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Mammals

Extreme Measures The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals

McNab Brian K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226561233, ISBN: HB: 9780226561226, University of Chicago Press, June 2012
336 pp., 23x15 cm, 4 tables, 7 halftones, 97 line illus.

Along with reproduction, balancing energy expenditure with the limits of resource acquisition is essential for both a species and a population to survive. But energy is a limited resource, as we know well, so birds and mammals – the most energy-inten...

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Birds

Feathery Tribe Robert Ridgway and the Modern Study of Birds

Lewis Daniel

ISBN: HB: 9780300175523, Yale University Press, May 2012
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 20 black&white illus.

For many years, ornithology was the province of the wealthy gentleman hunter who shot, stuffed, and preserved his specimens, and of the museum that collected simply to document natural history, not to analyze it. Even as evolutionary theory began to...

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Birds

Flight of the Golden Plover The Amazing Migration Between Hawaii and Alaska

Miller Debbie S.

ISBN: PB: 9781602231511, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, July 2011
32 pp., 20.5x25.5 cm, colour illus.

The remarkable story of the golden plover's annual migration, this beautifully illustrated nature title for young readers sees the small but mighty plover embark on a six-thousand-mile flight between the frozen Alaska tundra and gentle grassy slopes...

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Birds

American Bird Conservancy Guide to Bird Conservation

Lebbin Daniel J., Parr Michael J., Fenwick George H.

ISBN: HB: 9780226647272, University of Chicago Press, November 2010
456 pp., 22.8x16 cm, 600 colour illus.

Whether we live in cities, in the suburbs, or in the country, birds are ubiquitous features of daily life, so much so that we often take them for granted. But even the casual observer is aware that birds don't fill our skies in the number they once d...

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Field Guide to Tasmanian Birds

Watts Dave

ISBN: PB: 9781876334604, Bookport, New Holland Publishers, January 2003
192 pp., 20.8x14.4 cm

A comprehensive listing of all major bird species found in Tasmania, accompanied by full-colour photographs of each bird in its natural habitat for identification purposes. Informative text, distribution maps and full-colour photographs makes "Field...

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Ecology

Neotropical Birds Ecology and Conservation

Stotz Douglas F., Fitzpatrick John W., Parker III Theodore A., Moskovits Debra K.

ISBN: PB: 9780226776309, ISBN: HB: 9780226776293, University of Chicago Press, June 1996
502 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 16 colour plates, 46 halftones, 51 line drawings, 64 tables

Four of the world's leading ornithologists and ardent conservationists have produced this unique synthesis of the ecological information on all 4,037 species of birds found from Mexico south to Tierra del Fuego. In tables that cover more than 300 pag...

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