Conservation Biology of Hawaiian Forest Birds: Implications for Island Avifauna - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0300141084 ISBN 13: 9780300141085

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

Hawaii’s forest bird community is the most insular and most endangered in the world and serves as a case study for threatened species globally. Ten have disappeared in the past thirty years, nine are critically endangered, and even common species are currently in decline. Thane K. Pratt, his coeditors, and collaborators, all leaders in their field, describe the research and conservation efforts over the past thirty years to save Hawaii’s forest birds. They also offer the most comprehensive look at the reasons for these extinctions and attempts to overcome them in the future.

Among the topics covered in this book are trends in bird populations, environmental and genetic factors limiting population size, avian diseases, predators, and competing alien bird species. Color plates by award-winning local photographer Jack Jeffrey illustrate all living species discussed or described.

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Recensione:

'This book is at once an encyclopedia chronicling a global-scale tragedy, and a masterpiece call-to-arms for saving and restoring what remains of the unique and beautiful Hawaiian avifauna. Thane Pratt and coeditors are outstanding biologists and conservation heroes. For this compendium they assembled the entire who's who of experts on Hawaiian birds and conservation, and they detail the complicated historical, cultural, biological, political, and even ethical aspects of the plight of Hawaiian forest birds. From habitat destruction and agricultural monocultures to alien mammals and a pair of wicked, introduced diseases, Hawaiian birds have steadily succumbed to the full litany of human environmental scourges. The authors make a compelling case that significant conservation investment in Hawaii is vastly overdue, for we still can save the precious few species that remain.' --John W. Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., Director, Cornell Lab of Ornithology; member, 'Alala Recovery Team'.

L'autore:

Thane K. Pratt is a wildlife biologist, Carter T. Atkinson is a microbiologist, Paul C. Banko is a research wildlife biologist, and James D. Jacobi is a biologist, all at the U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center. Bethany Woodworth is an instructor of Environmental Studies at University of New England.

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0300141084
• ISBN 13: 9780300141085
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 707
• Redattore: Pratt Thane K., Atkinson Carter T., Banko Paul C., Jacobi James D., Woodworth Bethany L.