Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas

Curassows, Guans and Chachalacas
Author: Cracid Specialist Group
Publisher: IUCN
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2000
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9782831705118

Curassaows, Guans, and Chachalacas: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Cracids 2000-200

Curassows and Related Birds

Curassows and Related Birds
Author: Jean Delacour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9788487334641

Publicación conjunta con el American Museum of Natural History. Nueva edición de la clásica y celebrada monografía sobre la familia de los crácidos publicada hace 30 años incluyendo un exhaustivo capítulo de actualización. Una lectura obligada para cualquiera que esté interesado en esta fascinante familia. Es un compendio del conocimiento pasado y actual sobre las 50 especies de aves de esta familia propia de América central y del sur, en su mayoría raras y amenazadas. Esta nueva edición contiene todos los dibujos y láminas originales, además de nuevas láminas realizadas por el mismo A.E. Gilbert. Además, se han añadido las láminas de la enciclopedia Handbook of the Birds of the World correspondientes a esta familia, así como un capítulo de actualización, preparado por Josep del Hoyo y Anna Motis, donde se detallan las novedades más destacables que se han producido en el conocimiento de cada una de las especies desde la primera edición, hace ya 30 años.

Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico

Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico
Author: Raul Valdez
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2019-01-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 162349723X

Mexico is the fourteenth largest country in the world and ranks fifth in biodiversity. Located in the transition zone between the temperate and tropical regions of North and South America, Mexico is an important migratory corridor for wildlife and also provides wintering habitat for several species of bats, monarch butterflies, and temperate North American nesting birds. Mexico faces several challenges to wildlife management and conservation efforts. While there is increased public education and acknowledgment of the valuable benefits wildlife provides, there is still much work to do to incentivize conservation efforts. Fortunately, there is growing recognition that Mexico’s wildlife resources can be a critical component in the rural economic development of the country. Bringing together an international team of wildlife experts across North America, Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico provides information on the status, distribution, ecological relationships, and habitat requirements and management of the most important game birds and mammals in Mexico. It also reviews current threats and challenges facing wildlife conservation as well as strategies for resolving these issues. This reference is a valuable tool for wildlife biologists, wildlife management professionals, and anyone interested in conserving Mexico’s wealth of natural resources. By laying out the challenges to conservation research, editors Raul Valdez and J. Alfonso Ortega-S. hope to encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration across borders.

Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil

Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil
Author: Robert S. Ridgely
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2016-07-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1501704303

Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world and is one of the planet's richest places for bird diversity, especially when it comes to the number of endemic species. Brazil's Atlantic Forest region is one of the most dazzling of all. Immediately surrounding São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, this area of Brazil is also a relatively accessible area to birders from around the world. In the Birds of Brazil Field Guides, the Wildlife Conservation Society brings together a top international team to do justice to the incredible diversity of Brazilian birds. This second guide presents 927 bird species, 863 illustrated, that occur in just the southeastern Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese). Of these species, 140 are endemic and 105 near endemic to just this region; 83 of these are threatened. Modern and compact, this field guide provides illustrations of unparalleled quality, key field marks, and regional range maps to facilitate easy recognition of all species normally occurring in this vibrant and critically important area of Brazil.

Curassows and Related Birds

Curassows and Related Birds
Author: Jean Delacour
Publisher:
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1973
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

For review see: François Haverschmidt, in Ardea, jrg. 62 (1974); p. 140-141.

Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico

Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico
Author: Raul Valdez
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 422
Release: 2019-02-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1623497248

Mexico is the fourteenth largest country in the world and ranks fifth in biodiversity. Located in the transition zone between the temperate and tropical regions of North and South America, Mexico is an important migratory corridor for wildlife and also provides wintering habitat for several species of bats, monarch butterflies, and temperate North American nesting birds. Mexico faces several challenges to wildlife management and conservation efforts. While there is increased public education and acknowledgment of the valuable benefits wildlife provides, there is still much work to do to incentivize conservation efforts. Fortunately, there is growing recognition that Mexico’s wildlife resources can be a critical component in the rural economic development of the country. Bringing together an international team of wildlife experts across North America, Wildlife Ecology and Management in Mexico provides information on the status, distribution, ecological relationships, and habitat requirements and management of the most important game birds and mammals in Mexico. It also reviews current threats and challenges facing wildlife conservation as well as strategies for resolving these issues. This reference is a valuable tool for wildlife biologists, wildlife management professionals, and anyone interested in conserving Mexico’s wealth of natural resources. By laying out the challenges to conservation research, editors Raul Valdez and J. Alfonso Ortega-S. hope to encourage interdisciplinary communication and collaboration across borders.

Birds of Nicaragua

Birds of Nicaragua
Author: Liliana Chavarría-Duriaux
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 481
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 150170950X

Birders in Central America have long known that Nicaragua is one of the best birding locations in the world, and with tourism to the country on the upswing, birders from the rest of the world are now coming to the same conclusion. The largest country in Central America, Nicaragua is home to 763 resident and passage birds, by latest count. Because of its unique topography—the country is relatively flat compared to its mountainous neighbors to the north and south—it forms a geographical barrier of sorts, which means that many birds that originate in North America reach their southernmost point in Nicaragua, while many birds from South America reach their northernmost point in the country. There are few places in the world where you can find both a Roadrunner and a Scarlet Macaw. Birds of Nicaragua features descriptions and illustrations of all 763 species currently identified in the country, along with information about 44 additional species that are likely to appear in the coming years. Range maps, based on years of field research, are color-coded. Other features include a richly illustrated anatomical features section, a checklist, a visual guide to vultures and raptors in flight, and a quick-find index.

Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector

Towards a sustainable, participatory and inclusive wild meat sector
Author: Coad, L.
Publisher: CIFOR
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2019-01-30
Genre:
ISBN: 602387083X

The meat of wild species, referred to in this report as ‘wild meat’, is an essential source of protein and a generator of income for millions of forest-living communities in tropical and subtropical regions. However, unsustainable harvest rates currently

Birds of the World

Birds of the World
Author: Les Beletsky
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2006
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780801884290

This stunning collection of art and text captures the grace, beauty, and flamboyance of the world's birds. It features more than 1,600 original paintings from 11 of the world's leading bird artists.