BIRDS OF PREY IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT. Edited by D.B.A. Thompson, S.M. Redpath, A.H. Fielding, M. Marquis and C.A. Galbraith.

2003 1st edition, paperback issue. 4to (190 x 245mm). Ppxx,550. Colour photograph plates, b/w illustrations, graphs and charts.

"More than 25 years have passed since the publication of the last major review of birds of prey in Britain. In December 2000, Scottish Natural Heritage, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the British Ornithologists' Union organised a major conference on birds of prey in a changing environment. Such was the interest generated by the conference that the material presented was developed and updated to form this important reference book. ..The 41 chapters are arranged under six themes: Numbers and status of brids of prey in Britain and Ireland; Population studies and the results of 13 long-tern national and local studies; Behavioural interactions, predation and ranging behaviour; Implications of land use change; Conservation and land use issues; Conflicts between humans and birds of prey and possible solutions.