Bird ringing station manual / / Przemysław Busse, Włodzimierz Meissner ; hand drawings Tomasz Cofta; managing editor; Katarzyna Michalczyk ; language editor, Kristina Kangas.

In an attempt to standardize elements of the station routine, the book describes the procedures used in passerine and wader ringing stations. It offers a comparative analysis of versatile evaluation techniques such as measurements, orientation experiments and monitoring. The authors meticulously ana...

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Place / Publishing House:Warsaw, [Poland] ;, Berlin, [Germany] : : De Gruyter Open,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (211 pages) :; illustrations (some colour) ; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I: The Passerine Station
  • 1 Methods of the Field Work
  • 2 Passerine Station Field Equipment
  • 3 Passerine Station Laboratory Equipment
  • 4 Arrangement of the Netting Area
  • 5 Using Catching Devices
  • 6 Passerine Station Laboratory Methods
  • 7 Passerine Station Laboratory Working Routine
  • Part II: The Wader Station
  • 8 Wader Catching Techniques
  • 9 Wader Station Laboratory Equipment
  • 10 Wader Station Laboratory Methods
  • 11 Wader Station Laboratory Working Routine
  • 12 Wader Counts
  • Part III: General Issues
  • 13 Training Beginners: Bird Measurements
  • 14 Bird Mortality and Welfare
  • 15 Ringer's Safety and Health
  • 16 Alternative Methods of Holding and Measuring Birds
  • 17 Non Standard Ringing Procedures
  • 18 Julian Date and Pentade Numbering
  • References
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Index