Bird Conservation: Global evidence for the effects of interventions: 2 (Synopses of Conservation Evidence) - Hardcover

Williams, David R.; Pople, Robert G.; Showler, David A.; Dicks, Lynn V.; Child, Matthew F.; Zu Ermgassen, Erasmus K.H.J.; Sutherland, William J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1907807209 ISBN 13: 9781907807206

Publisher: Pelagic Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

This book brings together scientific evidence and experience relevant to the practical conservation of wild birds. The authors worked with an international group of bird experts and conservationists to develop a global list of interventions that could benefit wild birds. For each intervention, the book summarises studies captured by the Conservation Evidence project, where that intervention has been tested and its effects on birds quantified. The result is a thorough guide to what is known, or not known, about the effectiveness of bird conservation actions throughout the world. The preparation of this synopsis was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and Arcadia.

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About the Authors

Lynn Dicks is a Research Fellow at the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. She has been a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow, linked to the Insect Pollinators Initiative(2011-2014) and a Co-ordinating Lead Author of the IPBES Thematic assessment of pollinators, pollination and food production. She has a degree from Oxford University in Biological Sciences (1995) and a PhD from Cambridge University (2002) on the ecology of flower-visiting insects.

Bill Sutherland is Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge and President of the British Ecological Society. He is known for his research on integrating science and policy particularly in the field of evidence-based conservation. Two of his key contributions have been the horizon-scanning exercises to identify future priority issues and the 100 important questions in various disciplines (ecology, poverty prevention, global agriculture and food amongst others). He has also worked extensively on bird population ecology and the biodiversity impacts of agriculture.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelagic Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907807209
• ISBN 13: 9781907807206
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 575