Overview
The first book to offer a complete overview of raptor ecosystems in urban areas
Synthesized from two decades of cutting-edge research from 38 leading scientists
New research shows raptors as vital members of the urban ecosystem
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Raptors in Urban Ecosystems
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Urban Raptors
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Conservation and Management
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About this book
A cutting-edge synthesis of over two decades of scientific research, Urban Raptors is the first book to offer a complete overview of urban ecosystems in the context of bird-of-prey ecology and conservation. This comprehensive volume examines urban environments, explains why some species adapt to urban areas but others do not, and introduces modern research tools to help in the study of urban raptors. It also delves into climate change adaptation, human-wildlife conflict, and the unique risks birds of prey face in urban areas before concluding with real-world wildlife management case studies and suggestions for future research and conservation efforts.
Boal and Dykstra have compiled the go-to single source of information on urban birds of prey. Among researchers, urban green space planners, wildlife management agencies, birders, and informed citizens alike, Urban Raptors will foster a greater understanding of birds of prey and an increased willingness to accommodate them as important members, not intruders, of our cities.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Clint Boal
Clint W. Boal is a research wildlife biologist with the U.S. Geological Surveys Texas Cooperative Research Unit and holds a joint appointment as a professor of wildlife ecology at Texas Tech University. He holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in wildlife science from the University of Arizona. He has served on the Board of Directors and is a Past-President of the Raptor Research Foundation, an international professional society with approximately 1,000 members from over 40 countries. He has conducted research with birds of prey for over 25 years, with much of it focusing on urban environments. He has published over 85 peer-refereed journal articles, the majority focused on birds of prey. He has served as an associate editor for the Journal of Wildlife Management, Journal of Raptor Research, and, currently, the Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Cheryl Dykstra
Cheryl R. Dykstra is an independent researcher and holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in wildlife ecology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For the past 12 years, she has served as the editor-in-chief of The Journal of Raptor Research, an international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the dissemination of information about birds of prey. She has spent 23 years leading raptor research projects, including an ongoing 20-year study of urban red-shouldered hawks. She has published more than 30 articles in peer-reviewed ornithological journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Urban Raptors
Book Subtitle: Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities
Editors: Clint W. Boal, Cheryl R. Dykstra
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-841-1
Publisher: Island Press Washington, DC
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Cheryl R. Dykstra 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-61091-841-1Published: 03 October 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 302
Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations
Topics: Urban Ecology, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Animal Ecology, Ecosystems, Terrestial Ecology