The Painted Stork Ecology and Conservation /

• Main Author: Urfi, A. J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Conservation biology.; Ecology.; Wildlife.; Fish.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management.; Conservation Biology/Ecology.

The painted stork is a large, eye-catching, colonially nesting wading bird found across large parts of South and South East Asia, particularly India and Sri Lanka. Listed as near-threatened by various conservation agencies, the painted stork is a flagship of its endangered habitat, wetlands. The Pai...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Distribution and status
• Chapter 3 Coloniality in storks
• Chapter 4 Life in a colony – case studies from some North Indian heronries
• Chapter 5 Nesting Ecology
• Chapter 6 Growth stages of the Painted Stork
• Chapter 7 Food and foraging
• Chapter 8 Painted Stork and man
• Chapter 9 Conservation issues
• References
• Appendices
• Author Index
• Subject Index.