9. Conservation of Migratory Birds in the Tropics

  1. Navjot S. Sodhi1,
  2. Çağan H. Şekercioğlu2,
  3. Jos Barlow3,
  4. Scott K. Robinson4

Published Online: 23 MAR 2011

DOI: 10.1002/9781444342611.ch9

Book Title

Conservation of Tropical Birds

Conservation of Tropical Birds

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How to Cite

Sodhi, N. S., Şekercioğlu, Ç. H., Barlow, J. and Robinson, S. K. (2011) Conservation of Migratory Birds in the Tropics, in Conservation of Tropical Birds, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444342611.ch9

Author Information

  1. 1

    National University of Singapore

  2. 2

    Stanford University, USA

  3. 3

    Lancaster University, UK

  4. 4

    University of Florida, UK

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 23 MAR 2011
  2. Published Print: 8 APR 2011

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781444334821

Online ISBN: 9781444342611

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Keywords:

  • conservation of migratory birds - in the tropics;
  • 500 species of birds, numbering in billions of individuals - non-breeding season in tropics;
  • migratory birds, focus in avian conservation biology - over the last three decades;
  • conservation perspective - migratory birds, facing the worst of all possible worlds;
  • geographical scale of migratory behavior, conserving migratory birds - requiring large-scale conservation efforts;
  • migratory songbird conservation - differing from programs, designed mainly to prevent extinctions;
  • onset of massive conservation efforts - aimed at migratory birds, renaissance of research into phenomenon of migration;
  • hypothetical patterns of connectivity - in migratory songbirds' breeding in eastern North America, and wintering in Central America and in the West Indies;
  • conservation problems - faced by migratory birds in the tropics;
  • climate change, having subtler effects on migratory birds

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Migration – an imperiled phenomenon

  • The natural history of migratory birds

  • Conservation problems faced by migratory birds in the tropics

  • Towards a comprehensive strategy for migratory bird conservation

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