Gibbons, D. W. 37
Gibraltar as migration hotspot 165
Gilbert, G. 20
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) 8
relay systems 143
tags and logging equipment 148
globally threatened bird species, lists of 18
glycerol 171
gobies 356
Gobiidae 356
Goshawk, cross-fostering 287
Goss-Custard, J. D. 246
Gouldian Finch 285
GPSseeGlobal Positioning Systems
Grasshopper Sparrows 339
grasslands
flooding 344
management effects of cutting and burning on
sward condition 339–40
managing
effects of grazing on sward condition 340–1
minimizing nest and chick loss during
management 341–2
using fertilizer 342–3
wet, hydrology of 343–4
grazing 334
effects of 340
Great Reed Warbler 357
Great White Egret 332
Green, R. E. 62, 70, 191, 239
Green-rumped Parrotlet 276
greentree reservoirs 360
Grey Catbird 241
Greylag Goose 353
Grey Partridge 65
Grier, J. W. 120
Griffon Vulture 290
ground-layer plants 264
ground-nesting birds 44
Grus americana119, 281
Grus canadensis 287
Grus japonensis 273
Grus monacha 274
Grus vipio 274
Guiraca caerulea 349
Gull, Common
intra-generic cross fostering 285
Gurney’s Pitta 295–6
Gymnogyps californianus 288
Gyps fulvus 290
habitat
associations 251–2
choice, studying 234
composition, spatial 262
restoration 295
selection, quantifying 260–3
types, broad mapping of 257
use by birds, factors influencing 335
habitat assessment 251–66
protocols for 252
rainfall and soil wetness 255
slope, aspect, evaluation, and topography 255
soils, type, chemistry, and penetrability of 255
temperature and thermoregulation 254
water chemistry 256–7
habitat management 329–63
for birds techniques 363
decision 331–3
grasslands 338–44
monitoring 333–4
plans “limits of acceptable change” (LACs)
for species and assemblages 332
for plants 336
techniques used to benefit farmland birds 361
uses 329
habitats for birds
controlling unwanted plants 336–7
managing 337
general principles of 335
taking account of predicted climate
change 337
newly created management of 332
hacking techniques 290
soft release technique 289
Haematopus ostralegus62, 242
Hairy Woodpecker 351
Haldane, J. B. S. 128
Haliaeetus albicilla 288
Hammond’s Flycatcher
handling time 246
Hare (Lepus europaeus)62
Harris, S. 151
Harris, M. 286
harvest
control and management objectives 310–12
estimation, when legal and observable 312
illegal, estimation of
“spy blind” technique 314
“violation simulation” 314
levels
assessing 312–16
estimates of 304
total harvest (H) versus harvest rate (h) 312
management
objectives 311–12
strategies 310–11
rate, measuring 314Index| 377