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Vultures of the World - Essential Ecology and Conservation (Hardcover)
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Vultures of the World - Essential Ecology and Conservation (Hardcover)
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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.
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