Ornithology - Monographs (inc. Poyser)

by Bruce Campbell / Elizabeth Lack

700pp. 2010

by Clive Finlayson

The impacts of global warming are of concern to all of us. The potential responses of birds to climate change have come increasingly to the fore, and are of particular interest to the ornithological community. Are birds sensitive to climate change and how will they react to a world of global warming? These are the key issues to be explored in this book, with particular reference to Western Palearctic birds. 304pp. 2011

by Eileen Rees

Britain's Bewick's have been the subject of intensive behavioural study, while their population ecology has provided a similar focus for research. The author discusses their biology in full, with sections on population and distribution, breeding biology, wintering behaviour, food and feeding ecology, taxonomy and phylogeny, migration and conservation. There is also frequent reference to the Bewick's sibling subspecies, the Tundra Swan of North America. Colour illustraions by Dafila Scott, 320pp. 2006

by R J Fuller

B/w photographs, line drawings, 352pp. 2010

by Barbara and David Snow

Photographs, illustrations, 268pp. 2010

by Mark Avery / Roderick Leslie

illustrated by Philip Snow

In this book an ornithologist and a forester have combined their skills to try and tease out the real facts behind the various arguments: Which bird species are really threatened? How can we judge the relative value of bird species ousted by plantations and the new species which colonize them? How can the need for forest products be reconciled with the demands of conservationists? 299pp. 2010

by Graham Martin

Investigates the complex relationship between nocturnal birds and the environment which they inhabit from dusk to dawn. The study encompasses not only the activities of owls and other purely nocturnal birds, but also species which are only occasionally nocturnal, those owl species which are primarily diurnal in habit, and cave-dwelling birds such as swifts. Illustrations, figures, tables. 227pp. 2010

by Clive Hutchinson

Maps, tables, histograms, 212pp. 2010

by Valerie Thom

392pp. 2010

by Roger Lovegrove / Graham Williams / Iolo Williams

The first comprehensive guide to bird occurrence, distribution and history in Wales, and a companion volume to the previous Poyser titles Birds in Scotland and Birds in Ireland. Includes individual county records, line drawings, maps, 350pp. 2010

by Adrian Pitches / Tim Cleeves

Since 1980 a total of 75 bird species have been found for the first time in Britain. Each individual, although hopelessly lost and quite possibly doomed, has brought birding celebrity to its finder, and a swarm of admirers to view the bird itself. The accounts are reproduced from their original sources. These are complemented with new commentaries about the birds and a series of annual reviews from invited contributors. Colour photograps, line drawings. 300pp. 2005

by J T R Sharrock / P J Grant

280pp. 2010