than fifty million years, vultures and condors possess numerous adaptions that characteristically serve them well but at times also make them particularly vulnerable to human actions. Vultures of the World is a truly global treatment of vultures, offering a roadmap of how best to protect these birds and their important ecology.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Origins and Evolution of Vultures -- Essential Ecology of Scavengers -- Species Descriptions and Life Histories -- Pair Formation and Reproduction -- Food Finding and Feeding Behavior -- Movement Behavior -- Social Behavior -- Vultures and People -- Appendix : Scientific Names of Vultures and Condors, and Other Birds, and Scientific Names of Other Animals Cited in the Text -- Glossary.

"This book contains descriptions of the ecology of the world's twenty-three species of vultures and condors, including their conservation status"-- Provided by publisher.

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