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With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain's best-known birds. Lapwings depend on agricultural land to breed and are considered a barometer of the health of this habitat; the population has crashed over recent decades, partly due to changes in farming practices. In winter, Lapwings switch to coastal areas and to wetlands, including those in suburban areas, where large, noisy flocks can gather. Michael Shrubb's The Lapwing is a concise yet authoritative monograph of this popular species; a thorough review of Lapwing biology contains sections on population dynamics, feeding ecology, habitat use, migration, and conservation; there is an impressively detailed review of our current understanding of breeding biology, plus discussion of some other species in the genus. The Lapwing is a superb addition to the Poyser list. Of interest to both amateur naturalists, who will enjoy insights into the birds' lives, and to academics, who will appreciate the broad overview of current research, this title will remain the definitive work on the species for many years to come.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction and Acknowledgements
1 The lapwing species
2 Breeding distribution and populations
3 Breeding habitat and causes of population change in Europe
4 Breeding habitat and causes of population change in Britain
5 Distribution and populations in winter
6 Winter habitat use
7 Food and feeding behaviour
8 The breeding season: arrival and territory
9 The breeding season: courtship, display and pair formation
10 The breeding season: laying, incubation and hatching
11 The breeding season: nesting success
12 Rearing the chicks and fledgling success
13 Movements and mortality
14 Conservation and the future
Appendix 1: Changes in breeding populations
Appendix 2: Habitats used by breeding Lapwings in Europe
Appendix 3: The diet of the Lapwing
Appendix 4: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text
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