Book description
With their curious feeding behaviour, peculiar elongated body,
gregarious social lives and exotic pink plumage, flamingos are among the
most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. They have inspired
artists, poets and amateur naturalists for centuries, but until 50 years
ago very little was known about their biology. A growing number of
scientists have directed their attention to these magnificent birds over
recent years; this book summarises current understanding of flamingo
biology, with detailed discussion of population dynamics, ecology,
movements, feeding, breeding biology and conservation, with emphasis
placed on the authors' work on the famous population of Greater
Flamingos in the Camargue region of southern France. There is also a
detailed guide to breeding areas, and an outline of future challenges
for research. Alan Johnson was director of the Flamingo Specialist
Group from 1978 to 2004. Frank Cezilly is Professor of Ecology at the
University of Bourgogne, France. He was involved in the development of
the Camargue Flamingo conservation project, co-authoring several
publications with Alan Johnson.
