The double-crested cormorant : plight of a feathered pariah / Linda R. Wires ; with original illustrations by Barry Kent MacKay.
Wires, Linda R.,author.
MacKay, Barry Kent,1943-,illustrator.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-335) and index.
Aristotle's raven : an introduction to cormorants -- The double-crested cormorant -- European colonization and the making of a pariah -- From Audubon to conservation : the first wave of recovery -- Reversal of fortunes : another decline and the second recovery -- Fish ponds and reservoirs : the context for conflict on the wintering grounds -- Animal damage control and the first standing depredation order for cormorants -- Conflicts on the breeding grounds -- The second standing depredation order for cormorants -- A half million and counting : implementation of management policies in the United States -- Looking north to Canada : limitations to management beyond the 49th parallel -- Untangling the mysteries between predator and prey -- Adaptive management : a process gone awry -- Back to the wintering grounds : liberties with science and policy -- Engineer or destroyer : the case of the catastrophic ecosystem flip -- Opening Pandora's box : some ethical implications of cormorant management -- Afterword : What future for cormorants?.
Double-crested cormorant.
Double-crested cormorant
Fishery management
Fishery management
Bird pests
Bird populations