Download or read book Birds Beneficial to Agriculture written by Frederick William Frohawk and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farming and Birds in Europe written by Deborah J. Pain and published by Christopher Helm Publishers, Incorporated. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unique book an international cast of authors highlight all aspects of the problems associated with farming and bird conservation. Discussion ranges from the socio-political pressures on farm policy to the effects of management on a variety of bird species throughout the more and less developed parts of the European Union. Potential changes in the Common Agricultural Policy are considered in terms of how they have been and can be tailored to benefit birds and wildlife through such initiatives as the new Agri-Environment Regulation. Farming and Birds in Europe addresses the need for policy efforts to focus on both the concerns of conservation and sensible farm production in a timely manner. An opportunity not to be missed is at hand, and this book provides much of the importance in seeing that a sensible conclusion is reached, both for the needs of the farmer and consumer and for the birds and wildlife of the European countryside. Key Features * Provides a detailed, up-to-date account of n Common Agricultural Policy and Bird Conservation * Important resource for aid in developing land use policy * Includes an integrated approach to policy making
Download or read book Birds beneficial to agriculture written by Frederick William Frohawk and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds as Useful Indicators of High Nature Value Farmlands written by Federico Morelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book helps to establish a simple framework to identify and use bird species as a bioindicator for high nature value (HNV) farmlands. This book focuses on suitable methods for monitoring the HNV areas, and presents the results of several case studies. The chapters put forward ways to integrate ecosystems assessment, geographical information systems (GIS) and strategies for conservation of local biodiversity. An innovative framework focuses on the use of species distribution models (SDMs) in order to explore the importance of each characteristic of HNV farmlands. Furthermore, the book examines the relationships among bird species richness, land use diversity and landscape metrics at a local scale in the farmlands.
Download or read book Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer written by Charles Lester Marlatt and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds and Berries written by Melissa Lynne Brady and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a long history of studying bird interactions with agriculture. The field of economic ornithology, which looked at the positive and negative aspects of birds in agricultural, was popular at the end of the 19th century. However, the field quickly fell into disrepair. Today, we once again recognize that birds can provide both services and disservices to agriculture. The balance of services and disservices that birds can provide depends on many factors, such as the species found in the crop, the crop in question, and other factors such as surrounding landcover. Many of these factors are currently being disentangled in this rapidly evolving area of research.To understand how birds interact with crops, we first need to know more about the species that use different crops. In Chapter 1 I characterized the different species that use sweet cherry orchards, blueberry fields, 'Honeycrisp' apple orchards, and vineyards in three major fruit growing regions during the early 2010s. I also determined the abundance of fruit-consuming birds found in each crop and investigated which fruit-eating species could be considered important fruit consumers based on their frequency of detection and fruit consuming habits. I also examined if the heterogeneity of the surrounding landcover influenced the abundance of birds found in the various fruit fields/orchards. I found that the abundance of fruit-eating birds varied by both region and crop, as did which species were designated as important fruit consumers. However, abundance was not influenced by the heterogeneity of the surrounding landcover, counter to our predictions.Certain species of birds are known to be beneficial in agricultural areas. Birds of prey are of particular interest, as they can deter vertebrate pests. In Chapter 2, I investigated the effectiveness of installing nest boxes in attracting American Kestrels to blueberry growing operations in Western Michigan. I then compared the results with a similar study where nest boxes were used to attract kestrels to sweet cherry orchards in Northern Michigan. By installing nest boxes and performing survey transects, I found that boxes did increase the overall presence of kestrel in blueberry fields, although the effect was much weaker than in the sweet cherry study. Nest box occupancy was much lower in the blueberry system when compared to the sweet cherry study region, but reproductive success measures, such as mean clutch size, were similar.While birds of prey have been documented consuming and deterring fruit-eating birds, they may consumer/deter other species of birds as well. In Chapter 3 I investigated the effect of American kestrel presence on bird abundances in blueberry fields in Western Michigan. I found that active American kestrel boxes did not deter fruit-eating birds from blueberry fields. However, active boxes did deter non-fruit-eating birds, although this trend only held when the box was active. This finding introduces the possibility that kestrels might deter beneficial insectivorous birds, which could be detrimental to the blueberry fields.Through my work, I have found that the effect that birds will have on a particular agricultural system will be highly context dependent. The mixture of bird species present, the crop type, region, and many other factors will influence how birds fit into an agroecosystem. Introducing predators to control for pests could induce a trophic cascade with positive or negative outcomes. Predicting the nature of the outcome will require intensive studies of the crop in question, with knowledge of the bird and arthropod community in the region.
Download or read book Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer written by Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Birds Beneficial To Agriculture written by Frederick William 1861-1946 Frohawk and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book In Search of Meadowlarks Birds Farms and Food in Harmony with the Land written by John M. Marzluff and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ornithologist's personal look at farming practices that finds practical solutions for sustainable food production compatible with bird and wildlife conservation With predictions of a human population of more than nine billion by the middle of this century and eleven billion by 2100, we stand at a crossroads in our agricultural evolution. In this clear and engaging yet scientifically rigorous book, wildlife biologist John M. Marzluff takes a personal approach to sustainable agriculture. He travels to farms and ranches across North and Central America, including a Nebraska corn and soybean farm, California vineyards, cattle ranches in Montana, and small sustainable farms in Costa Rica, to understand the unique challenges and solutions to sustainable food production. Agriculture and wildlife can coexist, Marzluff argues, if farmers are justly rewarded for conservation; if future technological advancements increase food production and reduce food waste; and if consumers cut back on meat consumption. Beginning with a look backward at our evolutionary history and concluding with practical solutions for change that will benefit farmers and ranchers, he provides an accessible and insightful study for the ecologically minded citizen, farmer, rancher, or conservationist.
Download or read book Birds in Agriculture written by Dr. Raju Kasambe and published by Raju Kasambe . This book was released on 2020-04-15 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Birds in Agriculture The e-Book in English language is about the common and widespread birds found in the agriculture landscape in India. The book describes 111 species of birds with their role on agriculture in brief. The book discusses the benefits of birds to agriculture and also methods of management of birds in agriculture. The purpose of the e-Book is to spread knowledge about the benefits birds offer to agriculture in India and their importance. The author being the son of a farmer and an ornithologist with BNHS is familiar with the birds in agriculture.
Download or read book Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture written by F. E. L. Beal and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current publication is a collection of brief abstracts of the results of food studies of about 30 grain and insect-eating birds belonging to 10 different families conducted by the U.S.' Department of Agriculture, who has for some years past been conducting a systematic investigation of the food of species which are believed to be of economic importance. Thousands of birds' stomachs have been carefully examined in the laboratory, and all the available data respecting the food brought together.
Download or read book Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer written by Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Why Birds Matter written by Çagan H. Sekercioglu and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds’ beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while these avian enthusiasts have noted that birds eat fruit, carrion, and pests; spread seed and fertilizer; and pollinate plants, among other services, they have rarely asked what birds are worth in economic terms. In Why Birds Matter, an international collection of ornithologists, botanists, ecologists, conservation biologists, and environmental economists seeks to quantify avian ecosystem services—the myriad benefits that birds provide to humans. The first book to approach ecosystem services from an ornithological perspective, Why Birds Matter asks what economic value we can ascribe to those services, if any, and how this value should inform conservation. Chapters explore the role of birds in such important ecological dynamics as scavenging, nutrient cycling, food chains, and plant-animal interactions—all seen through the lens of human well-being—to show that quantifying avian ecosystem services is crucial when formulating contemporary conservation strategies. Both elucidating challenges and providing examples of specific ecosystem valuations and guidance for calculation, the contributors propose that in order to advance avian conservation, we need to appeal not only to hearts and minds, but also to wallets.
Download or read book Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer written by F. E. L. Beal and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-11-05 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by Ellenborough Lascelles Beal, an American pioneer of economic ornithology. In the following pages are discussed the food habits of more than 50 birds belonging to 12 families. Many are eastern forms which are represented in the West by slightly different species or subspecies, but unless the food habits differ they are not separately described. In some cases specific percentages of food are given, but for the most part the statements are made without direct reference to the data on which they are based.
Download or read book Some Common Birds Useful to the Farmer written by F. E. L. Beal and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written by Ellenborough Lascelles Beal, an American pioneer of economic ornithology. In the following pages are discussed the food habits of more than 50 birds belonging to 12 families. Many are eastern forms which are represented in the West by slightly different species or subspecies, but unless the food habits differ they are not separately described. In some cases specific percentages of food are given, but for the most part the statements are made without direct reference to the data on which they are based.
Download or read book Biological Agricultural Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Pest Management written by Moshe Coll and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary exploration of key topics that interrelate pest management, public health and the environment This book takes a unique, multidimensional approach to addressing the complex issues surrounding pest management activities and their impacts on the environment and human health, and environmental effects on plant protection practices. It features contributions by a distinguished group of authors from ten countries, representing an array of disciplines. They include plant protection scientists and officers, economists, agronomists, ecologists, environmental and public health scientists and government policymakers. Over the course of eighteen chapters, those experts share their insights into and analyses of an array of issues of vital concern to everyone with a professional interest in this important subject. The adverse effects of pest control have become a subject of great concern worldwide, and researchers and enlightened policymakers have at last begun to appreciate the impact of environmental factors on our ability to manage pest populations. Moreover, while issues such as pesticide toxicity have dominated the global conversation about pest management, economic and societal considerations have been largely neglected. Environmental Pest Management: Challenges for Agronomists, Ecologists, Economists and Policymakers is the first work to provide in-depth coverage of all of these pressing issues between the covers of one book. Offers a unique multi-dimensional perspective on the complex issues surrounding pest management activities and their effect on the environment and human health Addresses growing concerns about specific pest management strategies, including the use of transgenic crops and biological controls Analyses the influence of global processes, such as climate change, biological invasions and shifts in consumer demand, and ecosystem services and disservices on pest suppression efforts Explores public health concerns regarding biodiversity, pesticide use and food safety Identifies key economic drivers of pest suppression research, strategies and technologies Proposes new regulatory approaches to create sustainable and viable crop protection systems in the framework of agro-environmental schemes Offering a timely and comprehensively-unique treatment of pest management and its environmental impacts in a single, inter-disciplinary volume, this book is a valuable resource for scientists in an array of disciplines, as well as government officials and policymakers. Also, teachers of undergraduate and graduate level courses in a variety of fields are sure to find it a highly useful teaching resource.
