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Vulture The Private Life of an Unloved Bird
ISBN: PB: 9781684580330, University of Chicago Press, Brandeis University Press, September 2020
248 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 30 colour plates
Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known a...
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£20,00
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Thinking Like a Parrot Perspectives from the Wild
ISBN: HB: 9780226248783, University of Chicago Press, July 2019
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 35 halftones, 6 line drawings
People form enduring emotional bonds with other animal species, such as dogs, cats, and horses. For the most part, these are domesticated animals, with one notable exception: Many people form close and supportive relationships with parrots, even thou...
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£27,00
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Moral Entanglements Conserving Birds in Britain and Germany
ISBN: PB: 9780226543826, ISBN: HB: 9780226376639, University of Chicago Press, April 2018
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 17 halftones, 1 line drawing
At the center of Stefan Bargheer's account of bird watching, field ornithology, and nature conservation in Britain and Germany stands the question of how values change over time and how individuals develop moral commitments. Using life history data d...
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£26,50
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£79,00
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Peregrine Returns The Art and Architecture of an Urban Raptor Recovery
ISBN: HB: 9780226465425, University of Chicago Press, August 2017
208 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 159 colour plates
Peregrine falcons have their share of claims to fame. With a diving speed of over two hundred miles per hour, these birds of prey are the fastest animals on earth or in the sky, and they are now well known for adapting from life on rocky cliffs to a...
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£19,00
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Why Birds Matter Avian Ecological Function and Ecosystem Services
ISBN: PB: 9780226382630, ISBN: HB: 9780226382463, University of Chicago Press, August 2016
368 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 31 halftones, 6 line drawings, 8 tables
For over one hundred years, ornithologists and amateur birders have jointly campaigned for the conservation of bird species, documenting not only birds' beauty and extraordinary diversity, but also their importance to ecosystems worldwide. But while...
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£34,00
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£108,00
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Snowbird Integrative Biology and Evolutionary Diversity in the Junco
ISBN: HB: 9780226330778, University of Chicago Press, April 2016
416 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 8 colour plates, 20 halftones, 14 line drawings, 6 tables
At birdfeeders and in backyards across North America, the dark-eyed junco, or snowbird, can be found foraging for its next meal. With an estimated population of at least 630 million, juncos inhabit forests, parks, and even suburban habitats, making t...
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£48,00
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Zookeeping An Introduction to the Science and Technology
ISBN: HB: 9780226925318, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
688 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 85 halftones, 55 line drawings, 48 tables
As species extinction, environmental protection, animal rights, and workplace safety issues come to the fore, zoos and aquariums need keepers who have the technical expertise and scientific knowledge to keep animals healthy, educate the public, and c...
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Art of Migration Birds, Insects, and the Changing Seasons in Chicagoland
ISBN: HB: 9780226046297, University of Chicago Press, June 2013
128 pp., 15.2x20.3 cm, 54 colour illus.
Tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds weighing less than a nickel fly from the upper Midwest to Costa Rica every fall, crossing the six-hundred-mile Gulf of Mexico without a single stop. One of the many creatures that commute on the Mississippi Flyway as p...
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Global Pigeon
ISBN: PB: 9780226002088, ISBN: HB: 9780226001890, University of Chicago Press, March 2013
288 pp., 23x15 cm, 37 halftones, 10 colour illus.
The pigeon is the quintessential city bird. Domesticated thousands of years ago as a messenger and a source of food, its presence on our sidewalks is so common that people consider the bird a nuisance – if they notice it at all. Yet pigeons are also...
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£69,00
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Extreme Measures The Ecological Energetics of Birds and Mammals
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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£102,00
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