Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Book Of North American Birds
de Reader's Digest Reader's Digest Editors(Ed. Reader's Digest Association) Isbn : 0762105763
18.96 €
This attractive and informative book of 600 species includes a«special collection»of more than 100 species that are rare. Each portrait includes full-color original artwork ; details on identification, habitat, nesting, and food ; and a color-coded range map.

How Birds Migrate
de Paul Kerlinger(Ed. Stackpole Books) Isbn : 0811724441
18.96 €
This appeared some time ago but deserves ongoing mention as an excellent discussion of the mysteries of migration. Each chapters here focuses on a single aspect of migration, revealing the unusual complexity underlying questions about bird migration processes. Ornithologist Kerlinger provides a lively blend of case study questions and scientific answers which include plenty of maps for at-a-glance details. A fine presentation.

The Gift of Birds: True Encounters With Avian Spirits
de Larry Habegger, A.Greimann Carlson(Ed. Travelers' Tales, Incorporated) Isbn : 1885211414
17.06 €
This anthology of 28 essays (five are original but most are excerpted from books) by 26 authors deals with how birds have affected people, primarily in a spiritual manner. The writers are for the most part naturalists but include such well-known disparate personalities as Peter Matthiessen and Alice Walker, as well as top birding gurus Kenn Kaufman and Pete Dunne. These thoughtful, entertaining essays range from Central Park to Australia, from the Himalayas, Bali, and Africa to Utah. Dunne writes about how watching a birdfeeder brought joy to his ill father, Walker about how she was inspired by the maternal devotions of a hen in Bali. Others tell of encounters with birds of prey, rare cranes, and albatrosses; a person who gathers roadkills to feed vultures; or watching the antics of loons ...

Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution: Birds and Mammals
de D.I. Rubinstein, R.W. Wrangham(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691084394
70.88 €
This ambitious book, the result of a 1983 symposium on social evolution, presents some of the most up-to-date information and theories available on how ecological pressures and social traditions influence social organization. Eighteen groups of birds and mammals, including humans, are discussed. The chief aim is to examine to what extent social evolution in diverse taxonomic groups can be understood through common principles. The topics discussed are complex, but due to the high quality of the writing and editing, highly understandable. The editors' excellent introductory and final chapters greatly help the reader in grasping the sometimes difficult subject matter. A book most large academic libraries should acquire. Nicholas J. Volkman, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Stinson Beach, Cal.Cop...

Bird Migration: A General Survey
de Peter Berthold(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198507879
71.97 €
This accessible introduction to the science of bird migration--the only such book currently available--details the incredible stamina and navigation skills exhibited by migrating birds, as well as the field's latest ideas, hypotheses, experimental results, and methods. Twelve fascinating chapters cover key topics such as the different types of migration, migratory behavior, physiological adaptations, orientation mechanisms and navigation, and conservation needs of migrants. Written by one of the...

Restoring North America's Birds: Lessons from Landscape Ecology
de Robert A. Askins(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300079672
29.54 €
This accessible book draws on recent research on bird species and their habitats to explain how basic principles of bird ecology and landscape ecology can help us create scientifically sound plans for protecting and restoring the rich diversity of North American birds. This edition includes an afterword that reviews noteworthy literature that has appeared since the first edition was completed in 1999. This new material - on such key issues as the importance of preserving large expanses of...

Restoring North America′s Birds â€' Lessons from Landscape Ecology 2e
de Robert Askins(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300093160
15.29 €
This accessible book draws on recent research on bird species and their habitats to explain how basic principles of bird ecology and landscape ecology can help us create scientifically sound plans for protecting and restoring the rich diversity of North American birds. This edition includes an afterword that reviews noteworthy literature that has appeared since the first edition was completed in 1999. This new material - on such key issues as the importance of preserving large expanses of...

Common Birds Of Hawai'i
de H. Douglas Pratt(Ed. Bess Press) Isbn : 1573061824
4.7 €
Thirty-nine of Hawai'i's most commonly sighted birds, illustrated by H. Douglas Pratt, with common names (in English and Japanese), scientific names, Hawaiian names, sizes, wingspans, habitats, and origins.

Duck
de Claire Llewellyn(Ed. Cooper Square Pub) Isbn : 1559718781
12.14 €
The«Starting Life»series continues with another familiar topic: ducks. Every child is enthralled with baby ducklings at the park. This book takes readers through each stage of life--from egg to duckling to duck. Lush, accurate illustrations of habitat feature plant life and animals on die-cut pages that get longer as the duck grows bigger. Captions, labels, and diagrams provide lots of information on every page without sacrificing the picture book's beauty and appeal. The story of the duck's...

Handbook of North American Birds V 4
de Palmer(Ed. Yale University Press) Isbn : 0300040598
47.25 €
These volumes represent the third installment of a monumental enterprise. (Vol. 1, Loons Through Flamingos , appeared in 1962; Vols. 2 and 3, Waterfowl , in 1976.) These latest volumes form the definitive reference source on North American diurnal raptors (kites, vultures, hawks, eagles, falcons, osprey), superseding A.C. Bent's Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, published in 1938. Forty-two species are covered in telegraphic, fact-crammed style in articles of 1-50 pages or more, dealing with topics such as physical description, voice, field identification, subspecies, habitat, distribution, migration, banding status, reproduction, habits, survival, and food. Most articles are illustrated by one or more black-and-white drawings and a distribution map. Though each volume may be...