Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Bird migration: A General Survey
de Peter Berthold(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198507860
121.08 €
Bird migration is a charismatic topic that has fascinated naturalists for centuries. This book, the only concise and accessible synthesis of the area, describes not only the migrations, the incredible stamina and navigational skills of the birds, the effects on their distributions, survival, and evolution, but also the scientific skills and studies that underlie the information that has been gleaned about migration.

The Art of Bird Illustration
de Maureen Lambourne(Ed. Knickerbocker Press) Isbn : 1577150244
24.66 €
Bird illustration has been of interest since the Egyptian tomb painters included wildfowl to sustain the dead on their journey into the world beyond. Commentary in this book takes the form of a leisurely stroll through sites along the Nile Valley, Pompeii, medieval Europe and Baroque aviaries, stopping along the way to admire the birds portrayed by the most accomplished artists and ornithologists of their time. Including over 175 representations, all the plates in this work are reproduced in their original colors, and many of them are from specialized galleries and libraries otherwise inaccessible to a wide public.

Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds of the World
de David Rosair, David Cottridge(Ed. Facts On File Inc) Isbn : 0816033099
28.46 €
Bird books are being published in increasing numbers, from such multivolume works as Birds of North America and Handbook of the Birds of the World [RBB My 15 95] to specialized titles like this one. Most are important, especially in view of concerns for endangered species. The Photographic Guide to the Shorebirds of the World, a well-organized work with excellent photographs, was originally published in Great Britain as the Hamlyn Photographic Guide to the Waders of the World.Some 212 species are represented in this concise volume with more than 700 full-color photographs of the birds in various plumages. The book is easy to use, with text on one page and photographs on the facing page. The text provides a comprehensive description that includes plumage, breeding range, flight patterns, ca...

Hummingbird Garden
de Mathew Tekulsky(Ed. Harvard Common Press) Isbn : 1558321535
10.61 €
Bird and gardening expert Mathew Tekulsky uncovers the simple steps any gardener can take to attract and enjoy one of nature's most beautiful creatures. He introduces the reader to hummingbird habits and reveals the regions where they live and migrate.

Biology of Marine Birds
de Elizabeth Anne Schreiber(Ed. CRC Press) Isbn : 0849398827
115.86 €
Biology of Marine Birds provides the only complete summary of information about marine birds ever published. It both summarizes and analyzes their breeding biology, ecology, taxonomy, evolution, fossil history, physiology, energetics, and conservation. The book covers four orders of marine birds : penguins (Sphenisciformes) ; albatross, shearwaters, petrels (Procellariiformes) ; pelicans, boobies, frigatebirds, tropicbirds, cormorants (Pelecaniformes) ; and gulls, terns, guillemots, auks...

Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges
de Bill, III Thompson, Eirik A. T. Blom, Jeffrey A. Gordon(Ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)) Isbn : 0618514694
18.96 €
Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest, a bimonthly magazine with 70,000 subscribers. Julie Zickefoose is a widely published natural history writer and bird artist. Bill and Julie live on an eighty-acre nature sanctuary with their two children.

The Owls of North America
de Karl E. Karalus(Ed. Bonanza Books) Isbn : 0517632209
17.09 €
Bibliography: p. 268-273. Subjects: Owls--North America. Birds--North America. Originally published: Garden City, N. Y. : Doubleday, 1974, c1973.

Seabirds of the Northern Hemisphere
de Alan J. Richards(Ed. Gallery Books) Isbn : 0831777257
23.73 €
Bibliography, Includes index. Subjects; Seabirds - Northern Hemisphere. Northern hemisphere, Marine birds.

Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian
de Paul Russell Cutright, Michael J. Brodhead(Ed. University of Illinois Press) Isbn : 0252069870
23.7 €
Best known as the author of the pioneering Key to North American Birds, Elliott Coues (1842-99) was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians-as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Now available in paperback, this comprehensive biography of a brilliant, ambitious, and phenomenally productive man ranks as the definitive life of Elliott Coues.

Elliott Coues: Naturalist and Frontier Historian
de Paul Russell Cutright, Michael J. Brodhead(Ed. University of Illinois Press) Isbn : 0252008022
37.96 €
Best known as the author of the pioneering Key to North American Birds, Elliott Coues (1842-99) was one of America's most renowned but least understood ornithologists and historians-as well as a naturalist, anatomist, taxonomist, writer and editor, Army surgeon on the American frontier, occultist, and the youngest person ever to become a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Now available in paperback, this comprehensive biography of a brilliant, ambitious, and phenomenally productive man ranks as the definitive life of Elliott Coues.