Waterfowl Ecology and Management - Hardcover

Baldassarre, Guy A.; Bolen, Eric G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1575242605 ISBN 13: 9781575242606

Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006

Synopsis

This new book represents a major revision of the first edition and addresses all aspects of waterfowl ecology and management under one cover. The second edition is expanded to 2,800 references arrayed across 11 chapters, such as classification, courtship behavior and pair-bond formation, reproduction, feeding ecology, breeding and winter periods, mortality and harvest management, wetlands and wetland management, major waterfowl habitats, and policy and administration. The new edition also includes 16 ""infoboxes,"" which are stand-alone inserts in the various chapters. The infoboxes present information on important waterfowl people, places, and issues. Coverage also has been expanded to address important waterfowl habitats around the globe and address a broad array of issues and examples of waterfowl ecology from the international literature.

About this title

About the Author:

About the authors Guy A. Baldassarre, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology at the College of Environmental Science and Forestry of the State University of New York, Syracuse. Dr. Baldassarre received his doctorate in wildlife ecology and management from Texas Tech University. Prior to joining the teaching staff of the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, he was Assistant Professor at Auburn University, from 1982 to 1987. He has been a member of the Wildlife Society since 1973, and he is a member of the Wilson Ornithological Society, the Cooper Ornithological Society, and the American Ornithologists Union. Professor Baldassarre has studied and written on the waterfowl and wetlands of coastal Louisiana, the playa lakes of Texas, Wisconsin, Alabama, New York, and Manitoba. Since 1986 he has been actively involved in conservation efforts and research on the neotropical wetlands in Mexico, especially aspects related to waterfowl and Caribbean flamingos. Eric G. Bolen, PhD, is Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Biology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Professor Bolen received his doctorate in wildlife ecology from Utah State University in 1967. Prior to coming to the University of North Carolina, he was Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Texas Tech University from 1982 to 1988, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Texas Tech University from 1978 to 1988, and Assistant Director of the Welder Wildlife Foundation from 1973 to 1978. Professor Bolen is listed in the National Leaders of America, Conservation, has been a member of the Wildlife Society since 1959 and is a life member of the Wilson Ornithological Society, the Cooper Ornithological Society, and the American Ornithologists’ Union. He has served as editor of the Wildlife Society Bulletin, and is currently on the editorial board of Conservation Biology. His other books include, Mississippi Kite: Portrait of a Southern Hawk and Wildlife Ecology and Management.

From the Back Cover:

Scientifically exhaustive, exquisitely illustrated, an incomparable addition to your personal and professional libraries... The distillation of more than 1,600 scientific papers and reports garnered from sources around the world, this awesome compendium summarizes virtually all that is currently known about North American waterfowl—their feeding ecology, mortality, courtship, reproduction, and much more. At the same time, the authors never lose sight of crucial issues surrounding waterfowl management, both from the standpoints of habitat and official policy. Featuring more than 100 photographs as well as artist D. Andrew Saunders’s elegant illustrations, Waterfowl Ecology and Management is an attractive and important new work.

About this edition

• Publisher: Krieger Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1575242605
• ISBN 13: 9781575242606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 567
• Illustrator: Sayre Tamara R.