The SparrowhawkDr Newton is an ornithologist with the Natural Environment Research Council and the book draws on his wide knowledge of the Sparrowhawk to give a detailed account of all aspects of its lifestyle, population levels and trends, and the impact of man and environment on the species. |
Contents
Contents F32 | 10 |
Acknowledgments | 15 |
Background study areas and methods | 17 |
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Accipiter adults Ae Forest Annandale average behaviour birds birds ringed bred breeders breeding performance breeding population breeding season Britain broods Chaffinch Chapter chicks clutches Coal Tit cocks conifer decline density density-dependent dieldrin diet early Eskdale factors feathers feeding females fledging flight food supply Goshawks growth habitat hatch HEOD House Sparrow hunting increase incubation individuals juveniles killed larger late later laying dates less lifetime production mainly males mate mean migration Mistle Thrush mortality moult moved nest numbers nesting places nestling period Newton & Marquiss number of young occurred organochlorine Owls pairs parents partly pesticides plucking pre-lay predation prey species probably produced young proportion raptors recorded sexes shell Song Thrush songbirds south Scotland Sparrowhawk nests spring stage study areas survival Table Tawny Owls Tinbergen 1946 tits trapped tree trend twigs usually variation weight wings winter woodland Woodpigeons woods yearlings
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