- ホーム
- > 洋書
- > ドイツ書
- > Mathematics, Sciences & Technology
- > Biology
- > zoology
Description
The European roller is one of the most striking coloured birds in several countries of Europe, but with relatively scarce published scientific information as compared with other equivalents. Knowledge on their natural history is scattered into old general Handbooks and Bird Guides and refers mostly to basic aspects in the north of its breeding area. However, during the last two decades, there is an upsurge of research on roller conservation and ecology. Our aim in the proposed book is to provide an up-to-date picture of the roller´s natural history by compiling and synthetizing all the scientific knowledge on ecology and conservation of the species across its distributional range. Beyond this, the book is structured around the idea that the roller is a sentinel species of human impacts on European steppes and farmlands, and, the need to address holistic approaches (multipopulation-studies and considering complete life cycle from breeding sites to wintering and migration) to obtain areal picture of human impacts on wildlife.
The book is aimed at professional ecologists, behavioural ecologists and conservation biologists working with birds, practitioners, wildlife and conservation managers. Moreover, this book is of interest to a large audience, in particular those naturalists and bird enthusiast people who collect books on the natural history of animals.
The Case for a Monograph on the European Roller.- The Origin and Evolutionary History of Rollers.- Population Genetics and Phylogeography of the Roller.- Natural History: Coloration and Sexual Selection, Biometry, Sexual Dimorphism, Diet, and Reproductive Behaviour.- Global Distribution, Conservation Status, Population Trends and Population Threats.- Habitat Selection and Space Use.- Breeding Biology and Demographic Traits: Population Parameters, Reproduction and Survival.- Movement Ecology.- Parasite Ecology of the European Roller.- Competitive, Predatory and Positive Interactions.- European Rollers in the Anthropocene: Conservation, Management and Assessment of Nest-box Provisioning Programs.- Climate Change: Effects on Individuals and Populations.- Synthesis and Perspectives.
Jesús Miguel Avilés, Unidad Asociada (CSIC): Ecología en el Antropoceno, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
Deseada Parejo, Unidad Asociada (CSIC): Ecología en el Antropoceno, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
