Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Evolutionary Ecology of Birds
de Peter Bennett, Ian Owens(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198510888
112.22 €
Birds show bewildering diversity in their life histories, mating systems and risk of extinction. Why do albatrosses delay reproduction for the first 12 years of their life while zebra finches breed in their first year ? Why are fairy-wrens so sexually promiscuous while swans show lifelong monogamy ? Why are over a quarter of parrot species threatened with global extinction while woodpeckers and cuckoos remain secure ? Some of these topics are classic problems in natural and sexual selection, while...

Birds of the Southwestern Desert
de Gusse(Ed. Gem Guides Book Co) Isbn : 0935182209
8.5 €
Birds of the Southwestern Desert is a favorite among regional bird watchers who follow these desert trails. Includes fascinating and witty, intimate descriptions of various desert birds that engages the reader and avid bird watcher. Complete with beautifully detailed color drawings and illustrations throughout the book. Learn the taxonomic names of each bird and a detailed description. Read inviting text about the Phainopepla Cedar Waxwing or the Swainson Hawk. Whatever your preference, this handy book will engage any expert or novice birdwatcher to southwestern birds. The best southwestern bird book on the market.

Birds of Southern Africa
de Ian, Hockey, Phil, Tarboton, Warwick Sinclair(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691096821
88.66 €
Birds of Southern Africa is the best and most authoritative guide to the birds of one of the world's most fertile birding regions. Two hundred color plates comprising over 4,000 expert illustrations help birders to distinguish all of southern Africa's approximately 950 bird species. The illustrations have labels highlighting diagnostic features, and many birds are depicted in flight as well as still. Special attention is given to plumage variation by age, sex, and season. The informative text, written by eminent ornithologists, is fully integrated with the color plates to facilitate use in the field. Detailed species accounts emphasize the essential characteristics of each bird, including information on behavior, calls, and habitat preferences. All species names and divisions are in line w...

SASOL Birds of Southern Africa
de Phil Hockey, W.R. Tarboton, Ian Sinclair, SASOL(Ed. Struik Publishers) Isbn : 1868721035
99.64 €
Birds of Southern Africa is the best and most authoritative guide to the birds of one of the world's most fertile birding regions. Two hundred color plates comprising over 4,000 expert illustrations help birders to distinguish all of southern Africa's approximately 950 bird species. The illustrations have labels highlighting diagnostic features, and many birds are depicted in flight as well as still. Special attention is given to plumage variation by age, sex, and season. The informative text, written by eminent ornithologists, is fully integrated with the color plates to facilitate use in the field. Detailed species accounts emphasize the essential characteristics of each bird, including information on behavior, calls, and habitat preferences. All species names and divisions are in line w...

Birds of Southern Africa.
de Ber van Perlo(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691090343
70.46 €
Birds of Southern Africa fills the blanks most others leave in their coverage of this region by describing all 1,250 bird species one might see not only in South Africa but in Zambia and Malawi (both long neglected elsewhere), Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. And this is the only guide to illustrate the birds of Angola (including Cabinda), home of the striking White-headed Robin Chat of river basins and the Angolan Cave Chat, a dweller of rocky hillsides. The 84 color plates depict vagrants, ocean wanderers, and many other birds that occur across a huge region characterized by widely varying habitats from woodlands and forests of various types to deserts to swamps. The text opposite the plates concisely describes similar species and subspecies by physical tr...

Birds of Prey
de Andrew Solway(Ed. Heinemann Library) Isbn : 1403457719
8.54 €
Birds of Prey Explores the different classes and orders of birds of prey, describing their features, behavior, and habitats. Full description

Hawks Owls of the Great Lakes Region Eastern North America
de Chris Earley(Ed. Firefly Books Ltd) Isbn : 1552978478
20.58 €
Birds of prey can be particularly difficult to track for a variety of reasons: - Nocturnal behavior - Remote habitats - Migratory patterns - Swift flight speeds Hawks and Owls depicts both the subtle differences and rich diversity among these awe-inspiring birds. With crisp, clean photographs and precise identification notes, this guide makes quick and accurate classifications easier. The families of birds includes: - New world vultures - Osprey, kites, eagles, hawks and allies - Caracara and...

Hawks Owls of the Great Lakes Region and Eastern North America
de Chris G. Early(Ed. Firefly Books Ltd) Isbn : 1552979032
23.01 €
Birds of prey can be particularly difficult to track for a variety of reasons: - Nocturnal behavior - Remote habitats - Migratory patterns - Swift flight speeds Hawks and Owls depicts both the subtle differences and rich diversity among these awe-inspiring birds. With crisp, clean photographs and precise identification notes, this guide makes quick and accurate classifications easier. The families of birds includes: - New world vultures - Osprey, kites, eagles, hawks and allies - Caracara and...

Birds of Paradise: Paradisaeidae
de Clifford B. Frith, Bruce M. Beehler(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198548532
171.29 €
Birds of paradise have long played a central part in human mythologies and captured the imagination of collectors, scientists, and naturalists. Birds of Paradise provides the first comprehensive, up-to-date, and scientifically accurate overview of the behavior, biology, ecology, biogeography, and history of the most ornate and dramatic group of birds on earth. The book is lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned color depictions of all 42 species of birds of paradise and original line drawings of many behaviors never before recorded, as well as numerous maps and graphs. This stunning book will delight a wide range of readers, from professional ornithologists to amateur naturalists.

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
de Dale A. Zimmerman, Donald Turner, David Pearson(Ed. University of California Press) Isbn : 0691026580
68.51 €
Birds of Kenya is a superior achievement. . . . Any bird watcher visiting Kenya must have it.