Population Limitation in Birds
de Ian Newton (Ed. Academic Pr) Isbn : 0125173652
66.77 € / 437.98 FF
This book meets the demand for a comprehensive introduction to understanding the processes of population limitation. Recognized world-wide as a respected biologist and communicator, Dr. Ian Newton has now written a clear and detailed treatise on local scale population limiting factors in birds. It is based almost entirely on results from field studies, though it is set in a contemporary theoretical framework. The 16 chapters fall under three major section headings: Behaviour and Density...

Population Limitation in Birds
de Ian Newton (Ed. Academic Press) Isbn : 0125173660
66.77 € / 437.98 FF
This book meets the demand for a comprehensive introduction to understanding the processes of population limitation. Recognized world-wide as a respected biologist and communicator, Dr. Ian Newton has now written a clear and detailed treatise on local scale population limiting factors in birds. It is based almost entirely on results from field studies, though it is set in a contemporary theoretical framework. The 16 chapters fall under three major section headings: Behavior and Density...

A Field Guide to the Birds of Australia
de Graham Pizzey (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691084831
43.85 € / 287.64 FF
This book is the most comprehensive work yet published in one volume on Australian bird life. Full details are given of the field marks, habits, voice characteristics, breeding and nesting habits, and range of each species. To enable quick field identification each description is linked by a serial number to its illustration and also to its relevant distribution map.

The Ostrich: Biology, Production and Health
de D. C. Deeming (Ed. CABI Publishing) Isbn : 0851993508
100.22 € / 657.4 FF
This book is the first wide-ranging volume to address the growing interest in ostrich farming around the world and review the current scientific literature on ostrich biology, production, and health. Topics include anatomy, biochemistry, physiology, diseases, and veterinary care.

Parasitic Birds and Their Hosts: Studies in Coevolution
de Stephen I. Rothstein (Ed. Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)) Isbn : 0195099761
112.33 € / 736.84 FF
This book is the first to present a comprehensive overview of parasitic birds and their hosts. Although the phenomenon has attracted the interest of naturalists and evolutionists since Darwin, only recently have researchers applied modern evolutionary theory and experimental methods to study the various adaptations related to brood parasitism. The work in this field is accelerating rapidly, and this volume collects work from the individuals and research groups around the world who have been...

Puerto Rico's Birds in Photographs
de Mark W. Oberle (Ed. Edit Humanitas) Isbn : 0965010414
25.01 € / 164.05 FF
This book is the first to illustrate with color photographs all Puerto Rico's breeding birds and common migrants. Over 300 color photos of 181 species of Puerto Rican birds appear in this publication. The English-language text is designed for tourists, students, teachers, and anyone who wants to understand Puerto Rico's natural heritage by learning about its fascinating birds. The species' life histories are written in a non-technical style for the general reader, and include important lessons for conservation of our natural resources. Most common birds of the Virgin Islands and northern Lesser Antilles are also illustrated. The book comes with a CD-ROM with detailed Spanish and English life history accounts and bibliography for 350 species, plus audio clips and over 1,250 photos. The CD-R...

Pigeons & Doves
de David Gibbs, Eustace Barnes (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300078862
54.29 € / 356.12 FF
This book is the first full-color illustrated guide to the field identification of the pigeons and doves of the world. The authors incorporate much recent information about this large family of birds that includes specialist frugivores, seed-eaters, brightly colored tropical species, gregarious migratory species, shy ground-dwellers, tree inhabiters, and more.

Birds of New Guinea
de Bruce M. Beehler, Dale A. Zimmerman, Thane K. Prat (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691023948
50.11 € / 328.7 FF
This book is the first definitive ornithological field guide to New Guinea, the world's second largest island and one of the richest tropical environments in the Old World. Because of its isolation, New Guinea's biota includes spectacular radiations of unusual plants and animals (of which the birds of paradise are perhaps best known). The region has long attracted naturalists, ecologists, and anthropologists. This book treats all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region,...

Birds of New Guinea
de Bruce McP Beehler, T. K. Pratt (Ed. Princeton Univ Pr) Isbn : 0691083851
75.16 € / 493.02 FF
This book is the first definitive ornithological field guide to New Guinea, the world's second largest island and one of the richest tropical environments in the Old World. Because of its isolation, New Guinea's biota includes spectacular radiations of unusual plants and animals (of which the birds of paradise are perhaps best known). The region has long attracted naturalists, ecologists, and anthropologists. This book treats all of the more than 700 species of birds recorded from the region,...

Munias and Mannikins
de Robin Restall (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300071094
54.29 € / 356.12 FF
This book is the definitive guide to munias and mannikins, a genus of seed-eating songbirds found in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. Restall, the world`s leading authority on the 41 species of these birds, provides a comprehensive natural history of each species, color illustrations of every known plumage, and numerous line drawings.