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A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean - Hardcover

Shirihai, Hadoram

 
9781472969989: A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife: The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1472969987 ISBN 13: 9781472969989
Verlag: Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2019

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The only complete guide to the wildlife and natural history of the vast, beautiful Antarctic region. Illustrates all the region's birds and marine mammals with stunning colour photos, and includes distribution maps and up-to-date species accounts expertly detailing abundance, seasonal status, and conservation prospects.

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Hadoram Shirihai is one of the world's foremost field ornithologists. A pioneer in bird conservation, he has discovered (and rediscovered) several critically endangered seabird species through persistent multi-year expeditions. Hadoram was co-author of the epic Handbook of Western Palearctic Birds; he was also the author of books including the acclaimed Sylvia Warblers and A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife. While his work, especially on seabirds, has taken him to virtually every corner of the globe, his love of deserts and bird migration means that he is still to be found at Eilat, the watchpoint at the head of the Red Sea that he brought to the world's attention, virtually every spring. The scientific name of the Desert Tawny Owl (Strix hadorami), a species that attracted his attention and research from when he was a schoolboy, honours his devotion to Middle Eastern ornithology.

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This spectacularly illustrated book is the only complete guide to the wildlife and natural history of the vast and beautiful Antarctic region. Covering the Antarctic continent, the southern ocean, and the subantarctic islands, this guide illustrates all of the region's breeding birds and marine mammals with stunning colour photographs. In addition to the colour plates, it features distribution maps and up-to-date species accounts expertly detailing abundance, seasonal status, and conservation prospects. The volume also covers numerous nonbreeding species, migrants, and vagrants. Regional chapters describe all of the subantarctic islands, in addition to most regularly visited sites in Antarctica, and are accompanied by maps of each area and photographs of each locale. These chapters present detailed information on geography, climate, geology, general ecology, and flora. They also address conservation efforts - past, present, and planned. The book concludes with practical information about visiting the area, including details on the best-available landing sites and notes on seasonal weather conditions. This is an indispensable companion for a trip far south, as well as an informative volume for anyone interested in the Antarctic region's remarkable, occasionally strange, and frequently beautiful animals.

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Verlag
Bloomsbury Wildlife
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1472969987
ISBN 13 
9781472969989
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
544
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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