The Population Ecology and Conservation of Charadrius Plovers... - 9781498755825

CRC Press

The Population Ecology and Conservation of Charadrius PloversAuthor(s): Mark A. Colwell, Susan M. Haig\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: CRC Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781498755825, 978-1498755825\nSynopsis\nThe 40 or so species of beach-loving plovers (genus Charadrius) comprise a diverse group of shorebirds found around the world. Most of these species are challenged by changing climates and other human-related development activities, yet they provide key insights into basic ecological and evolutionary processes. The expert international contributors take a comparative approach, presenting examples from many worldwide plover studies and synthesizing the groups most pressing and important topics. The book further presents an emphasis on full life-cycle biology, including the importance of examining migratory connectivity issues, even for non-migratory plovers.\n\nColor pages were planned and approved for some pages in this volume, but due to a.