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TheKestrel Widespread across open lands and cities of Europe, Africa and Asia, the common kestrel(Falcotinnunculus)isoneofthemostabundantandstudiedbirdsofprey.This bookbringstogetherandsynthesisestheresultsofresearchonkestrelsforprofessional ornithologistsandscientiststhatseektoconsolidateavastbodyofliterature.Itisalso areference forthosereaderswhomaynothavethedepthofscientificknowledgeto navigate new fields of scientific enquiry. It examines many aspects of the species’ biology,fromthereproductivestrategiestothebehaviouralanddemographicadapta- tionstochangesofenvironmentalconditions.Italsodiscussestherolesofphysiology and immunology in mediating the adaptability of kestrels to the ongoing environ- mentalchangeswithaparticularfocusoncontaminants.Thisvolumepresentsnewand excitingavenuesofresearchontheecologyandbehaviourofthecommonkestrel. David Costantini is Professor of Conservation Physiology at the Muséum National d’HistoireNaturelleinParis,France.Hismainresearchinterestshavefocussedonthe physiological mechanisms mediating life-history variation and functions in animal ecologyandconservation. Giacomo Dell’Omo is President of Ornis italica, a non-profit Italian association for research and education on environmental issues. His main research interests have focusedonthebehaviour,ecologyandecotoxicologyofbirds.Heiscurrentlyinvolved inprojectsrelatingtomanyspeciesincludingkestrelsasafavourite. The Kestrel Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of an Open-Land Predator DAVID COSTANTINI MuséumNationald’HistoireNaturelle,Paris GIACOMO DELL’OMO Ornisitalica UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108470629 DOI:10.1017/9781108692120 ©DavidCostantiniandGiacomoDell’Omo2020 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2020 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Costantini,David,author.|Dell’Omo,Giacomo,author. Title:Thekestrel:ecology,behaviourandconservationofanopen-landpredator/DavidCostantini, MuséumNationald’HistoireNaturelle,Paris,GiacomoDell’Omo,OrnisItalia. Description:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2020.| Includesindex. Identifiers:LCCN2020007256(print)|LCCN2020007257(ebook)|ISBN9781108470629 (hardback)|ISBN9781108692120(ebook) Subjects:LCSH:Kestrels. Classification:LCCQL696.F34C6752020(print)|LCCQL696.F34(ebook)|DDC598.9/6–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020007256 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020007257 ISBN978-1-108-47062-9Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. TheKestrel Widespread across open lands and cities of Europe, Africa and Asia, the common kestrel(Falcotinnunculus)isoneofthemostabundantandstudiedbirdsofprey.This bookbringstogetherandsynthesisestheresultsofresearchonkestrelsforprofessional ornithologistsandscientiststhatseektoconsolidateavastbodyofliterature.Itisalso areference forthosereaderswhomaynothavethedepthofscientificknowledgeto navigate new fields of scientific enquiry. It examines many aspects of the species’ biology,fromthereproductivestrategiestothebehaviouralanddemographicadapta- tionstochangesofenvironmentalconditions.Italsodiscussestherolesofphysiology and immunology in mediating the adaptability of kestrels to the ongoing environ- mentalchangeswithaparticularfocusoncontaminants.Thisvolumepresentsnewand excitingavenuesofresearchontheecologyandbehaviourofthecommonkestrel. David Costantini is Professor of Conservation Physiology at the Muséum National d’HistoireNaturelleinParis,France.Hismainresearchinterestshavefocussedonthe physiological mechanisms mediating life-history variation and functions in animal ecologyandconservation. Giacomo Dell’Omo is President of Ornis italica, a non-profit Italian association for research and education on environmental issues. His main research interests have focusedonthebehaviour,ecologyandecotoxicologyofbirds.Heiscurrentlyinvolved inprojectsrelatingtomanyspeciesincludingkestrelsasafavourite. The Kestrel Ecology, Behaviour and Conservation of an Open-Land Predator DAVID COSTANTINI MuséumNationald’HistoireNaturelle,Paris GIACOMO DELL’OMO Ornisitalica UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108470629 DOI:10.1017/9781108692120 ©DavidCostantiniandGiacomoDell’Omo2020 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2020 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Costantini,David,author.|Dell’Omo,Giacomo,author. Title:Thekestrel:ecology,behaviourandconservationofanopen-landpredator/DavidCostantini, MuséumNationald’HistoireNaturelle,Paris,GiacomoDell’Omo,OrnisItalia. Description:Cambridge,UnitedKingdom;NewYork,NY:CambridgeUniversityPress,2020.| Includesindex. Identifiers:LCCN2020007256(print)|LCCN2020007257(ebook)|ISBN9781108470629 (hardback)|ISBN9781108692120(ebook) Subjects:LCSH:Kestrels. Classification:LCCQL696.F34C6752020(print)|LCCQL696.F34(ebook)|DDC598.9/6–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020007256 LCebookrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2020007257 ISBN978-1-108-47062-9Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. TheKestrel Widespread across open lands and cities of Europe, Africa and Asia, the common kestrel(Falcotinnunculus)isoneofthemostabundantandstudiedbirdsofprey.This bookbringstogetherandsynthesisestheresultsofresearchonkestrelsforprofessional ornithologistsandscientiststhatseektoconsolidateavastbodyofliterature.Itisalso areference forthosereaderswhomaynothavethedepthofscientificknowledgeto navigate new fields of scientific enquiry. It examines many aspects of the species’ biology,fromthereproductivestrategiestothebehaviouralanddemographicadapta- tionstochangesofenvironmentalconditions.Italsodiscussestherolesofphysiology and immunology in mediating the adaptability of kestrels to the ongoing environ- mentalchangeswithaparticularfocusoncontaminants.Thisvolumepresentsnewand excitingavenuesofresearchontheecologyandbehaviourofthecommonkestrel. David Costantini is Professor of Conservation Physiology at the Muséum National d’HistoireNaturelleinParis,France.Hismainresearchinterestshavefocussedonthe physiological mechanisms mediating life-history variation and functions in animal ecologyandconservation. Giacomo Dell’Omo is President of Ornis italica, a non-profit Italian association for research and education on environmental issues. His main research interests have focusedonthebehaviour,ecologyandecotoxicologyofbirds.Heiscurrentlyinvolved inprojectsrelatingtomanyspeciesincludingkestrelsasafavourite.
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