Author: William Cabell RivesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Notes on the Birds of White Top Mountain, Virginia
Author: William Cabell RivesA Catalogue of the Birds of the Virginias
Author: William Cabell RivesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
The History of Ornithology in Virginia
Author: David W. JohnstonPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813922423
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
Host to a large and diverse bird population as well as a long human history, Virginia is arguably the birthplace of ornithology in North America. David W. Johnston's History of Ornithology in Virginia, the result of over a decade of research, is the first book to address this fascinating element of the state's natural history. Tertiary-era fossils show that birds inhabited Virginia as early as 65 million years ago. Their first human observers were the region's many Indian tribes and, later, colonists on Roanoke Island and in Jamestown. Explorers pushing westward contributed further to the development of a conception of birds that was distinctively American. By the 1900s planter-farmers, naturalists, and government employees had amassed bird records from the Barrier Islands and the Dismal Swamp to the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. The modern era saw the emergence of ornithological organizations and game laws, as well as increasingly advanced studies of bird distribution, migration pathways, and breeding biology. Johnston shows us how ornithology in Virginia evolved from observations of wondrous creatures to a sophisticated science recognizing some 435 avian species. David W. Johnston taught ornithology at the University of Virginia's Mountain Lake Biological Station for nearly two decades and has edited numerous ecological studies as well as the Journal of Field Ornithology and Ornithological Monographs.
The Auk
Author: Proceedings
Author: Newport Natural History SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The American Naturalist
Author: A Breeding Bird Census of the Spruce Forest Habitat on Whitetop Mountain, Virginia
Author: Elizabeth A. WrightThe Zoological Record
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 942
Book Description
Indexes the world's zoological and animal science literature, covering all research from biochemistry to veterinary medicine. The database provides a collection of references from over 4,500 international serial publications, plus books, meetings, reviews and other no- serial literature from over 100 countries. It is the oldest continuing database of animal biology, indexing literature published from 1864 to the present. Zoological Record has long been recognized as the "unofficial register" for taxonomy and systematics, but other topics in animal biology are also covered.
Catalogue of Scientific Papers
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Learned institutions and societies
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Proceedings of the Newport Natural History Society
Author: Newport Natural History Society, Newport, R.I.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description