The Auks
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-19-854032-8 (ISBN)
Description
This work is intended for professional and amateur ornithologists; birdwatchers; zoologists; student and researchers in animal behaviour and behavioural ecology; and members of Ornithological Societies in all countries, especially the Canadian Nature Federation, American Ornithologists' Union, and American Birding Association. The text covers: auks and their world; systematics and evolution; social behaviour; chick development and the transition from land to sea; and distribution and biogeography.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 plates, 44 line drawings, bibliography, index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-854032-8 (9780198540328)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
List of colour plates. Abbreviations. Plan of the book. Topographical diagrams. Part I: General Chapters: Auks and their world. Systematics and evolution. Distribution and biogeography. Auks in ecosystems. Social behaviour. Chick development and the transition from land to sea. Part II: Species Accounts. Bibliography. Index