Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Mammals of North America
de Roland W. Kays, Don E. Wilson(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691070121
14.12 €
This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to the mammals of North America. Written by two leading authorities, no other reference covers all resident species north of Mexico, mammals large and small. With full-color illustrations for every one of the 442 species, Mammals of North America shows the user how to identify any mammal encountered, from mouse to moose, bat to baleen whale, Abert's Squirrel to the Yuma Myotis. The core of the book consists of 108 color plates featuring exceptionally detailed mammal illustrations. Each species is depicted on these plates, with subspecies, geographic, and sexual variation portrayed whenever relevant. The artwork is supplemented by maps showing present range and by a short paragraph of text highlighting key identification characterist...

Mammals of North America
de Roland W. Kays, Don E. Wilson(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 069108890X
41.35 €
This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date field guide to the mammals of North America. Written by two leading authorities, no other reference covers all resident species north of Mexico, mammals large and small. With full-color illustrations for every one of the 442 species, Mammals of North America shows the user how to identify any mammal encountered, from mouse to moose, bat to baleen whale, Abert's Squirrel to the Yuma Myotis. The core of the book consists of 108 color plates featuring exceptionally detailed mammal illustrations. Each species is depicted on these plates, with subspecies, geographic, and sexual variation portrayed whenever relevant. The artwork is supplemented by maps showing present range and by a short paragraph of text highlighting key identification characterist...

The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World: Third Edition
de Edward C. Dickinson(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691117012
59.59 €
This is the most accurate and comprehensive checklist of birds ever published in a single volume. First published over twenty years ago, The Howard and Moore Checklist was the first such compact list to include not only all the known species in the world but subspecies too. This new edition of the highly respected reference volume has been fully revised and updated throughout. Enlarged significantly, it has benefited from the input of five regional consultants--one for each of the Americas, Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Palaearctic--who have assisted with a thorough and rigorous reassessment of all taxonomic data. This review has led to the inclusion of many valuable new footnotes and references ; there are some 4,000 footnotes explaining taxonomic choices, and 3,000 references. All a...

Handbook of the Birds of the World: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails
de Richard Banks(Ed. Lynx Edicions) Isbn : 8487334695
212 €
This is the fourth volume of HBW to appear since 2001, and the ninth in the 13 years since 1992, when the first volume was published. With the pre-publication-offer leaflets for Vol. 10 (due in September 2005) appearing on the doormat long before I had got round to writing this review, the publication schedule of HBW is almost as impressive as the quality of the work. Successive reviewers in BB and every other ornithological publication I can think of have lauded this series and drained the barrel of superlatives almost dry, so that, for a reviewer, there is an element of 'what else is there to say?' This volume, the second of the series to cover passerines, covers the cotingas (Cotingidae), manakins (Pipridae), tyrant-flycatchers (Tyrannidae), New Zealand wrens (Acanthisittidae), scrub-bi...

A Field Guide to the Birds of China
de John MacKinnon(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198549407
49.6 €
This is the first truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully illustrated field guide to Chinese birds. Over 1300 species are illustrated in 128 color paintings, and they are fully described in the text. Color distribution maps are also provided for all illustrated species. The authors have both lived and worked in the region for many years, and they have extensive experience writing and illustrating bird guides. Thus, this important book will become a landmark in field guide publishing.

A Field Guide to the Birds of China
de John Mackinnon(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198549415
70.88 €
This is the first truly comprehensive, taxonomically modern, and fully illustrated field guide to Chinese birds. Over 1300 species are illustrated in 128 color paintings, and they are fully described in the text. Color distribution maps are also provided for all illustrated species. The authors have both lived and worked in the region for many years, and they have extensive experience writing and illustrating bird guides. Thus, this important book will become a landmark in field guide publishing.

The Birdwatcher's Guide to Hawai'I
de Rick Soehren(Ed. University of Hawai'i Press) Isbn : 0824816838
22.79 €
This is the first site-specific birding book written especially for the casual or novice birder. It is a fully illustrated look at more than 60 top birding sites on O`ahu, Kaua`i, the Big Island, Maui, Moloka`i, and Lanai. Every spot described offers something special--forest-dwelling birds unique to Hawai`i, seabirds that rarely visit the shore, or introduced birds found in city parks and gardens. Birds of greatest interest and those most likely to be seen at each site are given particular attention, with information on seasonal occurrences to help visitors plan their birding trips. Site descriptions note activities and nearby points of interest, detailed directions to the sites, and available facilities for visitors. Helpful occurrence tables show at a glance where common and uncommon bi...

Avian Incubation: Behaviour, Environment and Evolution
de D. C. Deeming(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198508107
121.08 €
This is the first scientific review of all factors affecting incubation in avian nests. These range from nest construction, egg characteristics and patterns of embryonic development. There is an extensive section describing incubation behaviour of parents and embryos, and there are chapters reviewing brood patch physiology and the various factors determining the incubation environment, including nest microbiology. Another section provides chapters giving detailed descriptions of examples of...

Avian Growth and Development
de J. Matthias Starck(Ed. OUP USA) Isbn : 0195106083
213.76 €
This is the first re-appraisal in 50 years of concepts of development made in birds. This book is a case study in evolutionary diversification of life histories. Although birds have a rather uniform body plan and physiology, they exhibit marked variation in development type, parental care, and rate of growth. This book thus attempts to present an integrative perspective of organism biology, ecology, and evolution.

Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Aves Columbidae to Coraciidae
de Richard Schodde, I.J. Mason(Ed. CSIRO Publishing) Isbn : 0643060375
120.55 €
This is the first of four proposed volumes that will catalogue the birds of Australia. It contains a wealth of detail about the complex nomenclature and includes informative qualifications and taxonomic decisions. The Catalogue also documents type localities, distribution, ecology and bibliographic references. The authoritative work, compiled by world experts, is the culmination of many years of research and will be much in demand as the directory to the status of knowledge on the Australian