Bird Ecology and Conservation A Handbook of Techniques

United States (cont.)
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act 212
National Park Service 212
Upland Sandpiper 339
Uria lomvia 245
uric acid 171
UTM grid 8

vegetation 257–60
architecture 258
changes, effects of 59
species composition of 258
Venepuncture 218
vertebrate endocrinology 223
Very High Frequency (VHF)
equipment 148
projects, receivers for 149
tagging 144
tags 141
transmission lives available for 142
VetbondTM 221
VLDLs 171
vocal individuality 51–2
volume of blood, United Kingdom
Home Office guidelines 217
Vulnerable species 270
Vultur gryphus 292

Wade, P. R. 306, 317
wader
funnel trap 90
nest traps 90
traps 90
warming, experimental 79–80
Wasler 243
water boatmen (Corixidae) 355
weight of bird 103
welfare
of birds used in research 216
ethical, and legislative issues in trapping
and processing 86
Western Europe 10
West Nile virus 180
wetlands
increasing accessibility of food for birds in
shallow water 356–7
increasing food abundance of birds in
shallow freshwater 354
wetlands, managing 352–60
increasing food abundance for birds in
shallow brackish and saline
water 355–6

manipulating the proportions of open water,

ruderal vegetation, and swamp 352–3

providing islands and rafts 357

reedbeds 357–60

wet woodlands 360

White-bearded Manakin lek 226

White-napped Crane, winter feeding

programs 274

White Stork 170

White-tailed Tropic Bird 275–6

Whitethroat 362

Whitetop Rivergrass (Scolochloa festucacea)

swamps 353

Whooping Crane 119, 292, 295

harvesting and rescuing eggs 281

whoosh-nets 94

Williams, B. K. 119, 127–30

Willow Warblers 162

in hybrid zone in Sweden 163

ringed in Sweden recoveries in Africa 164

wind drift 165

wing-area 106

wing-beat kinematics 172

wing size 104–6

wingspan 106

Winkler, R. 100

Woodcock 256

Wood Duck 360

Woodlark 345

Woodpigeon nests 69

Wood Thrush 75

Wood Warbler 347

World Conservation Strategy 305

World Health Organisation (WHO) 187

Wright, J. 79

WWF’s Living Planet Index 19

Yellowhammer 362

yersinia 277

yolk precursors in the blood 225

Yom-Tov, Y. 79

young birds

“neonatal,” examination of 191

in nest, supportive care of 288

Youngs, W. D. 128

Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii 175

zoonoses 187, 202

basic rules to reduce spread of 186–7

Zugunruhe 174

Zuk, M. 114

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