The Golden EagleA&C Black, 1997 M01 1 - 374 páginas
Key Features: Explores factors limiting Golden Eagle numbers and breeding performance Reviews eagle predation on livestock Addresses conservation issues and the species' fortune in the past and present |
Contenido
Foreword | 9 |
Preface | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 15 |
Publishers Acknowledgements | 21 |
Reflections | 23 |
1 Introduction | 25 |
2 The Golden Eagle | 31 |
3 World range | 47 |
17 Movements and migration | 275 |
18 Mortality | 291 |
19 Threats | 308 |
20 Conservation | 341 |
21 History and tradition | 359 |
22 Further research | 372 |
The genus Aquila distribution and ecology | 378 |
The shaping of the highland landscape | 386 |
4 The Scottish Highlands and Islands Golden Eagle Country | 61 |
5 Hunting behaviour | 75 |
6 Food | 85 |
7 Nest sites | 106 |
8 Ranging behaviour | 125 |
9 Nest spacing and density | 147 |
10 Population estimates and trends | 168 |
11 The prebreeding season | 182 |
12 The breeding cycle eggs and incubation | 193 |
13 The breeding cycle nestling period | 207 |
14 The postfledging period and independence | 226 |
15 Breeding performance | 236 |
16 Moult | 265 |
Dietary breadth | 389 |
Assessment of food supply | 390 |
Nearestneighbour distance and density | 392 |
Scientific names of animals and plants | 393 |
Diet of Golden Eagles by number as reported in 24 studies from continental Europe and Asia | 397 |
Diet of Golden Eagles by number as reported from 13 studies in North America | 399 |
Diet of Aquila eagles by number as reported from 16 studies in continental Europe and Asia | 401 |
Diet of Aquila Eagles by number as reported from nine studies in Africa | 403 |
Diet of Wedge tailed Eagles by number as reported from six studies in Australia | 405 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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