Author: Laurence C. BinfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780943610542
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A Distributional Survey of the Birds of the Mexican State of Oaxaca
Author: Laurence C. BinfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780943610542
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
General Technical Report RMRS
Author: General Technical Report RM.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Taxonomy and Distribution of the Birds of Oaxaca, Mexico ...
Author: Marjorie Ann BriggsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
A Distributional Survey of the Birds of Sonora, Mexico, &c
Author: Adriaan Joseph Van RossemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
CRC Handbook of Avian Body Masses
Author: John B. Dunning, Jr.Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849342585
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Body mass, or weight, is the most useful descriptive measure of relative body size in birds. Masses are usually reported in avian studies of comparative ecology, physiology, breeding biology, and zoology. In addition, adult body mass is a vital statistic for studies of allometric relationships, growth and development, flight, and biometrics. The data in this handbook was compiled to provide a ready reference source for body masses of most of the world's species of birds. Masses of over 5,800 species are presented, representing about 65% of the known birds. Information for each species includes, when available, the mean, standard deviation, range, sample size, collecting locale and season, and original source. Separate means are presented for males and females in sexually dimorphic species. This handbook should greatly improve the ability of avian researchers to quickly locate body masses for most bird species and incorporate this data into research. Airplane design engineers and airport management professionals can also use these data to calculate the damage done by various species of birds when they hit aircraft. Avid birders, members of birding organizations, and bird banders will also find the book useful for their activities.
Anthropologica
Author: The Cuckoos
Author: Robert B. PaynePublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 9780191513558
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
The cuckoos are the most variable birds in social behavior and parental care: a few cuckoos are among the most social of all birds and rear their young in a common nest; most cuckoos are caring parents that rear their own young with some females laying a few eggs in the nests of others; while many cuckoo species are brood parasites who leave their eggs in the nests of other birds to rear, with their young maturing to kill their foster nestmates. In The Cuckoos, Robert B. Payne presents a new evolutionary history of the family based on molecular genetics, and uses the family tree to explore the origins and diversity of their behaviour. He traces details of the cuckoos' biology to their original sources, includes descriptions of previously unpublished field observations, and reveals new comparisons of songs showing previously overlooked cuckoo species. Lavishly illustrated with specially commissioned colour plates and numerous maps, halftones, and line drawings, The Cuckoos provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of this family yet available.
A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America
Author: Steve N. G. HowellPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198540120
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1024
Book Description
"A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America is astonishingly comprehensive, covering the identification, status, and distribution of all 1,070 birds species known from Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, and western Nicaragua ... [T]he guide shows 750 species and includes many plumages never before depicted"--
Wrens, Dippers and Thrashers
Author: David BrewerPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408135523
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
This is the first comprehensive guide to these closely related families. The book covers all 75 wrens, 34 thrashers and 5 dippers, almost all of which are New World species. The wrens (Troglodytidae) in particular display great diversity, occupying almost every kind of habitat in the Americas. The family probably originates in Central America where the greatest number of species is to be found. The thrashers (Mimidae) include the mockingbirds, catbirds and tremblers. The dippers (Cinclidae) are river specialists although, unusually, they exhibit no obvious features for an aquatic existence.