Description
Book SynopsisRaptors offers a comprehensive and accessible account of raptors, including their evolutionary history, their relationships to other groups of birds, their sensory abilities, their general natural history, their breeding ecology and feeding behavior, and threats to their survival in a human-dominated...
Trade ReviewThe text is well written, yet contains significant information the general reader will consider esoteric. Clearly, this is a labor of love for the author and it shows on every page. Any individual keenly interested in birds of prey will find this an entertaining read. Libraries with strong ornithological holdings will want a copy, but libraries with limited natural science sections may also find it attractive.
* Choice *
A clarifying perspective on a very complex subject. [Bildstein] notes the many deficiencies in our knowledge and the possible ways we can fill the gaps. Easy to read, yet still maintains a very high level of scientific objectivity.
* The Canadian Field-Naturalist *
A superb summary of biological knowledge of birds of prey worldwide. A very fine distillation of current knowledge and theories, with a global scope, arranged in an interesting and sometimes novel way that will keep any enquiring reader entertained and informed.
* Birdwatch *
Raptors is a book of passion by a world-renowned raptor conservation biologist whose fascination, wealth of knowledge, and experience comes through clearly. This book will be useful to raptor ecologists and biologists, graduate students working on birds of prey across the globe, and the wildlife and nature conservation fraternity. Simple and understandable language means it can also be appreciated by lay people with interest in natural history, including birdwatchers.
* Conservation Biology *
Table of Contents1. Introducing Raptors2. Form and Function3. Senses and Intelligence4. Distribution and Abundance5. Breeding Ecology6. Feeding Behavior7. Migration8. Raptors and People
