Research Catalog

Title

Neotropical birds : ecology and conservation / Douglas F. Stotz [and others] ; with ecological and distributional databases by Theodore A. Parker III, Douglas F. Stotz, John W. Fitzpatrick.

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Stotz, Douglas F. (Douglas Forrester), 1956-
• Conservation International.
• Field Museum of Natural History.

Description

xx, 478 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm

Summary

• Bird communities are sensitive indicators of habitat type and condition. Therefore careful ornithological surveys can provide quick, practical assessments of the ecological characteristics and conservation status of many terrestrial communities in the tropical Americas. This volume provides the data essential to the success of such surveys. It compiles, for the first time, information on the ecological and geographical distributions of all 4,037 bird species of the.
• Neotropics, from Mexico south to Tierra del Fuego, including many migrant species. Using this extensive database, the authors analyze priorities for conservation in the Neotropics, showing how bird communities can help determine which Neotropical regions and habitats are in most urgent need of protection. In almost three hundred pages of tables (also available on disk), the authors provide detailed information on each species' geographic range, habitat use, elevational.
• Limits, foraging levels, relative abundance, and sensitivity to human disturbance. With the data in this book, for example, one can pinpoint all bird species living in any Neotropical country at a specific elevation in a particular vegetation type. Much of this previously unpublished information was amassed by Theodore A. Parker III before his untimely death. Careful analysis of this information suggests surprising and controversial conclusions. For instance, bird.
• Communities indicate that the current focus for conservation action in the Amazonian lowlands is misplaced: these forests are still relatively intact. Instead, biological communities that are narrowly restricted to the lower slopes of the Andes, to the tropical deciduous forests, and to the once-extensive grasslands and scrubs of central Brazil - communities still largely ignored by conservationists - are the ones facing most immediate risks from current development.
• Pressures. This unparalleled wealth of finely detailed ecological information on Neotropical bird communities will prove invaluable to all Neotropical wildlife managers, conservation biologists, and serious birders.

Subject

• Birds > Latin America
• Birds > Habitat > Latin America
• Birds > Ecology > Latin America
• Birds > Conservation > Latin America
• Birds > Ecology > Databases. > Latin America
• Birds > Latin America > Geographical distribution > Databases
• Birds
• Birds > Conservation
• Birds > Ecology
• Birds > Geographical distribution
• Birds > Habitat
• Vögel
• Ökologie
• Vogelschutz
• Birds > Latin America > Geographical distribution
• Oiseaux > Habitat > Amérique latine
• Oiseaux > Écologie > Bases de données. > Amérique latine
• Oiseaux > Protection > Amérique latine
• Oiseaux > Distribution géographique > Bases de données. > Amérique latine
• Latin America
• Neotropis

Genre/Form

Databases

Note

• "A project of Conservation International and the Field Museum of Natural History."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-460) and indexes.

Contents

1. Introduction: Neotropical Bird Communities and Conservation -- pt. 1. Birds and Vegetation: Distribution and Threats. 2. Neotropical Vegetation Types as Avian Habitats. 3. Neotropical Humid Forests. 4. Neotropical Dry Forests and Arid Scrubs. 5. Neotropical Grasslands. 6. Neotropical Aquatic Communities -- pt. 2. Bird Migration and Conservation in the Neotropics. 7. Nearctic Migrants in the Neotropics: How Big Is the Threat? 8. Austral and Intratropical Bird Migration in the Neotropics -- pt. 3. Priorities for Protection. 9. Guiding Principles for Conservation in the Neotropics. 10. Centers of Diversity at Risk: Translating Principles into Action -- pt. 4. Ecological and Distributional Databases / Theodore A. Parker III, Douglas F. Stotz and John W. Fitzpatrick. 11. The Development of Ornithology for Conservation in the Neotropics. 12. A Guide to the Databases -- Database A Zoogeographic and Ecological Attributes of Bird Species Breeding in the Neotropics -- Database B Distribution of Neotropical Bird Species by Country -- Database C Nearctic Migrants 1: Species Not Breeding in the Neotropics -- Database D Nearctic Migrants 2: Species Breeding in the Neotropics -- Database E Austral Migrants -- Database F Seabirds Not Breeding in the Neotropics -- Database G Nearctic Partial Migrants -- Database H Austral Partial Migrants -- Database I Indicator Species.

ISBN

• 0226776298
• 9780226776293
• 0226776301
• 9780226776309

LCCN

95031571

OCLC

• ocm32819832
• 32819832
• SCSB-2081118

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library