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Essential Ornithology

ISBN: 9780198569978 | 0198569971
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 7/22/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
Essential Ornithology provides the reader with a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of birds, one of the most widely studied taxonomic groups. The book starts with the controversial question of the dinosaur origins of birds and their subsequent evolution. Development, anatomy, and physiology are then discussed followed by chapters devoted to avian reproduction, migration, ecology, and conservation. Sections dealing with aspects of bird/human relationshipsand bird conservation give the book an applied context.Drawing extensive... MORE
Preface
Evolution of birds
Feathers and flight
Movement: migration and navigation
Eggs, nests and chicks
Reproduction
Foraging and avoiding predation
Populations, communities and conservation
Index
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Dr. Graham Scott is currently a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at the university of Hull. He teaches ornithology, ecology and animal behaviour at undergraduate level and has a range of research interests. He is committed to the development of teaching at university level. With a life-long passion for birding he is fascinated by all aspects of ornithology.


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