Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher: Birdfeeders and Bird Gardens
de Robert Burton, Stephen W. Kress(Ed. Thunder Bay Press) Isbn : 1571451862
18.98 €
Discover how to create a backyard bird sanctuary with the expert guidance of the National Audubon Society. Your backyard will come alive by applying these feeding and gardening techniques. Includes a photographic guide to the birds of North America, as well as the trees and plants that attract them. The ultimate resource for anyone interested in creating a bird-friendly habitat.

The Dipper
de Stephanie J. Tyler, Stephen J. Ormerod(Ed. Shire Publications) Isbn : 0852639554
2.96 €
Dippers are the world's only truly aquatic passerine birds and for the birdwatcher and naturalist the Dipper's remarkable swimming and diving abilities are only added to by the beauty of their preferred but threatened habitat, the fast flowing streams of the wild uplands. Territorial behaviour, breeding biology, diet, movements and population dynamics are all discussed in relation to the Dipper's adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle in environments coming under increasing pressure from man's current changes in land use. The text is supported by numerous figures and photographs, and also by the delightful drawings of Darren Rees.

The Dippers
de Stephanie J. Tyler, etc., Stephen Ormerod, Bryn Aderlyn(Ed. Poyser) Isbn : 0856610933
35.42 €
Dippers are the world's only truly aquatic passerine birds and for the birdwatcher and naturalist the Dipper's remarkable swimming and diving abilities are only added to by the beauty of their preferred but threatened habitat, the fast flowing streams of the wild uplands. Territorial behaviour, breeding biology, diet, movements and population dynamics are all discussed in relation to the Dipper's adaptations to an aquatic lifestyle in environments coming under increasing pressure from man's current changes in land use. The text is supported by numerous figures and photographs, and also by the delightful drawings of Darren Rees.

Dinosaurs of the Air
de Paul(Ed. Johns Hopkins University Press) Isbn : 0801867630
62.7 €
Dinosaurs of the Air: The Evolution and Loss of Flight in Dinosaurs and Birds presents the most recent work of renowned evolutionary scientist and dinosaur illustrator Gregory Paul. Dinosaurs of the Air synthesizes the growing body of evidence which suggests that modern-day birds have evolved from theropod dinosaurs of prehistoric times. Paul argues provocatively for the idea that the ancestor-descendant relationship between the dinosaurs and birds can on occasion be reversed, and that many...

An Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure and Evolution
de Dina Prialnik(Ed. Cambridge University Press) Isbn : 0521650658
114 €
Dina Prialnik is a Professor of Planetary Physics at Tel Aviv University. Her research interests lie in stellar evolution; the structure and evolution of cataclysmic variables, comet nuclei and other small Solar System bodies; and the evolution of planets.

Swans
de Dafila Scott(Ed. Voyageur Press (MN)) Isbn : 0896583201
14.2 €
Did you know that swan-like creatures may have existed over 80 million years ago ? Or that swans are the largest of the waterfowl, as well as one of the largest flying birds ? Featuring gorgeous portraits of these graceful, majestic birds, Swans details everything from the appearances of swans in myth to their ecology and life history. In many legends and myths, swans represent beauty, purity, and fidelity. Dafila Scott explains that in real life, these waterfowl indeed possess many of these...

Birds of the Raincoast: Habits and Habitat
de Harvey Thomassen, Dr. Kevin Hutchings(Ed. Harbour Publishing) Isbn : 1550173006
45.53 €
Did you know that birds that spend a lot of their lives on the ocean can drink seawater ? They have large glands nestled between their eyes that remove excess salt from the blood. Did you know that at least 32 species of birds are known to eat snakes ? Even the American Robin has been seen feeding young garter snakes to its babies. Did you know that the nests of the common Marbled Murrelet are so well hidden they remained a mystery to birdwatchers and biologists until one was discovered 1974 ? Birds of the Raincoast represents the next step in West Coast bird books, a book that moves beyond simple identification to probe deeper into the lives of our feathered friends. Richly illustrated with excellent photographs, it examines birds in their environments, noting what they do, and where and ...

Birds of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa
de Dick Watling, Chloe Talbot-Kelly(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0709927452
42.54 €
Dick Watling was born in Uganda and spent most of his childhood in East Africa. Following a brief period living in the United Kingdom, he went to Fiji in 1967 and has been a resident ever since, although continuing his education in the UK. He graduated in Zoology from Bristol University and then gained his doctorate at the University of Cambridge. His doctoral thesis was the Red-vented Bullbul, Pycnonotus cafer, a bird introduced to Fiji where it is something of an agricultural pest. The field work was done over three years between 1974 and 1977, in the Sigatoka Valley, one of Fiji's major vegetable growing areas and was the first intensive study of any of the region's birds. A committed conservationist, Dick Watling has worked in the Serengeti and Lake Manyara National Parks in Tanzania a...

Dick E. Bird's Birdfeeding 101: A Tongue-In-Beak Guide to Suet, Seed, and Squirrelly Neighbors
de Richard E. Mallery, Dick Mallery(Ed. Main Street Books) Isbn : 0385487002
12.3 €
Dick E. Bird's Birdfeeding 101 is the most hilarious and informative bird feeding book any enthusiast will ever read. Richard E. Mallery (a.k.a. Dick E. Bird) provides easy-to-follow recipes for home-brew suet, hummingbird nectar, and other goodies that will tempt more birds to any feeding station. 100 drawings cartoons.

Metapopulations and Wildlife Conservation
de Dale R. McCullogh(Ed. Island Press) Isbn : 1559634588
35.62 €
Development of rural landscapes is converting once-vast expanses of open space into pockets of habitat where wildlife populations exist in isolation from other members of their species. The central concept of metapopulation dynamics-that a constellation of partially isolated patches can yield overall stability to a system that is chaotic at the level of the individual patch-offers an important new way of thinking about the conservation and management of populations dispersed among small habitat fragments. This approach is proving to be a rich resource for biologists hoping to arrest the current catastrophic loss of biodiversity.An understanding of metapopulation theory and analysis is critical to the modern practice of wildlife conservation and management. This volume provides a comprehens...