"This species of shorebird is the prime subject for field investigations. . . .This volume gives in-depth overviews of the bird's feeding strategies, winter survival and migration, breeding season biology, population dynamics, and conservation."--Choice

"...[The book has] provided a case study of one species and its prey that contributes to the understanding of general issues in foraging behavior, as well as migration and (to a limited extent) breeding biology....[the book also contributes] towards a synthesis between individuals and populations."--Quarterly Review of Biology

"One of the most thorough and well-integrated multi-authored volumes I have seen. This review of the behavior and population ecology of the Eurasian Oystercatcher contains a cornucopia of detailed information. Indeed, few organisms are known well enough to permit the ambitious and sophisticated analysis attempted in this work. . . . Twenty-five authors from 9 countries combined to produce the books 13 chapters. . . . The book is extensively referenced ... current ... and has a useful index. . . . I learned a lot from reading this book, and I highly recommend it to shorebird aficionados, ornithologists conducting in-depth research on a single species, and to conservation biologists and managers trying to understand population-level processes. Its value as a model gives it broader appeal than just a book about some European bird, and probably all university and museum libraries should have it."--The Condor