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This book is a result of the authors' more than 40 years of study
on the behavior, populations, and heavy metals in the colonial
waterbirds nesting in Barnegat Bay and the nearby estuaries and
bays in the Northeastern United States. From Boston Harbor to the
Chesapeake, based on longitudinal studies of colonial waterbirds,
it provides a clear picture of the toxic trends and effects of
heavy metals in the aquatic environment. The authors take a food
web, ecosystem approach to contaminants, using population dynamics,
habitat selection, and inputs to the bay to examine metal levels.
They also look at the human dimension, discuss what metals in birds
tell us about human exposure, and describe stakeholder involvement
in these issues. The book covers numbers and dynamics, colony sites
and locations, and prey contaminant levels, and compares them to
other comparable coastal estuaries. It uses colonial waterbirds as
the focal point for an ecosystem approach to metals that begins
with prey fish and goes through invertebrates to humans.
Additionally, it provides information based on long-term
integrative studies the authors have done on metal levels and bird
species and compares the findings with data from the Harbor
Estuaries Program, other Northeast bays, the Great Lakes, and the
Wadden Sea.
Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds: penguins (Sphenisciformes); albatross, shearwaters, petrels (Procellariiformes); pelicans, boobies, frigatebirds, tropicbirds, cormorants (Pelecaniformes); and gulls, terns, guillemots, auks (Charadriiformes - Families Laridae and Alcidae). Two summary chapters address the biology of shorebirds and wading birds and their lives in the marine environment.
This comprehensive book contains numerous summary tables that give you exhaustive information on various aspects of their life histories, breeding biology, physiology and energetics, and demography. It also discusses research techniques and future research needed, providing a guide to ornithologists and students for research projects.
Written by acknowledged experts in this field, Biology of Marine Birds is the ideal resource. The authors not only present known information, but provide new analyses and insights into marine bird biology. You will find no other book that covers all the major seabird groups and all the major topics with this depth of detail. Whether you are studying, researching, or managing marine environments, you will find yourself reaching for this resource repeatedly.
Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range
of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental
problems. Solving these problems, and those remaining from past
energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and
collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including U.S.,
State and local governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, scientists,
environmentalists, public policy makers, and the general public.
The maJonty of the chapters in this volume are structured to
include a balance between literature review, original data, and
synthesis. The research approaches taken by the authors are
generallyof two kinds. One centers on the long-term, in-depth study
of a single species in which many aspects of its natural history
are examined in detail. The other is a comparative one which
involves investigating particular questions by examining species or
by comparing groups of species that may include taxonomic andjor
ecological affinities. Most of the chapters concern obvious aspects
of breeding behavior including habitat selection, the effects of
age on breeding, communication, mating systems, synchrony of
breeding activities, development of behavior, prefledging parental
care, and postfledging parental care. Of these topics, many relate
directly to the advantages and disadvantages of coloniality-a
conspicuous behavior pattern in marine birds. As such, they provide
para.picuou for the further study of coloniality and the social
behaviorof many other animals. Other important areas of marine bird
breeding behavior (such as courtship behavior, antipredator
behavior, information transfer) have not been included because of
space limitations. Since man's encroachment on the seashore and
continental shelf poses certain threats to marine birds, a volume
elucidating various aspects of their biology has multiple uses. As
weil as being of value to ornithologists, the volume should be
useful to managers involved with coastal planning.
Nation and the World must move forward with development of a range
of energy sources and savings, all with attendant environmental
problems. Solving these problems, and those remaining from past
energy-related activities, will require iteration, inclusion, and
collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including U.S.,
State and local governmental agencies, Tribal Nations, scientists,
environmentalists, public policy makers, and the general public.
This book is a result of the authors' more than 40 years of study
on the behavior, populations, and heavy metals in the colonial
waterbirds nesting in Barnegat Bay and the nearby estuaries and
bays in the Northeastern United States. From Boston Harbor to the
Chesapeake, based on longitudinal studies of colonial waterbirds,
it provides a clear picture of the toxic trends and effects of
heavy metals in the aquatic environment. The authors take a food
web, ecosystem approach to contaminants, using population dynamics,
habitat selection, and inputs to the bay to examine metal levels.
They also look at the human dimension, discuss what metals in birds
tell us about human exposure, and describe stakeholder involvement
in these issues. The book covers numbers and dynamics, colony sites
and locations, and prey contaminant levels, and compares them to
other comparable coastal estuaries. It uses colonial waterbirds as
the focal point for an ecosystem approach to metals that begins
with prey fish and goes through invertebrates to humans.
Additionally, it provides information based on long-term
integrative studies the authors have done on metal levels and bird
species and compares the findings with data from the Harbor
Estuaries Program, other Northeast bays, the Great Lakes, and the
Wadden Sea.
Forest fragmentation is well studied from the perspective of avian
reproductive and pairing success, species richness, abundance and
occurrence. It is less clear how non-forest habitats affect bird
occurrence and appropriate spatial scales (spatial extent) to
measure such effects. Few studies examine how birds respond to
landscape configuration at spatial scales useful for conservation
and land-use planning; i.e., to identify important habitats and
assess impacts of land-use activities. To understand how
area-sensitive forest birds respond to non-forest habitats at
various spatial scales, we quantified bird abundance in large areas
of northern and southern New Jersey and used multivariate logistic
regression to identify significant habitat variables at four
spatial scales for six species breeding in both regions (48
predictive models).
Seventeen years ago, when she adopted a neglected, orphaned thirty-year-old parrot named Tiko, the internationally renowned ornithologist Joanna Burger entered one of the most complex relationships of her life. Sullen and hostile when he entered Dr. Burger’s home, Tiko gradually warmed up, courting her during mating season, nursing her vigilantly through a bout with Lyme disease, and for a while even fighting her husband for her attentions. In time theirs was a relationship of deep mutual trust.
The Parrot Who Owns Me is Joanna and Tiko’s story, as well as the story of the science of birds, and of parrots in particular. Woven into the narrative are insights and fascinating revelations from Dr. Burger’s work—not only about parrots, but also about what it means to be human.
Join Joanna Burger and Michael Gochfeld as they guide readers to
New Jersey's most marvelous natural spectacles. From mating
horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay to goldenclub and orchids at
Web's Mill Bog, the authors show us Garden State nature at its
best. While New Jersey boasts far more than 25 nature spectacles,
the authors have selected those that are the most dramatic,
predictable, and characteristic of the state so readers can easily
enjoy them over and over again. Being in the right place at the
right time makes all the difference, so the guidebook is organized
by season to ensure the best viewing. Each chapter begins with a
photo and a brief description of the spectacle. A listing of key
locations, directions, and the best time to visit follows. A prime
habitat section provides a brief characterization of the
appropriate surroundings to look for the plant or animal spectacle.
The description provides ambiance, natural and life history
information allowing readers to enjoy fully what they are
observing. A final section lists an agency or organization where
more information can be found. The book contains maps as well as a
calendar of recommended events, including the Lambertville Shad
Festival and the Barnegat Bay Duck Decoy Festival. The authors also
list a number of other spectacles that while they didn't make the
top 25 list, but are well-worth checking out-including a
tongue-in-cheek look at what may be New Jersey's best-known
wildlife, humans at the shopping mall. This book grows from the
authors' quarter century of exploring the state's estuaries, bays,
fields, and forests, observing and enjoying its natural habitats.
They've written the perfect guidebook for everyone, whether you are
ready to head off to the great outdoors or prefer to read about
nature from the comfort of your armchair.
Many marine biologists have concentrated on the species approach to
the study of marine vertebrates. Although it has long been
recognized that species interact, it has been far easier to study
that interaction from the viewpoint of only one of the
participants. Recently biologists have tried to study interactions
from the viewpoint of all participants. Because of the high
visibility of birds, it is easy to observe their interactions with
other vertebrates such as fish, porpoises, and whales, but it is
difficult to obtain quantitative data on their interactions.
Seabirds and Other Marine Vertebrates, the only comprehensive
examination of its kind, fills a particular niche: that of pulling
together in one place the exciting current work in marine species
interactions between seabirds and other marine vertebrates.The
majority of essays in this work are structured to include a balance
between literature review, original data, and synthesis. They
concern obvious aspects of predation, competition, and
commensalism. These topics relate directly to food acquisition and
survival in a marine environment, and provide paradigms for the
future study of marine birds and other organisms.Since man's
encroachment in coastal and pelagic environments is increasing and
poses a threat to marine birds, a volume elucidating various
aspects of their interactions has multiple uses. As well as being
of value to ornithologist, this work should be useful to other
vertebrate biologists, behaviorists, ecologists and managers
involved with coastal planning. It is a forerunner of things to
come in marine biology.
Studies the benefits and costs of group living as illustrated by
colonies of the gull-like seabird on salt marshes and sandy beaches
of the east coast of North America. Examines such behavior as
predator detection and defense, and competition for mates, nesting
sites, and food. The observation of 30
Elinor (Lin) Ostrom was awarded the 2009 Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic Sciences for her pathbreaking research on "economic
governance, especially the commons," but she also made important
contributions to several other fields of political economy and
public policy. The range of topics she covered and the multiple
methods she used might convey the mistaken impression that her body
of work is disjointed and incoherent. This four-volume compendium
of papers written by Lin, alone or with various coauthors (most
notably including her husband and partner, Vincent), supplemented
by others expanding on their work, brings together the common
strands of research that serve to tie her impressive oeuvre
together. That oeuvre, together with Vincent's own impressive body
of work, has come to define a distinctive school of
political-economic thought, the "Bloomington School." Each of the
four volumes is organized around a central theme of Lin's work. The
fourth and final volume, "Policy Applications and Extensions,"
collects sixteen papers that explore further applications and
extensions of Ostrom's work. In fact, Ostrom had been writing about
the scaling up of Bloomington School ideas to treat such problems
since the mid-1990's. Her contributions to the climate change
literature have been very impactful. An increasing number of
scholars working on climate policy are now promoting various
polycentric approaches to the problem. Equally influential, even
seminal, was Ostrom's work (with Charlotte Hess) on the so-called
"knowledge commons," a "hot" area of research dealing with
contested issues such as the appropriate balance between private
ownershipand open-access to information resources. The third part
of the volume moves from applications of Ostrom's ideas to
continuing her own efforts to improve the IAD and SES frameworks so
as to make them even more useful for researchers and analysts.
Finally, the volume concludes with two papers by Ostrom reflecting
on continuing challenges confronting the social sciences generally
and interdisciplinary research in particular. They are reminders
that much work remains to be done.
Come for a journey along the Jersey shore with naturalist and
ecologist Joanna Burger In these deeply felt, closely observed
personal essays, Burger invokes the intertwined lives of naturalist
and wild creatures at the ever-changing edge of ocean and land.
Discover with her the delicate mating dances of fiddler crabs, the
dangers to piping plovers, the swarming of fish communities into
the bays and estuaries, the trilling notes of Fowler's toads, and
the subtle green-grays of salt marshes.Joanna Burger knows the
shore through all its seasons--the first moment of spring when the
herring gulls arrive on ice-gouged salt marshes, the end of spring
when the great flocks of shorebirds come to feed on horseshoe crab
eggs at Cape May, the summer when the peregrine hunts its prey, the
fall when the migrations of hawks and monarch butterflies attract
watchers from around the world, and the depths of winter when a
lone snowy owl sweeps across snow-covered dunes and frozen bay.
This is a book that anyone who loves the Jersey shore will cherish
And because so many of these wonderful creatures live all along the
Atlantic coast, it will be of equal interest to beach-lovers,
naturalists, bird-watchers, fishermen, and coastal and marine
scientists from North Carolina to Maine.
The Gulf of Mexico is one of the most important ecological regions
in the world for birds. The mosaic of diverse habitats in the
region provides numerous niches for birds. There are productive
salt marshes, barrier islands, and sandy beaches for foraging and
nesting; a direct pathway between North and Central and South
America for migrating; and warm, tropical waters for wintering.
Many species are residents all year around, some migrate through,
and still others spend the winter along the shores. The Gulf Coast
is home to a significant portion of the world's population of
Reddish Egret and Snowy Plover and a significant portion of the US
breeding populations of certain birds, including the Sandwich Tern,
Black Skimmer, and Laughing Gull. In total, there are more than 400
bird species that rely on the Gulf at some time during the year.
Drawing on decades of fieldwork and data research, renowned
ornithologist and behavioral ecologist Joanna Burger provides
detailed descriptions of birdlife in the Gulf of Mexico. Burger
records trends in bird population, behavior, and major threats and
stressors affecting birds in the region, including the effects of
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010. While some of this data
exists in journal articles, research papers, and government
reports, this is the first volume to weave together a comprehensive
overview of the birds and related natural resources found in the
Gulf of Mexico. Illustrated with over 900 color photographs,
charts, and maps, this landmark reference volume will be immensely
important for researchers, conservationists, land managers,
birders, and wildlife lovers.
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