Catégorie :: Livres anglais (6020 livres)

Chasing Birds Across Texas: A Birding Big Year
de Mark T. Adams (University of Texas USA)(Ed. Texas A M University Press) Isbn : 158544295X
38 €
The book is an odd adventure story, one that those who love birds and Texas geography will savor.

Chasing Birds Across Texas: A Birding Big Year
de Mark T. Adams (University of Texas USA)(Ed. Texas A M University Press) Isbn : 1585442968
18 €
The book is an odd adventure story, one that those who love birds and Texas geography will savor.

Ratites and Tinamous: Tinamidae, Rheidae, Dromaiidae, Casuariidae, Apterygidae, Struthionidae
de Stephen Davies, Michael. J Bamford, Danika Loomes(Ed. OUP Oxford) Isbn : 0198549962
171.29 €
The book contains a complete description of the natural history and biology of the Ratites and Tinamous - the group of flightless birds that includes ostriches, emus, cassowaries and kiwis. Each species is treated in turn, with seven general introductory chapters and full colour illustrations of all 55 species, as well as over 50 line drawings. The author has spent 25 years research on the ratites and has drawn together the extensive and often inaccessible literature on thegroups.

Birds of Venezuela
de Steven L. Hilty(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0713664185
53.16 €
The book can be thoroughly recommended; a must for anyone visiting any part of the Neotropics.

Bonobo â€' The Forgotten Ape (Paper)
de Frans De Waal(Ed. University of California Press) Isbn : 0520216512
34.19 €
The bonobos are best known as the sexy chimpanzees. Their most striking idiosyncrasy is their readiness to use sex as a social lubricant. Any tension within a bonobo group is normally resolved by a quick orgy, in which they all have sex with one another, in all positions and combinations. Yet, as Frans de Waal explains in the elegant photo-essay Bonobo: The Forgotten Ape, this is just one way in which they diverge markedly from the other chimpanzees.

Parts Unknown: A Naturalist's Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places
de Tim Gallagher(Ed. The Lyons Press) Isbn : 1585742759
23.7 €
The blank "parts unknown" areas in a display of antique maps intrigued Gallagher as a boy. A growing interest in falconry led to travels farther and farther afield as the teenager grew more adept in the study of birds of prey in the wild. Observing nests required rock-climbing skills, and finding eagles and hawks meant trips into increasingly remote areas. By honing his writing talents and working with bird researchers in the field, Gallagher was able to turn his avocation into a life work. This collection of essays spans the period from 1978 to the present and focuses on subjects as disparate as the plight of the California condor, the World Series of Birding, and photographing sandpipers behind grain elevators. Gallagher has a conversational writing style that lends immediacy to the narr...

Field Guide to the Birds of the Middle East
de R. F. Porter, S. Christensen, P. Schiermacker-Hansen(Ed. Poyser) Isbn : 0856610763
53.09 €
The Birds of the Middle East is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this region. It covers all species, including vagrants, found in the Arabian peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Cyprus. Over 700 species are described in concise texts giving full details of the plumage and voice of all recognizable forms. Distributed maps appear opposite the plates and are annotated with details of each species status and...

Birds of the Middle East
de S. Christensen, Richard Porter, P Schiermacker-Hansen(Ed. Helm) Isbn : 0713670169
29.51 €
The Birds of the Middle East is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this region. It covers all species, including vagrants, found in the Arabian peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Cyprus. Over 700 species are described in concise texts giving full details of the plumage and voice of all recognizable forms. Distributed maps appear opposite the plates and are annotated with details of each species status and preferred habitat. Four artists have prepared a magnificent set of specially commissioned plates that show all the forms described in full color. The authors have extensive ornithological experience in the Middle East spanning over thirty years of research into the identification, biology, and conse...

Birds of the Middle East (Princeton Field Guides)
de R. F. Porter(Ed. Princeton University Press) Isbn : 0691121044
54.7 €
The Birds of the Middle East is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this region. It covers all species, including vagrants, found in the Arabian peninsula (including Socotra), Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Cyprus. Over 700 species are described in concise texts giving full details of the plumage and voice of all recognizable forms. Distributed maps appear opposite the plates and are annotated with details of each species status and preferred habitat. Four artists have prepared a magnificent set of specially commissioned plates that show all the forms described in full color. The authors have extensive ornithological experience in the Middle East spanning over thirty years of research into the identification, biology, and conse...

The Birds of Sulawesi
de Derek Holmes(Ed. Oxford University Press, USA) Isbn : 9835600058
25.45 €
The birds of Sulawesi are unique. In fact, nearly 100 species are found nowhere else in the world, making this area a magnet for bird-watchers. This is the first illustrated book for birds of Sulawesi, providing a thorough introduction for professional and amateur ornithologists. Non-technicaldescriptions and 142 color illustrations enable readers to identify the most representative birds of the region, and they familiarize the reader with the full variety of birds, their distinguishing features...