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Author:

Wormworth, Janice.

Title:

Winged sentinels : birds and climate change / Janice Wormworth, Çağan Şekercioğlu.

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

ix, 262 p., [24] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Birds--Climatic factors.
Climatic changes--Environmental aspects.
Birds--Ecology.
Environmental indicators.
Indicators (Biology)
Birds--Conservation.

Other Authors:

Şekercioğlu, Çağan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-247) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : the free advice of birds -- Phenology : seasonal timing and mismatch -- Migratory birds face climate turbulence -- Range shifts and reshuffled communities -- Seabirds herald ocean change -- Climate change, abundance and extinction -- Tropical warming and habitat islands -- Shifting ground on conservation.

ISBN:

0521126827 (pbk)
9780521126823 (pbk)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)696046425

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)