Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Shrikes and Bush Shrikes
de Tony Harris(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691070369
89.05 €
Shrikes are a group of spectacular predators, many with brilliant colors and striking displays and sounds. Located in North America, Eurasia, and Africa, they occupy a wide spectrum of terrestrial habitats, from sparsely vegetated deserts to tropical forests, and have diverse foraging and breeding strategies. Capturing this diversity is the primary goal of Shrikes and Bush-Shrikes, the first field guide to cover the identification, biology, and relationships of all 114 species of shrikes and their close relatives.All species are portrayed in 41 beautiful color plates, consisting of over 480 illustrations that depict differences in sex, age, geographical variation, and flight pattern. Facing the plates are identification captions and color distribution maps for at-a-glance reference. Detail...

Shrikes: A Guide to the Shrikes of the World
de Norbert Lefranc(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300073364
61.76 €
Shrikes are a charismatic group of small- to medium-sized birds with striking raptor-hooked bills and a face mask that gives them the look of small, fierce highwaymen.. This book is the first complete guide to the thirty-one species in three genera of the family Laniidae. Along with superb illustrations and range maps to facilitate successful field identification of all the shrike species, this useful book contains the most recent information on the entire shrike family.

Shrikes: A Guide to the Shrikes of the World
de Norbert Lefranc(Ed. Pica Press) Isbn : 187340347X
29.54 €
Shrikes are a charismatic group of small- to medium-sized birds with striking raptor-hooked bills and a face mask that gives them the look of small, fierce highwaymen.. This book is the first complete guide to the thirty-one species in three genera of the family Laniidae. Along with superb illustrations and range maps to facilitate successful field identification of all the shrike species, this useful book contains the most recent information on the entire shrike family.

Kookaburra
de Vincent Serventy(Ed. Heinemann/Raintree) Isbn : 0817224173
15.16 €
Shows the kookaburra in its natural surroundings and describes its life and struggles for survival.

Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
de Pat Shipman(Ed. Diane Pub Co) Isbn : 0756755867
16.15 €
Shipman brings to her excellent book the authority of a paleontologist and the talent of an accomplished writer on science for popular audiences. Her narrative is alive with the stories of the many people, historical and living, who have puzzled and argued over the meaning of the fossil bird.... Her reporting takes us into the minds of these scientists.... She seems to be on a journey of discovery herself, generously bringing us along.

Taking Wing: Archaeopteryx and the Evolution of Bird Flight
de Pat Shipman(Ed. Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group ) Isbn : 0753806967
9.44 €
Shipman brings to her excellent book the authority of a paleontologist and the talent of an accomplished writer on science for popular audiences. Her narrative is alive with the stories of the many people, historical and living, who have puzzled and argued over the meaning of the fossil bird.... Her reporting takes us into the minds of these scientists.... She seems to be on a journey of discovery herself, generously bringing us along.

Animal Bodies, Human Minds: Ape, Dolphin, and Parrot Language Skills
de W. A. Hillix, Duane Rumbaugh(Ed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers) Isbn : 0306477394
115.43 €
Several books chronicle attempts, most of them during the last 40 years, to teach animals to communicate with people in a human-designed language. These books have typically treated only one or two species, or even one or a few research projects. We have provided a more encompassing view of this field. We also want to reinforce what other authors, for example Jane Goodall, Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, Penny Patterson, Birute Galdikas, and Roger and Deborah Fouts, so passionately convey about our responsibility for our closest animal kin. This book surveys what was known, or believed about animal language throughout history and prehistory, and summarizes current knowledge and the controversy around it. The authors identify and attempt to settle most of the problems in interpreting the animal behavi...

Bharatpur: Bird Paradise
de Sir Martin Ewans(Ed. Gollancz/Witherby) Isbn : 0854931635
33.2 €
SERVES AS A USEFUL INTRODUCTION TO THE PARK FOR ORNITHOLOGIST AND AMATEURS ALIKE. VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF SELECTED BIRDS BEING SUPPLEMENTED WITH NFORMATIVE PHOTOGRAPHS, A MAP AND A CHECKLIST.

Sky Watcher's Handbook: The Expert Reference Source for the Amateur Astronomer
de James Muirden(Ed. W.H.Freeman Co Ltd) Isbn : 071674502X
33.26 €
Serious amateurs today can make more discoveries and original observations than could their predecessors, and professional astronomers are giving them significant status and support. Sky Watcher's Handbook is for the amateur astronomer who, having passed through the first stage of getting acquainted with the sky, has decided to concentrate on a particular object or class of objects and make serious observations. It offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive distillation of collective wisdom available to the amateur astronomer.

The Way of the Hummingbird: In Legend, History Today's Gardens
de Virginia C. Holmgren(Ed. Capra Pr) Isbn : 0884962504
8.5 €
Seemingly everything you've ever wanted to know about hummingbirds is packed into this comprehensive volume by a contributing editor to Birdwatcher's Digest. Holmgren includes legends and scientific facts (for example, the hummingbird's unusual plumage is explained first in Mayan Indian stories and then from a scientific point of view), as well as obscure details (hummingbirds fight, according to scientific data, because the birds have so little body mass that they are unable to store food, and, therefore, they spar fiercely for nutrients; one legend has it that hummingbirds can't sing because their vocal cords are underdeveloped). Illustrations. Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.