Bird
Migration
Thomas Alerstam, et al
Paperback: Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 0521448220;
Reprint edition (April1993)
Avian
Conservation : Research and Management
John M. Marzluff(Editor), et al
Hardcover / Published 1998
Avian
Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World
by John M. Marzluff (Editor), et al
Book Description:
One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth
is by changing land-cover as we settle a region. Much of our ecological
understanding about this process comes from studies of birds, yet the existing
literature is scattered, mostly decades old, and rarely synthesized or
standardized. The twenty-seven contributions authored by leaders in the
fields of avian and urban ecology present a unique summary of current research
on birds in settled environments ranging from wildlands to exurban, rural
to urban. Ecologists, land managers, wildlife managers, evolutionary ecologists,
urban planners, landscape architects, and conservation biologists will
find our information useful because we address the conservation and evolutionary
implications of urban life from an ecological and planning perspective.
Graduate students in these fields also will find the volume to be a useful
summary and synthesis of current research, extant literature, and prescriptions
for future work. All interested in human-driven land-cover changes will
benefit from a perusal of this book because we present high altitude photographs
of each study area.
(Hardcover)
Avian
Growth and Development : Evolution Within the Altricial-Precocial Spectrum
(Oxford Ornithology Series, No 8)
by J. Matthias Starck (Editor), Robert E. Ricklefs (Editor)
(Hardcover - December 1997)
Avian
Medicine
by Thomas N. Tully (Editor), et al
(Hardcover - August 2000)
The
Bird Collectors
Barbara Mearns, Richard Mearns
NEW SCIENTIST
"...Fascinating and well-researched volume. The Mearns show how valuable
the collections of bird skins amassed over the past 150 years are to modern
ornithology. The exploits of the collectors, and the hardships they endured,
make absorbing reading. A fascinating and well researched volume."
Hardcover / Published 1998
Bird
Song : Biological Themes and Variations
P.J.B. Slater, C. K. Catchpole
The song bird has been an inspiration to poets and a delight to casual
listeners, but why birds sing remains a mystery to most. Bird song has
been studied extensively in the past few decades, so that there is now
hardly an area of animal behavior onto which studies of song do not shed
light. This book explores the study of bird song from the biological viewpoint,
reviewing the large literature written on the subject and considering its
intricate nature. Amazon.com
Hardcover / Published 1995
Bird
Trapping and Bird Banding : A Handbook for Trapping Methods All over the
World
Hans Bub, et al
Paperback / Published 1995
Birder's
Dictionary
Randall T. Cox
A one-of-a-kind reference for birders and outdoor enthusiasts of all
stripes, Birder's Dictionary is your most convenient source for biological,
anatomical, physiological, behavioral, and taxonomic information about
birds.
Paperback: 186 pages
Falcon Publishing Company; ISBN: 1560444231; 1 edition
(May 1996)
Avian
Malaria in the Asian Tropical Subregion
by Marshall Laird
(Hardcover - May 1998)
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Current
Ornithology (Current Ornithology, 13)
by Val Nolan (Editor), Ellen Ketterson (Editor)
(Hardcover - July 1997)
Current
Ornithology (Current Ornithology, 7)
by Dennis M. Power (Editor)
(Hardcover - February 1990)
Conservation
and Management of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds in the Northern Rockies
and Great Plains (Northwest Naturalist Books)
David S. Dobkin
Paperback: 236 pages
Univ of Idaho Pr; ISBN: 0893011681; (June 1994)
Discovering
Birds : The Emergence of Ornithology As a Scientific Discipline : 1760-1850
Paul Lawrence Farber
Paperback / Published 1997
Distribution
and Taxonomy of Birds of the World
Charles G. Sibley, et al / Hardcover / Published 1991
Dunnock
Behaviour and Social Evolution (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
N. B. Davies, David Quinn (Illustrator)
At first sight just a small brown bird, the dunnock's unobtrusive appearance
belies its extraordinary behavior and mating patterns. This book gives
a full account of the mating systems of the dunnock or hedge sparrow, Prunella
modularis, which include pairs, a male with two females, two males with
one female, and several males with several females. Detailed observations,
elegant field experiments, and DNA fingerprinting are combined to show
how this variable social organization arises from selfish individuals competing
to maximize their own reproductive success. Further experiments reveal
how the cuckoo may thwart the dunnock's parental efforts. David Quinn's
exquisite drawings provide a visual summary of the bird's behavior. All
students of ecology, evolution, and animal behavior will want to be familiar
with this work, which addresses the wider issues of the influence of ecology
on mating systems and the evolutionary significance of conflict within
and between species. This is the third volume in the Oxford Series in Ecology
and Evolution, and the first in this series to address behavioral ecology.
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Paperback: 272 pages
Oxford University Press; ISBN: 0198546750; (July 1992)
Ecology
and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds
John M. Hagan(Editor), et al
Hardcover / Published 1992
Ecology
and Conservation of Neotropical Migrant Landbirds/Based on a Symposium
Hosted by Manomet Bird Observatory, 6-9 December 1989
David W. Johnston(Editor), et al
Paperback / Published 1992
Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds
Donald E. Kroodsma (Editor), Edward H. Miller (Editor)
Paperback / Published 1996
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The
Ecology of Bird Communities (Cambridge Studies in Ecology)
John A. Wiens
Paperback / Published 1992
The
Ecology of Bird Communities : Processes and Variations (Cambridge Studies
in Ecology) Vol 2
John A. Wiens
Paperback / Published 1994
Ecology
of Bird Communities; Foundations and Patterns
John A. Wiens
Paperback / Published 1992
The
Ecology of Migrant Birds : A Neotropical Perspective
John H. Rappole
Paperback - 270 pages (September 1997)
Smithsonian Institution Press; ISBN: 1560985135
Encyclopedia
of Bird Reference Drawings
David Mohrhardt
Paperback - 80 pages 2nd edition (January 1992)
Fox Chapel Pub; ISBN: 1565230094
Early
Southwest Ornithologists 1528-1900 (Southwest Center Series)
by Dan L. Fischer
Hardcover: 280 pages
University of Arizona Press; ISBN: 0816521492; (November
2001)
The
Technology of Bobwhite Management : The Theory Behind the Practice
by Fred S. Guthery
Material represents a compendium of more than two decades of research
in association with Texas Tech University, Texas A&M University Kingsville,
and Oklahoma State University. Some material was previously published in
The Journal of Wildlife Management and the Proceedings of the National
Bobwhite Quail Symposium.
(Hardcover - March 2002)
Distribution
and Taxonomy of Birds of the World
by Charles G. Sibley, et al
(Hardcover - March 1991)
Extinct
Birds
by Errol Fuller
(Hardcover - April 2001)
Birds
of New Guinea
by Beehler
(Paperback - May 2002)
Elliott
Coues : Naturalist and Frontier Historian
by Paul Russell Cutright, et al
(Paperback - October 2001)
Bird
Conservation One
by Stanley A. Temple (Editor)
(Paperback - November 1983)
Habitat
Management for Migrating and Wintering Waterfowl in North America
Loren M. Smith(Editor), Roger L. Pederson (Editor)
Hardcover: 574 pages
Texas Tech University Press; ISBN: 089672204X; (September
1989)
Mediterranean
Marine Avifauna : Population Studies and Conservation (NATO Asi Series,
G : Ecological Sciences, Vol 12)
by Medmaravie (Editor)
(Hardcover - January 1987)
Manual
of Avian Practice
by Agnes E. Rupley
Text on the diagnosis and treatment of birds. For veterinarians with
little avian experience, students, and technicians
Paperback: 556 pages
W B Saunders Co; ISBN: 0721640834; 1st edition (January
15, 1997)
Manual
of Ornithology : Avian Structure & Function
Noble S. Proctor, et al
Paperback / Published 1993
Neotropical
Birds : Ecology and Conservation
Douglas F. Stotz (Editor), et al / Paperback / Published 1996
Neotropical
Migratory Birds : Natural History, Distribution, and Population Change
Richard M. Degraaf, John H. Rappole (Contributor)
Paperback / Published 1995
Ornithology
by Frank B. Gill
Hardcover - 763 pages 2nd edition (December 1994)
W H Freeman & Co.; ISBN: 0716724154
Ornithology
in Laboratory and Field
by Olin Sewall, Jr. Pettingill
(Hardcover - June 1985)
The
Origin and Evolution of Birds
by Alan Feduccia
(Hardcover - October 1996)
Population
Limitation in Birds
by Ian Newton, Keith Brockie (Illustrator)
(Paperback - September 1998)
The
Rise of Birds : 225 Million Years of Evolution
by Sankar Chatterjee
(Hardcover - November 1997)
The
Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior
by David Allen Sibley
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From the creator of the seminal field guide, The Sibley Guide to Birds,
comes another indispensable book for bird watchers. This veritable bible
to the world of birds is the collaborative effort of 48 expert birders
and biologists, who combine scientific accuracy and detail with an easily
readable and well-organized format. How does a tiny chickadee survive subzero
temperatures? How do flocks of birds synchronize their flights? How can
an albatross cross miles of ocean without flapping its wings? Which bird
brains are actually intelligent? It's all here in essays giving an overview
of avian evolution, biology, and the aerodynamics of flight and in chapters
devoted to the 80 bird families of North America, each one detailing taxonomy,
habitats, feeding, breeding, vocalizations, migrations, and more. Concerned
about declining populations, Sibley also discusses the conservation status
of each species and the factors that threaten them. This fascinating source
of information is destined to be a well-thumbed companion. -- Lesley
Reed - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 588 pages
Knopf; ISBN: 0679451234; 1 Ed edition (October 2, 2001)
Current Ornithology (Current Ornithology, 1)
by Richard F. Johnston (Editor)
(Hardcover - September 1983)
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