8040 livres sur les oiseaux.

Warblers of the Americas: An Identification Guide
de Curson (Ed. Houghton Mifflin (Trade)) Isbn : 0395709989
33.45 € / 219.42 FF
The first comprhensive guide to all 116 species found in North, Cenral, and South America.

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Indonesia
de Morten Strange (Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691114951
27.05 € / 177.44 FF
The first comprehensive photographic guide to the birds of Indonesia ever available, this superb volume covers 686 species in one of the world's most diverse avifauna regions. The highlight of this book is its almost 700 stunning color photographs--many appearing here for the first time. But the book also contains many other useful features, including distribution maps for all species covered and a concise but thorough text. The volume's design places photographs, text, and maps in close...

Shorebirds: An Identification Guide to the Waders of the World
de Peter Hayman, John Marchant, Tony Prater (Ed. Houghton Mifflin) Isbn : 0395602378
27.87 € / 182.82 FF
The first complete guide to the world's shorebirds, featuring all 211 species illustrated in their various plumages. The clear, accurate text describes each species in detail.

Birds of Liberia
de Wulf Gatter (Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300075766
59.74 € / 391.87 FF
The first avifaunal survey of all of Liberia, this book provides a complete annotated checklist and distribution maps for all resident species and regular migrants to the country. Based on the author`s many years of residence in Liberia and illustrated by one of the world`s foremost bird artists, the volume is an essential reference for all serious birders and ornithologists.

Birds of Liberia
de Wulf Gatter (Ed. Pica / Christopher Helm) Isbn : 1873403631
47.37 € / 310.73 FF
The first avifaunal survey of all of Liberia, this book provides a complete annotated checklist and distribution maps for all resident species and regular migrants to the country. Based on the author`s many years of residence in Liberia and illustrated by one of the world`s foremost bird artists, the volume is an essential reference for all serious birders and ornithologists.

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
de Barrie Heather, Hugh Robertson (Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198501455
31.82 € / 208.73 FF
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is astonishingly comprehensive, covering the identification, status, and distribution of wild birds seen anywhere in the New Zealand region. Up to date and featuring the latest research, this handy volume represents every bird species of New Zealand in seventy-four stunning, original, color paintings by a leading New Zealand bird artist, including rare and recently extinct species. Renowned New Zealand bird experts Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson have written a brief and informative identification guide which provides the reader with a summary of what is known about the birds of New Zealand. Each page contains a color plate and accompanying distribution map on the facing page. The maps provide sufficient plumage and behavioral details that shou...

The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
de Barrie Heather, Hugh Robertson (Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198501463
75.67 € / 496.36 FF
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand is astonishingly comprehensive, covering the identification, status, and distribution of wild birds seen anywhere in the New Zealand region. Up to date and featuring the latest research, this handy volume represents every bird species of New Zealand in seventy-four stunning, original, color paintings by a leading New Zealand bird artist, including rare and recently extinct species. Renowned New Zealand bird experts Barrie Heather and Hugh Robertson have written a brief and informative identification guide which provides the reader with a summary of what is known about the birds of New Zealand. Each page contains a color plate and accompanying distribution map on the facing page. The maps provide sufficient plumage and behavioral details that shou...

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand Antarctic Birds: Ratites to Ducks
de Stephen Marchant, Peter Higgins (Ed. OUP Australia and New Zealand) Isbn : 0195530683
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
The fascinating world of birdlife in Australasia is the subject of this magnificent new reference work. When completed, this lavishly illustrated five-volume set will cover all of the birds known to occur -- or to have recently become extinct -- within Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. Also, for the first time, the avifauna of the dependent islands of Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard Islands will be included, as well as New Zealand's dependencies and...

Hens Eggs: Their Basic and Applied Science
de T. Yamamoto, Lekh Raj Juneja, Hajime Hatta, M. Kim (Ed. CRC Press Inc) Isbn : 0849340055
99.99 € / 655.89 FF
The egg is a chemical storehouse-within an incubating egg a complicated set of chemical reactions take place that convert the chemicals into a living animal. Using hen eggs as a model, this new text explores the use of eggs for food, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. It covers the chemistry, biology, and function of lipids ; carbohydrates ; proteins ; yolk antibody (IgY) ; and other materials of eggs. The novel merits of egg materials over others used in the same products are also discussed. These areas of egg technology have never been compiled before in one source.

The Ebcc Atlas of European Breeding Birds: Their Distribution and Abundance
de Ward J. M. Hagemeijer (Ed. Poyser) Isbn : 0856610917
76.98 € / 504.96 FF
The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds presents, for the very first time, an integrated picture of the distribution and abundance of the breeding birds of Europe. The book compiles and organizes bird survey data from all of Europe, bringing together a team of 450 authors from 38 countries, with an inventive team of artists providing lively illustrations of the various bird species. Over 100 regional and national atlases have been produced, surveying areas from such obscure regions as Madeira, the Azores, Iceland, Svalbard, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land and Transcaucasia--even parts of Russia and the Ukraine ! A scale is included that describes present endangered species' conservation status and enables the measurement of future nature conservation initiatives as well as informative gr...