Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-94-015-1324-1
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 356 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change looks at how bird populations are affected by pollutants, water quality, and other physical changes and how this scientific knowledge can help in predicting the effects of pollutants and other physical changes in the environment.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Furness, R.W.

Greenwood, J.J.D.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Analytische Chemie Umweltchemie, Lebensmittelchemie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Bauingenieurwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Can birds be used to monitor the environment?.- 2 Environmental changes.- 3 Birds as monitors of pollutants.- 4 Birds as monitors of radionuclide contamination.- 5 Birds as indicators of changes in water quality.- 6 Birds as indicators of change in marine prey stocks.- 7 Integrated population monitoring: detecting the effects of diverse changes.