Farming and Birds

Klappentext This attractively illustrated book reviews the effects of agricultural development on bird populations in Britain. Zusammenfassung This attractively illustrated book reviews the effects of agricultural development on bird populations in Britain. Examining modern farmland as a bird habitat! it explains the changes! both in habitat structure and in available resources! that have occurred as a result of mechanisation and use of agrochemicals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The historical background to modern agriculture; 2. The farmland bird community; 3. Farmland as a nesting habitat; 4. Food and feeding behaviour; 5. Modern agriculture: the consequences of specialisation; 6. Farm structure and bird habitats; 7. The effects of hedges and hedgerow loss on farmland birds; 8. the impact of farming practice on birds; 9. Pesticides and pollution; 10. Crop protection, shooting and persecution; 11. The outlook for farming and birds; Appendices; References; Glossary; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Raymond J. O'Connor, O'Connor Raymond J., Michael Shrubb, Shrubb Michael
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521389730
• ISBN: 978-0-521-38973-0
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, Zoology & animal sciences, Zoology and animal sciences