RAPTOR RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES. By David M. Bird and others.

2007 1st edition thus. Large 4to paperback. Pp463,ad. B/w photographs and line illustrations, bibliography.

This is a freshly rewritten and updated version of the former Raptor Management Techniques Manual. Comprehensive, detailed and up to date. Chapters include: The raptor literature; Raptor identification, ageing and sexing; Systematics; Study design, data management, analysis, and presentation; Survey techniques; Migration counts and monitoring; Behavioural studies; Food habits; Habitat sampling; Accessing nests; Assessing nesting success and productivity; Capture techniques; Marking techniques. Spatial tracking: Radio trackin; Satellite tracking; Stable isotopes and trace elements. energetics. Physiology: Gastrointestinal; Hematological; Reproductive. Pathology: Disease; Ectoparasites; Endoparasites. Toxicology; Reducing management and research disturbance; Mitigation; Captive breeding; Augmenting wild populations and food resources; Rehabilitation; Public education; Legal considerations. Contributors include: Brian A. Millsap, Margaret E. Cooper, Geoffrey Holroyd, Jemima Parry-Jones, Mike Nicholls, Gail C. Farmer, Juan Jose Negro, Jose Hernan Sarasola, John H. Barclay, Joseph B. Platt, David M. Bird, Linda Bardo, Richard E. Harness, Robert N. Rosenfield, James W. Grier, Richard W. Fyfe, Charles J. Henny, John E. Elliott, Oliver Krone, James R. Philips, John E. Cooper, Juan Blanco, Jamie H. Samour, Deborah J. Monks, Neil A. Forbes, David C. Houston, Gary E. Duke, Charles R. Blem, Lloyd Kiff, Rob G. Bijlsma, Lucia Liu Severinghaus, Jevgeni Shergalin, William S. Clark, Michael Wink, James C. Bednarz, David E. Andersen, Keith L. Bildstein, Jeff P. Smith, Reuven Yosef, Giorgia Gaibani, Davide Csermely, Carl D. Marti, Marc Bechard, Fabian M. Jacksic, and numerous others.