Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Birds: A Book of Hanging Ornaments
de Douglas Sardo, Sally Fisher(Ed. Harry N. Abrams, Inc.) Isbn : 0810931494
9.46 €
Beautifully reproduces on sturdy cardboard in this accordian-style book are five ornaments displaying the most admired birds in America--the Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, and Baltimore Oriole. Simply press out the ornaments from the book and, with the enclosed gold cord, hang them on a tree or in a windows at any time of the years. 6 panels.

Trogons and Quetzals of the World
de Paul A. Johnsgard(Ed. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press) Isbn : 1560983884
47.46 €
Beautifully illustrated with 40 hand-colored plates and 19 line drawings, this comprehensive review of trogons and quetzals---the first to be published in more than 150 years---covers all thirty-nine species currently in existence. Detailed species descriptions, range maps, and identification keys are included along with an examination of species anatomy, behavior, breeding, and evolution.

Birds of the Wetlands
de James A. Hancock(Ed. Poyser) Isbn : 0123227275
29.51 €
Beautifully illustrated throughout in colour from the author's own collection of photographs, this spectacular book is the work of one of the world's most-travelled authorities on wetland birds. The beauty of the bird life is set against telling explanations of how wetland habitats work and of their place in the international conservation scene. Still a haven for huge breeding populations of herons, storks, ibises, spoonbills, anhingas, cormorants, wildfowl, waders, and birds of prey, wetlands...

The Penguins: Spheniscidae
de Tony D. Williams(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 019854667X
41.35 €
Beautifully illustrated and magnificently comprehensive, The Penguins is the most authoritative guide on the subject available. Restricted to the Southern Hemisphere (but abundant in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic regions), the Penguins are highly specialized marine divers, spending much of their lives at sea. Penguins have shown an amazing ability to adapt physiologically, behaviorally, and ecologically to often extreme environments, ranging from the snow and ice of Antarctica to the hot,...

The Megapodes: Megapodiidae
de Darryl N. Jones, etc., Rene W.R.J. Dekker, Cees S. Roselaar(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 0198546513
41.35 €
Beautifully illustrated and magnificently comprehensive, The Megapodes is the most authoritative guide on the subject available. Distributed over Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, The Philippines, the Nicobar Islands of India, and several southwest Pacific Islands, the Megapodes are heavy-bodied birds of the forest floor (they can fly, but move mostly by walking) who forage for insects, seeds, and fallen fruit. The only birds known to use external heat sources rather than body heat for incubation, their young emerge fully able to fend for themselves and receive no parental care. The first part of the book provides an overview of the family as a whole ; describes their taxonomy, distribution, biology, and behavior ; and focuses on the physiological, ecological, and behavioral adaptati...

The Hornbills: Bucerotiformes
de A.C. Kemp(Ed. Oxford University Press) Isbn : 019857729X
41.35 €
Beautifully illustrated and magnificently comprehensive, The Hornbills is the most authoritative treatment of all 54 species of these fascinating birds available. Found throughout the Old World--from sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Subcontinent to southeast Asia and Indonesia (to Papua New Guinea)--they are birds of the forest who survive largely on fruits and insects. Named after their large, distinctively shaped bills, they have long fascinated ornithologists with their fascinating social behavior and nesting habits. The first part of the book offers an overview of the family as a whole, describing all facets of hornbill life--including taxonomy, distribution, biology, and behavior--with a summary of the literature, a wealth of examples, and numerous illustrations. The second part feat...

Common Birds of North America: An Expanded Guidebook, Eastern Edition
de James D. Wilson(Ed. Willow Creek Press) Isbn : 1572233133
21.38 €
Beautiful, full-color, large-scale illustrations showcase 30 birds in the habitats of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada that they are most associated with, along with identification tips. Expanded information on each birds' habits and natural history goes beyond the standard bird identification guide.

Common Birds of North America: Midwest Edition : An Expanded Guidebook
de James D. Wilson(Ed. Willow Creek Press) Isbn : 157223301X
21.38 €
Beautiful, full-color, large-scale illustrations showcase 30 birds in the habitats of the midwestern United States and central Canada that they are most associated with, along with identification tips. Expanded information on each birds' habits and natural history goes beyond the standard bird identification guide.

Cal 99 365 Audubon Birds Calendar
de John James Audubon(Ed. Workman Publishing) Isbn : 1579651062
11.83 €
Be a birder, every day. Fork-tailed flycatchers, Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Long-billed Curlews. The brilliant Painted Redstart, a young Tricolored Heron with its goofy hairstyle, and the Eastern Meadowlark with a dance only a mate could love. From the National Audubon Society, the preeminent bird authority, here are tree-dwelling birds, wading birds, birds of prey, elegant birds, and some decidedly silly-looking birds. Birds you can watch through your kitchen window, and birds you won't find unless you travel around the world. Plus bird facts, habitats, migratory patterns, Latin names, and more. It's a bird lover's field day.

Immunology and Developmental Biology of the Chicken
de O. Vainio, B. A. Imhof(Ed. Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K) Isbn : 3540605851
95.99 €
Basel Institute for Immunology, Switzerland. Advanced research on the benefits of chickens as animal models in developmental and hematopoietic research. For the investigator. 40 international contributors.