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The Sibley guide to bird life & behavior
Item details
- ISBN: 9781400043866 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1400043867
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Physical Description:
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588 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 25 cm. - Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009, c2001.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | At head of title: National Audubon Society. Map on back lining papers. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | World of birds: Flight, form, and function -- Implications of flight -- Feathers -- Molts and plumages -- Aerodynamics -- Feet, bills, and digestion -- Bones and muscle -- Respiration and metabolism -- Senses and vocal apparatus -- Bird intelligence -- Origins, evolution, and classification -- Origins of birds -- How bird species originate -- Classification -- Behavior -- Study of bird behavior -- Function of behaviors -- Daily and seasonal rhythms -- Daily maintenance behaviors -- Migration -- Dispersal -- Communication -- Reproductive behavior -- Understanding behavior: the outer frontier -- Habitats and distributions -- Range and habitat -- Habitat distribution patterns -- Habitat types -- Forests and woodlands -- Grasslands -- Shrublands -- Deserts -- Tundra -- Wetland and aquatic habitats -- Ocean habitats -- Human-created habitats -- Populations and conservation -- What determines bird population sizes? -- Population regulation -- Conservation threats -- Tracking bird populations in North America -- Protecting North American birds. |
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| Subject: | Birds North America Birds Behavior North America Birds Birds Behavior |
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