Lifetime Reproduction in Birds [Paperback]

Ian Newton (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 8, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0125173717 | ISBN-13: 978-0125173711

Biologists have long realized that an individual's reproductive success measured over its entire lifetime is an important component of its fitness. Until recently, however, most of the available measures of breeding output have been restricted to particular breeding seasons, and have often involved unidentifiable individuals.
Thanks to long-term studies of marked individuals, information is now available on the lifetime reproduction of many bird species. This book brings together results from most of these studies and presents much new information and many new analyses of classic data sets. A wide variety of types of bird are represented, from small songbirds to seabirds, birds of prey and wildfowl. Important pointers emerge regarding the role of the individual in population processes and the factors which affect individual performance in the wild. The effects of age and experience on breeding success and survival prospects are also assessed, and the question of senility is discussed.

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About the Author

Dr. Ian Newton is respected world-wide both as a biologist with a special interest and expertise in this subject and as a communicator. He is a seasoned and popular key note speaker at National and International meetings, and his talks are often the high point of conferences.Ian Newton was born and raised in north Derbyshire. He attended Chesterfield Boys Grammar School, followed by the universities of Bristol and Oxford. He has been interested in birds since boyhood, and as a teenager developed a particular fascination with finches, which later led to doctoral and post-doctoral studies on these birds. Later in life he became known fore his penetrating field studies of bird populations, notably on raptors. He is now a senior ecologist with the Natural Environment Research Council, and visiting professor of ornithology at the University of Oxford. Most of his research has been in Scotland, but he has also spent a sabbatical year with the Canadian Wildlife Service, studying waterfowl, and is a frequent visitor to research groups in the United States and elsewhere. He has published more than 200 scientific papers on birds, and several books, including Finches (1972), Population Ecology of Raptors (1979), The Sparrowhawk (1986), and Lifetime Reproduction in Birds (edited, 1989). He has served as President of the British Ecological Society, Vice-president of the British Ornithologists' Union, and is honorary member of the American Ornithologists' Union. He has received several prestigious awards for research and conservation, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993. He is married, and has two sons and a daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 479 pages
• Publisher: Academic Press (July 8, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0125173717
• ISBN-13: 978-0125173711
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,287,305 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)