This timely volume on rare birds and the risk of extinction provides a detailed account of conditions facing two hundred of the world's most threatened species. Providing both conceptual information on the causes of rarity, habitat destruction, and the impacts of human development on rates of extinction as well as specific information on threatened birds, the work provides case studies that illustrate key points and illuminate ways in which careful wildlife management can prevent the destruction of these populations. The volume includes numerous full color photographs as well as territory and migration maps. Donald is a conservation scientist with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Collar and Marsden are professors of conservation biology and ecology and Pain is the director of conservation for the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust. Price is converted from euros and is subject to fluctuation. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.
