The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas

Author : Laura Spess Jackson,Carol A. Thompson,James J. Dinsmore
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1587291169

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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas by Laura Spess Jackson,Carol A. Thompson,James J. Dinsmore Pdf

"The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas"—the first comprehensive statewide survey of Iowa's breeding birds—provides a detailed record of the composition and distribution of the avifauna of the Hawkeye State. The atlas documents the presence of 199 species, 158 of which were confirmed breeding. This landmark volume will alert Iowans to the limited distribution of numerous species and serve as a guide to the management practices—such as forest and wetland management, set-aside programs, reduction in farm chemical use, and crop diversity—which could help insure that many future changes are positive ones. "The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas" provides a welcome and much-needed baseline for future comparisons of changes in Iowa's birdlife and, by extension, the lives of all animals in the state.

Author : Dinsmore and Ehresman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1034118285

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Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas II by Dinsmore and Ehresman Pdf

Results of the Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas II conducted 2008-2012. This book summarizes changes from the first atlas project twenty years ago with maps, tables, and charts showing the differences.

Author : Stephen J. Dinsmore,Douglas C. Har,Christopher J. Caster,Jacob T. Gilliam,Rex R. Johnson,Schane S. Patterson,Karen E. Kinkead,Ann M. Johnson,Bruce Ehresman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Birds
ISBN : OCLC:1350538809

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The Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas II by Stephen J. Dinsmore,Douglas C. Har,Christopher J. Caster,Jacob T. Gilliam,Rex R. Johnson,Schane S. Patterson,Karen E. Kinkead,Ann M. Johnson,Bruce Ehresman Pdf

This Iowa Breeding Bird Atlas II (BBA II) is intended to provide a comprehensive look at the distribution and breeding evidence for Iowa’s breeding birds and document changes since the first atlas effort. These data were gathered during a five-year period and so represent a snapshot in time. This publication summarizes atlas findings through individual species accounts that also include basic information on each species’ status in Iowa along with their habitat, breeding dates, basic nesting information, and population changes as measured by the federal Breeding Bird Survey (Ziolkowski et al. 2010, U.S. Geological Survey 2020). Comparisons are also made to recent atlas efforts in surrounding states in an attempt to provide a regional context to Iowa’s findings.

Author : William H. Busby,John L. Zimmerman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Birds
ISBN : UCSC:32106015677831

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Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas by William H. Busby,John L. Zimmerman Pdf

"The Kansas Breeding Bird Atlas represents the efforts of 180 volunteers who diligently sought out birds over a period of six years, observing their behavior and locating active nests and fledged young throughout the state, whether in tallgrass prairies, riparian forests, or wetlands. In addition to these efforts, Busby and Zimmerman gathered a wealth of information relating the volunteers' observations to ecological factors affecting the birds' habitat selection.".

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Bird populations
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050737869

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Proceedings of the Second Northeastern Breeding Bird Atlas Conference by Anonim Pdf

Author : James J. Dinsmore,Stephen J. Dinsmore
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609389253

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Iowa's Changing Wildlife by James J. Dinsmore,Stephen J. Dinsmore Pdf

"This book tells the recent story of Iowa's wildlife from recovery and restoration to disappointing declines. During the pandemic, the number of visitors to state parks, wildlife areas, and other natural areas has increased greatly. For many, this is a new experience. This book will provide them with a reliable source of information about many of the animals that they are now seeing. Much has changed with Iowa's wildlife in the past 30 years. Some species like Canada goose, wild turkey, and white-tailed deer that once were rare in Iowa are now common, and others like sandhill crane, river otter, and trumpeter swan are becoming increasingly abundant. The goal of this book is to provide an up-to-date, scientifically based summary of changes in the distribution, status, conservation needs, and future prospects of about 60 species of Iowa's birds and mammals whose populations have increased or decreased in the past 30 years. Emphasis is given to several species that have experienced significant growth, some that show signs that they may experience future growth, and a few whose long-term future in Iowa is in jeopardy. This book is not an update of James and Stephen Dinsmore's earlier book, A Country So Full of Game, which discussed Iowa's wildlife up to about 1990. This is an entirely new book, discussing what has happened in the years 1990-2020. For species covered in the earlier book, only a brief discussion of earlier years is provided to connect the new material to what happened earlier"--

Author : Brad Jacobs,James D. Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Bird populations
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073917951

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Missouri Breeding Bird Atlas by Brad Jacobs,James D. Wilson Pdf

The Missouri Breeding Bird Atlas Project, conducted from 1986 through 1992, sought to document the status and distribution of the bird species that breed in Missouri. The primary goal was to develop a distributional map for each species that depicts as accurately as possible its true breeding range in the state. The resultant information was intended to: 1) provide baseline data against which future changes in the status and distribution of Missouri's breeding birds could be measured, 2) determine the location of rare species, 3) identify significant habitats and 4) develop a factual database to assist environmental planners in making wise decisions about resource use in Missouri. During the process of collecting the distributional and status information, data were also obtained on species' abundance, breeding phenology and Brown-headed Cowbird brood parasitism. --from Introduction (p. 1).

Author : Richard Brewer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015059064330

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The Atlas of Breeding Birds of Michigan by Richard Brewer Pdf

This comprehensive volume is based on a five-year survey conducted by the Michigan Breeding Bird Atlas project and the work of more than 1,000 volunteers. Information provided is drawn from a massive, 500,000-record database, which has become a foundation for monitoring bird populations documenting changes, protecting habitats, and preserving Michigan bird species.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 727 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Birds
ISBN : 0692680543

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The Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas by Anonim Pdf

Author : Troy E. Corman,Cathryn Wise-Gervais
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0826333796

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The Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas by Troy E. Corman,Cathryn Wise-Gervais Pdf

Examines over 270 species of birds known to breed in Arizona, complete with color photos and nesting and migratory data.

Author : Paul Johnsgard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781609621100

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The North American Whistling-Ducks, Pochards, and Stifftails by Paul Johnsgard Pdf

Although the 12 species representing three waterfowl tribes described in this volume are not closely related, they fortuitously provide an instructive example of adaptive evolutionary radiation within the much larger waterfowl lineage (the family Anatidae), especially as to their divergent morphologies, life histories, and social behaviors. The whistling-ducks (Dendrocygna), with three known North American species, are notable for their permanent pair-bonds, extended biparental family care, and strong social cohesion. In contrast, males of the five typical pochards of North American diving ducks (Aythya) establish monogamous pair-bonds that are maintained only long enough to assure that the female's eggs are fertilized. The endpoint of this behavioral gradient, promiscuity or polygyny, exists among at least some of the typical stifftails (Oxyura). Such diverse reproductive strategies have exerted powerful evolutionary influences on interspecies variations in sexual dimorphism, sexual behavior, anatomy, ecology, and other traits. This volume includes more than 63,000 words, plus some 200 maps, photos, drawings, and sketches, and nearly 650 literature citations. It is the last of five volumes that describe all 55 waterfowl species that have been historically documented in North America; collectively, the volumes total over 300,000 words, with nearly 3,000 literature citations, and more than 600 maps, photos, drawings, and sketches.

Author : Paul Johnsgard
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781609621094

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The North American Perching and Dabbling Ducks by Paul Johnsgard Pdf

This volume, the fourth in a series of books that collectively update and expand P.A. Johnsgard's 1975 The Waterfowl of North America, summarizes research findings on this economically and ecologically important group of waterfowl. The volume includes the mostly tropical perching duck tribe Cairinini, of which two species, the muscovy duck and the wood duck, are representatives. Both species are adapted for foraging on the water surface, mostly on plant materials, but typically perch in trees and nest in elevated tree cavities or other elevated recesses. This volume also includes the dabbling, or surface-feeding, duck tribe Anatini, a large assemblage of duck species that mainly forage on the water surface but nest on the ground, or only very rarely in elevated locations. Of this tribe, 12 species that regularly breed in North America are included, among them such familiar species as mallards, wigeons, pintails, and teal. Descriptive accounts of the distributions, populations, ecologies, social-sexual behaviors, and breeding biology of all these species are provided, together with distribution maps. Five additional Eurasian and West Indian species have been reported several times in North America; these have been included with more abbreviated accounts, but all 17 species are illustrated by drawings, photographs, or both. The text includes about 84,000 words and contains more than 1,000 references. There are also 12 distribution maps, 21 drawings, 28 photographic plates, and 58 anatomical or behavioral sketches.

Author : Dean M Roosa,Jon W. Stravers,Bruce Ehresman,Rich Patterson
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781609381677

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The Raptors of Iowa by Dean M Roosa,Jon W. Stravers,Bruce Ehresman,Rich Patterson Pdf

This long-awaited collection of James Landenberger’s paintings of Iowa birds of prey presents thirty-two full-page, full-color species, from the common turkey vulture to the red-shouldered hawk of Mississippi River woodlands to the little northern saw-whet owl. Four naturalists who have devoted their lives to conserving wilderness habitats and species have written essays to complement the paintings. Thanks to state and federal laws and a shift in public attitude, birds of prey are no longer seen as incarnations of ferocity but as creatures superbly attuned to their lives and surroundings. Although Iowa unfortunately leads the way in the amount of wildlife habitat that has been destroyed, conservation organizations and state agencies have also led the way toward successful raptor restoration projects, among them a roadside nest box program for the American kestrel, a project to restore peregrine falcons to their historic eyries, and a relocation program that should ensure a sustainable population of ospreys. The recent spectacular recovery of the bald eagle, whose nests had vanished from the state for seventy years, is particularly encouraging. There can be no substitute for seeing thousands of broad-winged hawks soaring high overhead during migration, a great horned owl perching in silhouette at dusk, or a Cooper’s hawk plunging toward its prey along the roadside. But Jim Landenberger’s meticulously detailed paintings go a long way toward conveying the remarkable beauty of the American kestrel and other falcons, the grace of the swallow-tailed kite, the immaculate mystery of the snowy owl and its fellow owls, the glistening head feathers of an adult bald eagle, and the piercing defiance so characteristic of our larger hawks.

Author : Paul A. Johnsgard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Nature
ISBN : UOM:39015050474595

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Prairie Birds by Paul A. Johnsgard Pdf

"Johnsgard provides an overview of the history, current status, and uncertain future of prairie birds, from falcons and shorebirds to larks and sparrows. Some are intercontinental migrants that winter in South America, others sedentary species or short-distance travelers that may frequent the grasslands of Mexico. Johnsgard describes each species - its features, habits, habitats, migratory patterns, and breeding season ecology.".

Author : Vernon M. Kleen,Liane Cordle,Robert A. Montgomery
Publisher : ILlinois Natural History Survey
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924100382195

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The Illinois Breeding Bird Atlas by Vernon M. Kleen,Liane Cordle,Robert A. Montgomery Pdf

"Funded cooperatively by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources & the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."--t.p. verso.