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The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation
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Filled with beautiful colour illustrations and range maps, the Guide is a timely, important, and inspiring reference for birders and anyone else interested in conserving North America’s avian fauna. But this book is far more than another shout of crisis. The Guide also lays out a concrete and achievable plan of long-term action to safeguard our country’s rich bird life.
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The most authoritative book on bird conservation in the Americas ever published, The American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation will be the definitive book on the subject. The Guide presents the first comprehensive classification system and threat analysis for bird habitats in the United States, the most thorough assessment of threats to birds published to date, as well as a priority list of birds of conservation concern. Filled with beautiful colour illustrations and range maps, the Guide is a timely, important, and inspiring reference for birders and anyone else interested in conserving North America’s avian fauna. But this book is far more than another shout of crisis. The Guide also lays out a concrete and achievable plan of long-term action to safeguard our country’s rich bird life.
Features:
- Details all 212 WatchList species, including Hawaiian species, with colour illustrations
- Includes range maps with global and year-round ranges
- Contains descriptions and graphic depictions of twelve U.S. “Birdscapes”
- Offers the first comprehensive status and threat analysis for U.S. bird habitats
- Details 50 top bird sites
- Includes information on international bird conservation, including migrants and endemic species
- Contains a complete analysis of human causes of bird mortality and their impacts
- Suggests what you can do to help bird conservation
- Provides state-by-state bird conservation priorities
| Weight | 1.2 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 16 × 23 cm |
| Language | English |
| Product format | Hardback |
| Pages | 448 |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 978-02-266-4727-2 |
| Published in | October 2010 |
| Published by | Lynx Edicions |
Dr. Daniel J. Lebbin, Conservation Biologist with ABC, received a Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University. His dissertation research investigated habitat specialization among Amazonian birds in Peru, where he spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar. He has also done field research in Jamaica, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
Michael J. Parr, Vice President with ABC, graduated from the University of East Anglia in 1986. He worked as Development Officer at BirdLife International before joining American Bird Conservancy in 1996. He co-authored A Guide to the Parrots of the World published by Yale University Press, and The 500 Most Important Bird Areas in the U.S. He is Chair of the Alliance for Zero Extinction.
Dr. George H. Fenwick has served as President and CEO of ABC since its founding in 1994. Prior to that, he worked in a variety of capacities during 15 years with The Nature Conservancy, including Director of Science, and Chair of the Last Great Places Campaign Steering Committee. He received a Ph.D. in Pathobiology from Johns Hopkins University.
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