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Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services But while these avian enthusiasts have noted that birds eat fruit carrion and pests spread seed and fertilizer and pollinate plants among other services they have rarely asked what birds are worth in economic terms In Why Birds Matter an international collection of ornithologists botanists Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Why Birds Matter makes a valuable contribution to the literature and brings together disparate empirical studies examining the ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by birds Moreover by highlighting those areas where further research is likely to prove fruitful the book is likely to prompt other researchers to initiate Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Birds plant forests devour pests pollinate flowers and scavenge carrion Investigation of these ecosystem functions directly as ecosystem services has grown immensely over the last two decades Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem These examples and many others illustrate that by seeking to outline the ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by birds this volume is highly topical and of great interest to a broad range of ornithologists and ecologists Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services Edited by Çağan H Şekercioğlu Daniel G Wenny and Christopher J Whelan 2016 The University of Chicago Press Chicago 60637 USA Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem avian ecological functions and ecosystem services in the tropics an understudied part of the world compared with temperate regions and is useful indeed for researchers of the tropics Finally Chapter 12 discusses those ecosystem services that support human wellbeing and reaffirms the need to value birds not only for the financial services they Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem ecosystem services in a complete exciting and uptodate manner Therefore Why Birds Matter can be regarded as a standard work on avian ecological function and ecosystem services—the first collection available with this extent of knowledge historical background and perspective Subsequent research can build on this work and hopefully will PDF Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Birds plant forests devour pests pollinate flowers and scavenge carrion Investigation of these ecosystem functions directly as ecosystem services has grown immensely over the last two decades Why birds matter from economic ornithology to ecosystem In this paper we briefly review the rise and fall of economic ornithology and call for a new economic ornithology with heightened standards and a holistic focus within the ecosystem services approach Birds’ ecological roles and therefore ecosystem services are critical to the health of many ecosystems and to human wellbeing
