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A Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia

A Guide to the Birds and Mammals of Coastal Patagonia
de Graham Harris(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691058318
62.54 €
This is the first guidebook to the birds and mammals of the coastal region of Patagonia, a vast area at the southern tip of South America. This guide describes the 185 species of birds and 61 species of mammals known to inhabit the land and sea along two thousand miles of the Patagonian coast, from Pent/nsula Valdés to the Strait of Magellan.With an area covering over half a million square miles, Patagonia is larger than Spain and Portugal combined. It is scarcely populated and much of its land is desert, swept year-round by winds from both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The greatest abundance and diversity of wildlife occurs where the great dry steppe meets the South Atlantic along a spectacular shoreline of unspoiled beaches and lonely headlands. One of the last truly untouched regions...

Birds, Mammals,  Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide

Birds, Mammals, Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide
de Andy Swash, Rob Still, Robert Still(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300088647
23.7 €
This is the first comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galápagos, encompassing the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The innovative, simple-to-use format of the pocket-sized volume will help beginners and experts alike to identify with confidence the striking and charismatic Galápagos fauna. Highlighting the differences between similar species, the guide focuses on the key identification features of each....

Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide

Birds, Mammals, and Reptiles of the Galapagos Islands: An Identification Guide
de Andy Swash, Rob Still(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0713675519
20.06 €
This is the first comprehensive guide to the unique wildlife of the Galápagos, encompassing the birds, mammals, and reptiles a visitor to these extraordinary islands might encounter. The innovative, simple-to-use format of the pocket-sized volume will help beginners and experts alike to identify with confidence the striking and charismatic Galápagos fauna. Highlighting the differences between similar species, the guide focuses on the key identification features of each. Information on the status, habitat preferences, breeding seasons, and significant behavioral characteristics is provided for each species, along with 78 distribution maps for all resident species. Fifty-three remarkable color plates compiled from a composite of 500 photographic images and 20 illustrations depict virtually e...

Title: Birds of the Seychelles Princeton Field Guides

Title: Birds of the Seychelles Princeton Field Guides
de Ian, Skerrett, Adrian Bullock(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691088632
99.41 €
This is the first comprehensive guide to the birds of the Seychelles, a spectacular archipelago of 115 islands north of Madagascar. It describes and illustrates every species for the first time--more than 250 in all--and gives extended species accounts for all 66 breeding species. These accounts cover breeding biology and, for all indigenous species, threats and conservation. The volume also offers the first detailed accounts of all 26 Seychelles' endemics, including their origins, in popular...

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands

Field Guide to the Birds of the Atlantic Islands
de Tony Clarke(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0713660236
35.43 €
This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spectacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macaronesia which comprises the Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde. Over 450 species are illustrated with full details of all the plumages and major races likely to be encountered. Concise text describes identification, status, range, habits and voice. This authoritative book will not only be an indispensable guide to the visiting birder, but also a vital tool for those engaged in work to conserve and study the avifauna of this region. The Atlantic Islands shelter a remarkable diversity of birds, many seriously endangered with small and vulnerable ranges.

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns: Their Biology and Conservation in Autstralia

Herons, Egrets and Bitterns: Their Biology and Conservation in Autstralia
de Neil McKilligan, CSIRO Publishing(Ed. CSIRO Publishing) Isbn : 0643091335
29.53 €
This is the first book to deal exclusively with the Australian members of the Family Ardeidae (herons, egrets and bitterns). It gives a comprehensive, easy-to-read account of their origins, classification and biology, and explains the features that distinguish them from other birds. The book devotes a major chapter to the 14 Australian species, covering their distribution and movements, feeding, breeding, population dynamics and conservation. Some of Australia's herons have become very scarce in the southern half of the continent and are at risk of national or local extinction. In northern Australia heron habitats and resources are largely pristine and consequently this region accommodates large numbers of certain species. A final chapter on population and conservation provides a useful su...

Thrushes

Thrushes
de Peter Clement(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691088527
74.39 €
This is the first book in nearly one hundred years that is solely devoted to thrushes, one of the most widespread and well-known families of birds in the world. It treats comprehensively the world's 162 species of true thrushes and covers some of the best-known garden species as well as some of the rarest and most elusive of all birds. It also includes some of the most musically accomplished singers of any bird family. The book contains a wealth of detailed information on identification and...

The Quails, Partridges, and Francolins of the World

The Quails, Partridges, and Francolins of the World
de Paul A. Johnsgard(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198571933
67.27 €
This is the first available reference to describe and document all known species of quails, partridges, and francolins. A companion volume to The Pheasants of the World, this text covers nearly three times as many species, and includes many more color plates, some of which represent species that have never before been illustrated in color in ornithological literature. The text includes comparative chapters on reproductive biology, ecology, population dynamics, ontogenetic development, and behavior, as well as a review of taxonomy and zoogeographic aspects of the groups. Identification keys to genera and species are provided, and criteria for identifying individual species by age and sex are also included. The book is an invaluable resource for ornithologists, ecologists, and anyone interes...

A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines

A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines
de Robert Kennedy, Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward Dickinson, Hector C. Miranda(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198546688
49.6 €
This is the first and only comprehensive, informative, and easy to use reference book on Philippine birds. It encompasses all of the 572 species that have been recorded in the Philippines and contains 72 full colour plates and more than 500 range maps for instant distributional information. The book provides useful and informative text on each species, including a list of islands where it has been recorded and includes previously unpublished song or call note information on mostspecies.

A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines

A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines
de Robert Kennedy, Pedro C. Gonzales, Edward Dickinson, Hector C. Miranda(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198546696
70.88 €
This is the first and only comprehensive, informative, and easy to use reference book on Philippine birds. It encompasses all of the 572 species that have been recorded in the Philippines and contains 72 full colour plates and more than 500 range maps for instant distributional information. The book provides useful and informative text on each species, including a list of islands where it has been recorded and includes previously unpublished song or call note information on mostspecies.