Eleonora's falcon : adaptations to prey and habitat in a social raptor / Hartmut Walter
- Bib ID:
- 970867
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- Author:
- Walter, Hartmut, 1940-
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1979
- xiii, 410 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0226872297
- Series:
- Wildlife behavior and ecology
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- 1. Studying Falcons
- Background
- Study Aims
- Itinerary and Study Plan
- Field Identification
- 2. Geography
- Distribution
- Breeding Habitats
- Population Status
- 3. Population Ecology
- Colony Size and Structure
- Clutch Size and Breeding Success
- Egg-laying, Incubation, and Hatching Time
- Growth Rates of the Young
- Mortality and Its Causes
- 4. The Hunting of Migrant Birds during the Breeding Season
- Division of Labor
- Hunting Area, Period, and Techniques
- 5. Bird Migration in the Falcon's Breeding Areas
- Structure of Bird Migration
- Eleonora's Falcon and the Migration Pulse
- Conclusions
- 6. A Further Analysis of Raptor/Prey Interactions
- Hunting Success
- Selective Hunting
- Killing the Prey
- Antiraptor Behavior of Prey Species
- Hunting Behavior from April to July
- Switch from Insect-Hawking to Bird-Hunting
- 7. The Falcon's Prey
- Methodology
- Nature of Prey Remains
- Insects and Other Nonbird Food
- Analysis of Bird Remains
- Prey Remains at Paximada and Mogador
- Prey Biomass and Falcon Energetics
- Impact of Eleonora's Falcon on Bird Migration
- Are Prey Remains a Mirror of Migration Density?
- Analysis of Prey Migration Patterns
- Summary and General Conclusions
- 8. Patterns of Falcon Behavior
- Study Methods
- Sexual Behavior
- Territorial Behavior
- Agonistic Behavior
- Acoustic Behavior of Eleonora's Falcon
- Behavioral Development of Young Falcons
- General Discussion
- 9. The Nonbreeding Season
- Departure from Breeding Areas
- Fall Migration
- Geography of the Winter Range
- Falcon Ecology and Behavior
- Spring Migration and Return to the Mediterranean Region
- Geographical Dispersion of Juveniles and Subadults during Spring and Summer Months
- Discussion
- 10. Evolutionary Ecology
- Comparing Atlantic and Aegean Populations
- "Absent" Caribbean Niche
- Origin of Eleonora's Falcon
- 11. Human Impact
- Discovery of Eleonora's Falcon
- Princess Eleonora of Arborea
- Medieval Falconry in Sardinia
- Fishermen and Other Predators
- Indirect Effects of Human Endeavor
- Future of Eleonora's Falcon
- 12. Eleonora's Falcon and Other Birds of Prey: A Comparative Analysis
- Adaptive Value and Function of Morphological Characters
- Dispersion, Territoriality, and Sociability
- Selection and Occupancy of Nest Sites
- Breeding Behavior
- Predator/Prey Relationships
- Reversed Sexual Dimorphism in Raptors
- Raptor Research
- Appendixes:
- A. Tables 25-38
- B. Hunting, Feeding, and Food-catching Behavior
- C. Records of Falco eleonorae from Madagascar, Reunion, and Mauritius
- D. Genetic Base of Color Dimorphism
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 385-400.
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