"Fire and Avian Ecology in North America - Studies in Avian Biology Number 30" edited by Victoria A. Saab and Hugh D.W. Powell [book review]

Fire and Avian Ecology in North America: Process Influencing Pattern

We summarize the fi ndings from 10 subsequent chapters that collectively review fi re and avian ecology across 40 North American ecosystems. We highlight patterns and future research topics that recur among the chapters. Vegetation types with long fi re-return intervals, such as boreal forests of Canada, forests at high elevations, and those in the humid Pacifi c Northwest, have experienced the...

Habitat Selection Studies in Avian Ecology: A Critical Review

The study of habitat use and selection in birds has a long tradition (Grinnell 1917, Kendeigh 1945, Svardson 1949, Hild6n 1965; Block and Brennan 1993). Early habitat-selection theory was characterized by correlative models of habitat characteristics and species abundance (MacArthur and Pianka 1966, Verner et al. 1986, Rosenzweig 1991), which subsequently evolved into models that involved densi...

Ecology and conservation biology of avian malaria.

Avian malaria is a worldwide mosquito-borne disease caused by Plasmodium parasites. These parasites occur in many avian species but primarily affect passerine birds that have not evolved with the parasite. Host pathogenicity, fitness, and population impacts are poorly understood. In contrast to continental species, introduced avian malaria poses a substantial threat to naive birds on Hawaii, th...

Book Review: 'Ecolinguistics: Language and ecology'

Ecolinguistics: language and ecology delivers an overall view and a critical approach on ecolinguistic studies. This book is an excellent resource to students, researchers, linguists and those working in the area of discourse analysis as well as ecology. The book claims presenting a news course for ecolinguistics including a framework for understanding the theory of ecolinguistics, exploration ...

Studies on Avian Viral Infections in Iran