Birds and habitat: relationships in changing landscapes

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List of contributors Preface Part I. The Complexity of Patterns and Processes: 1. The bird and its habitat: an overview of concepts Robert J. Fuller 2. Habitat quality and habitat occupancy by birds in variable environments Robert J. Fuller 3. Spatial variation and temporal shifts in habitat use by birds at the European scale Tomasz Wesolowski and Robert J. Fuller 4. Mechanisms and processes underlying landscape structure effects on bird populations Paul M. Dolman 5. Avian responses to transitional habitats in temperate cultural landscapes: woodland edges and young growth Robert J. Fuller 6. Habitat associations of birds in complex changing cultural landscapes Shelley A. Hinsley and Simon Gillings 7. The importance of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales for birds in European agricultural landscapes Juliet Vickery and Raphael Arlettaz Part II. Case Studies of Habitat Use and Selection: 8. Spatial variation and habitat relationships in moorland bird assemblages: a British perspective Murray C. Grant and James W. Pearce-Higgins 9. Arctic-alpine mountain birds in northern Europe: contrasts between specialists and generalists Des B. A. Thompson, John Atle Kalas and Ingvar Byrkjedal 10. Bird-habitat relationships in reedswamps and fens Gillian Gilbert and Ken W. Smith 11. Breeding waders on wet grassland: factors influencing habitat suitability Malcolm Ausden and Mark Bolton 12. Processes influencing bird use of estuarine mudflats and saltmarshes in western Europe Jennifer A. Gill 13. Avian habitat use on the non-estuarine intertidal coast Niall H. K. Burton 14. Temperate western European woodland as a dynamic environment for birds: a resource-based view Robert J. Fuller, Ken W. Smith and Shelley A. Hinsley Part III. Wider Perspectives: 15. What is habitat quality? Dissecting a research portfolio on shorebirds Theunis Piersma 16. Understanding individual life histories and habitat choices: implications for explaining population patterns and processes Beat Naef-Daenzer 17. Insufficient adaptation to climate change alters avian habitat quality and thereby changes habitat selection Christiaan Both 18. Australian birds in a changing landscape: 220 years of European colonisation Tara G. Martin, Carla P. Catterall, Adrian D. Manning and Judit Szabo 19. Birds in cultural landscapes: actual and perceived differences between north-east North America and western Europe Jean-Louis Martin, Pierre Drapeau, Lenore Fahrig, Kathryn Freemark Lindsay, David Anthony Kirk, Adam C. Smith and Marc-Andre Villard 20. Birds and their changing habitat: thoughts on research and conservation strategies Robert J. Fuller Index.