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Silence of the songbirds / Bridget Stutchbury.
- Title
- Silence of the songbirds / Bridget Stutchbury.
- Author
- Stutchbury, Bridget Joan, 1962-
- Publication
- New York : Walker & Co., 2007.
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Details
- Description
- 255 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Links the disappearance of migratory songbirds to the environmental problems that threaten them and examines the long-term repercussions of the loss of songbird species and what can be done to preserve the birds and the ecosystem.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-244) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Paradise not yet lost : the tanagers and warblers of Gamboa, Panama -- 2. Canaries in the mine : songbirds and our ecosystem -- 3. The breeding bird survey : taking a census of migrating birds -- 4. Birds in the rainforest : the effects of deforestation and fragmentation -- 5. Coffee with a conscience : preserving bird habitats, one cup of coffee at a time -- 6. Falling from the sky : the ongoing scourge of pesticides -- 7. Bright lights, big danger : small-town and big-city hazards to migrating songbirds -- 8. Stalking the songbirds : cowbirds, cats, and other predators -- 9. Living on the edge : birds need not just homes but neighbourhoods -- Epilogue : answering the cry of the songbirds -- Acknowledgements -- Sources -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0802716091
- 9780802716095
- OCLC
- 123769909
- SCSB-12100134
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library