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Dr Newton is now a senior ornithologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and the book draws on his wide knowledge of the Sparrowhawk, as well as that of other workers in Britain and abroad.
The text gives a detailed account of all aspects of the Sparrowhawk's lifestyle, population levels and trends, and the impact of man and environment on the species in recent times.
The book also has the benefit of Dr Newton's particular interest in population regulation and breeding performance, and in the remarkable contrast in size between the Sparrowhawk sexes (males being half the weight of females), which means that they diverge, almost as separate species, in habitat preference, diet and in response to circumstance.
The narrative is fully supported by diagrams, tables and photographs, and is embellished by Keith Brockie's evocative and accomplished drawings.
Table of Contents
1 Background, study areas and methods
2 The Sparrowhawk
3 Nesting habitat
4 Nest spacing and breeding density
5 Ranging behaviour
6 Population trends
7 Hunting and feeding behaviour
8 Food
9 The Sparrowhawk as a predator
10 Breeding season
11 The breeding cycle: early stages
12 The breeding cycle: eggs and incubation
13 The breeding cycle: growth of young
14 The breeding cycle: parental care
15 The breeding cycle: post-fledgling period
16 Season trend in breeding success
17 Nest failures
18 Age and breeding
19 Moult
20 Dispersal
21 Territory and mate fidelity
22 Migration
23 Mortality
24 Effects of pesticides
25 Conclusions
Appendix 1: Finding nests
Appendix 2: Persecution of Sparrowhawks
Appendix 3: Procedure for analysis of nest spacing
Appendix 4: Causes and diagnosis of nest failure
Bibliography
Tables 1-63
Index
Product details
| Published | 30 Nov 2010 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 420 |
| ISBN | 9781408138328 |
| Imprint | T & AD Poyser |
| Series | Poyser Monographs |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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