Erkki Korpimaki (Finland University of Turku), Harri Hakkarainen (Finland University of Turku)

The Boreal Owl

Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of a Forest-Dwelling Predator

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Synthesising long-term studies of Boreal Owls, this book explores hunting modes, habitats and foods, prey interactions, reproduction and parental care, dispersal, survival and mortality, population regulation and conservation in boreal forests. It examines the effect of modern forestry practices in the context of sustaining viable Boreal Owl populations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 944g
• ISBN-13: 9780521113717
• ISBN-10: 0521113717
• Artikelnr.: 35578364

Autorenporträt

Erkki Korpimäki is Professor of Animal Ecology at the Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland. His long-term research questions have focused on how predators are adapted to the large spatio-temporal fluctuations in their main prey densities, the apparent impacts of predators on prey populations and the effects of human-induced changes in the environment on viability of populations.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Boreal (or Tengmalm's) Owls: briefly
3. Study areas and research methods
4. Habitat use, roosts and nest sites
5. Interactions with prey animals
6. Life-history
7. Mating and parental care
8. Reproduction
9. Dispersal and autumn movements
10. Survival and mortality under temporally varying food conditions
11. Old forests increase survival and lifetime reproductive success
12. Family planning under fluctuating food conditions
13. Population dynamics
14. Population regulation
15. Conservation of Boreal Owl populations
References
Index.