Birds as Monitors of Environmental Change

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. Front Matter....Pages i-x Can birds be used to monitor the environment?....Pages 1-41 Environmental changes....Pages 42-85 Birds as monitors of pollutants....Pages 86-143 Birds as monitors of radionuclide contamination....Pages 144-178 Birds as indicators of changes in water quality....Pages 179-216 Birds as indicators of change in marine prey stocks....Pages 217-266 Integrated population monitoring: detecting the effects of diverse changes....Pages 267-342 Back Matter....Pages 343-356