Author: Lack, David Lambert [1910-1973]
Title: Population Studies of Birds
Description: Oxford, Clarendon Press, (1968). Reprint. orig.wrappers. 23x15cm, v,341 pp, PAPERBACK.. Rubbed. Rubberstamps to cover, half-title & title-page. Good. ¶ Contents: The Great tit in Wytham: Annual census & laying period; Survival of the young; Mortality at different times of year; The coal tit in pine plantations; The breeding of the pied flycatcher; The European blackbird in gardens & woods; Tawny owls & other predators on rodents; Quelea in tropical Africa; Manakins in Trinidad; The wood pigeon in rural England; The red grousse & ptarmigan in Scotland; The white stork in Germany; The yellow-eyed penguin; The breeding of the kittiwake; Mutton-birds & the Manx shearwater; Conclusion; Appendix: Theoretical considerations concerning animal populations: Density-dependent regulation; The attack on density-dependence; Animal dispersion.

Keywords: Ornithology, Bird Birds, Animal Populations, Population, Europe, Zoology, Ethology, Behaviour, Behavior