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Weather and Bird Behaviour: Poyser Monographs

Autor Norman Elkins
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 30 mar 2004
This classic Poyser title, now in its third revised edition, discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour.Weather conditions affect food and water availability, decisions about when and how to migrate, timing and success of reproduction, flight style, and physical comfort.Birds display many adaptations in form and behaviour that help them to cope with changing weather conditions, and this fascinating book uses a great variety of examples to explore the subject in depth. The text is enhanced throughout with evocative line drawings, there are many useful tables and figures, and there is also an 8pp colour photograph section.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780713668254
ISBN-10: 0713668253
Pagini: 276
Ilustrații: 8pp colour photos
Dimensiuni: 154 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.8 kg
Ediția:3 Rev ed.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția T & AD Poyser
Seria Poyser Monographs

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

The definitive work on the subject, now in its third revised edition

Notă biografică

Norman Elkins is a retired meteorologist and amateur ornithologist. He is an acknowledged authority on the effects of weather on birds.

Cuprins

List of colour platesList of FiguresList of TablesPreface and Acknowledgements1 The Weather2 Flight3 Feeding4 Aerial Feeding5 Breeding6 Comfort7 Migration: Inception and Progress8 Migration Drift and Displacement9 Vagrancy10 Migration of Soaring Birds11 Extreme Weather12 SeabirdsReferencesAppendices

Descriere

This third edition discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. Weather conditions affect food and water availability, decisions about when and how to migrate, timing and success of reproduction, flight style and physical comfort.