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The essential text for ornithology courses, this book will leave students with a lifelong understanding and appreciation of the biology and ecology of birds.

Aves, the birds, is the wildlife group that people most frequently encounter. With over 10,000 species worldwide, these animals are part of our everyday experience. They are also the focus of intense research, and their management and conservation is a subject of considerable effort throughout the world. But what are the defining attributes that make a bird a bird?

Aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, Ornithology provides a solid modern foundation for understanding the life and development of birds. Written by renowned experts from around the globe, this comprehensive textbook draws on the latest research to create an innovative learning experience. Moving beyond bones, muscle, and feathers, it provides the core information needed to "build" the bird, linking anatomy and physiology with ecology and behavior.

As it reviews the major orders of birds, the book highlights their wide diversity and critically evaluates ornithological concepts and theories. Incorporating brief biographies of leaders in the field, the text describes their contributions in the context of key historical events in bird science. Each chapter ends with a summary of the material covered, a discussion of potential management and conservation applications, and suggested study questions that will stimulate thought and discussion.

1. What Makes a Bird?, by Amanda D. Rodewald, Michael L. Morrison, Melanie R. Coln, Gary Voelker, and Jonathan F. Prather
2. Origin and Early Evolution of Birds, by Luis M. Chiappe
3. Species Concepts and Speciation Analysis, by John Klicka and Robert M. Zink
4. Bird Distributions: Evolutionary and Ecological Perspectives, by Gary Voelker and Robert M. Zink
5. From Fertilization to Independence, by J. Matthias Starck
6. Anatomy, by Margaret A. Voss and Marco Pavia
7. Physiology, by Carlos Martinez del Rio, Zachary Cheviron, and Alejandro Pablo Sabat Kirkwood
8. Endocrinology, by George E. Bentley, Jamie M. Cornelius, and Thomas P. Hahn
9. Feathers and Molt, by Vanya G. Rohwer and Luke K. Butler
10. Flight and Locomotion, by Ashley M. Heers
11. Coloration, by Geoffrey E. Hill
12. The Senses, by Graham R. Martin
13. Song and the Brain, by Jonathan F. Prather
14. Acoustic Communication, by Jeffrey Podos and Michael S. Webster
15. Foraging Behavior, by Diego Sustaita, Alejandro Rico-Guevara, and Fritz Hertel
16. Reproductive Behavior and Mating Systems, by Patricia Adair Gowaty
17. Social Systems, by Susan B. McRae
18. Habitat Ecology, by Matthew D. Johnson and Eric M. Wood
19. Birds on the Move: Ecology of Migration and Dispersal, by W. Alice Boyle
20. Population Structure, by Peter Arcese and Lukas F. Keller
21. Population Ecology, by Leonard A. Brennan and William Block
22. Assemblages and Communities, by Robert J. Cooper and Shannon Farrell
23. Parasites and Diseases, by Jennifer Owen
24. Modern Climate Change and Birds, by Benjamin Zuckerberg and Lars Y. Pomara
25. Extinction and Endangerment, by John M. Marzluff and Marco Restani
26. In Harm's Way, by Timothy J. O'Connell and Scott R. Loss
27. Conservation Tools and Strategies, by Jeffrey R. Walters, Dylan C. Kesler, and Elisabeth B. Webb
28. Ecosystem and Landscape Management and Planning, by Mažeika P. Sullivan and Kerri T. Vierling
29. The Social and Economic Worth of Birds, by Christopher A. Lepczyk, Paige S. Warren, and Michael W. Strohbach
30. Pathways in Ornithology, by Melanie R. Coln, Ashley M. Long, Lori A. Blanc, and Caren B. Cooper
31. Fundamental Techniques, by Geoffrey Geupel, John Dumbacher, and Maureen Flannery

Non-essential light from buildings attracts and disorients birds in and to areas where they collide with glass surfaces. Untreated, reflective and transparent glass reflects the sky or vegetation during the day or appears to be a clear path through which birds can fly, and birds are unable to perceive the glass as a solid surface and collide with it. Eliminating unnecessary light and treating glass offer proven solutions to mitigating this component of the alarming bird population declines in the last 50 years.

British Wildlife is the leading natural history magazine in the UK, providing essential reading for both enthusiast and professional naturalists and wildlife conservationists. Published eight times a year, British Wildlife bridges the gap between popular writing and scientific literature through a combination of long-form articles, regular columns and reports, book reviews and letters.

Conservation Land Management (CLM) is a quarterly magazine that is widely regarded as essential reading for all who are involved in land management for nature conservation, across the British Isles. CLM includes long-form articles, events listings, publication reviews, new product information and updates, reports of conferences and letters.

Essential Ornithology provides the reader with a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of birds, one of the most widely studied taxonomic groups. The book begins by considering the dinosaur origins of birds and their subsequent evolution. Development, anatomy, and physiology are then discussed followed by chapters devoted to avian reproduction, migration, ecology, and conservation. Sections dealing with aspects of bird/human relationships and bird conservation give the book an applied context.

This new edition has been thoroughly updated, providing new information from rapidly-developing fields including the avian fossil record, urban and agricultural ecology, responses to climate change, invasive species biology, technologies to track movement, avian disease, and the role of citizen scientists. There is also a greater focus on North American ornithology. Drawing extensively upon the wider scientific literature, this engaging text places the results of classical studies of avian biology alongside the most recent scientific breakthroughs. Useful case studies are presented in a concise and engaging style with the student reader foremost in mind. Key points are highlighted and suggestions for guided reading and key references are included throughout.

Essential Ornithology is a companion textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in avian science, as well as a useful reference for professional researchers and consultants. Amateur ornithologists will also find this book offers a scientifically rigorous and accessible overview for a more general readership.

Graham Scott is Director of the Teaching Excellence Academy at the University of Hull, UK. He was previously Interim Dean in the Faculty of Science and Engineering, and Head of the Department of Biological Sciences. He has a PhD in Ornithology from Edinburgh University, UK and is the editor of Ringing and Migration, a journal of the British Trust for Ornithology. He is an active and enthusiastic birder and bird ringer/bander.

Customer review of the fiirst edition:

Fabulous & Essential Reading
by Birdbeginner in United Kingdom
Well presented, easy to understand yet packed with knowledge, without the jargon. Essential text for anyone wanting a greater understanding of birds and bird behaviour. Just buy it to see what I mean - I love it!

Essential Ornithology provides the reader with a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of birds, one of the most widely studied taxonomic groups. The book begins by considering the dinosaur origins of birds and their subsequent evolution. Development, anatomy, and physiology are then discussed followed by chapters devoted to avian reproduction, migration, ecology, and conservation. Sections dealing with aspects of bird/human relationships and bird conservation give the book an applied context.

This new edition has been thoroughly updated, providing new information from rapidly-developing fields including the avian fossil record, urban and agricultural ecology, responses to climate change, invasive species biology, technologies to track movement, avian disease, and the role of citizen scientists. There is also a greater focus on North American ornithology. Drawing extensively upon the wider scientific literature, this engaging text places the results of classical studies of avian biology alongside the most recent scientific breakthroughs. Useful case studies are presented in a concise and engaging style with the student reader foremost in mind. Key points are highlighted and suggestions for guided reading and key references are included throughout.

Essential Ornithology is a companion textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in avian science, as well as a useful reference for professional researchers and consultants. Amateur ornithologists will also find this book offers a scientifically rigorous and accessible overview for a more general readership.

This book provides a very thorough and up-to-date scientific review of all aspects of the biology of a globally imperiled group of birds that arguably have a disproportionately large ecological role everywhere that they occur in the world. Not since the pesticide DDT drove a suite of apex predators to the brink of extinction in the middle decades of the twentieth century, has the survival of an entire group of birds been threatened by human use of a single chemical. In this case, not a chemical pesticide broadcast widely over the environment, but rather a drug administered to livestock. Diclofenac, an anti-inflammatory drug designed to treat cattle and sheep, causes lethal kidney failure in vultures that consume the carcass of any dead animal that had received the drug. Unfortunately, this unintended consequence of the widespread use of a common veterinary medicine went unnoticed and unstudied until populations of several vulture species had already declined by 90% or more.