Vultures of the World Essential Ecology and Conservation 1st Edition by Keith L Bildstein ISBN 9781501765025 1501765027

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ISBN 10: 1501765027
ISBN 13: 9781501765025
Author: Keith L Bildstein

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

Vultures of the World Essential Ecology and Conservation 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Essential Ecology of Scavengers

2 Species Descriptions and Life Histories

New World Vultures

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Greater Yellow-headed Vulture

King Vulture

California Condor

Andean Condor

Old World Vultures

Palm-nut Vulture

Bearded Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

Hooded Vulture

Indian Vulture

Slender-billed Vulture

White-rumped Vulture

Griffon Vulture

Rüppell’s Vulture

Himalayan Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Cape Vulture

Red-headed Vulture

White-headed Vulture

Cinereous Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

3 Pair Formation and Reproduction

4 Food Finding and Feeding Behavior

5 Movement Behavior

6 Social Behavior

7 Vultures and People

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