higgins peter editors (5 Ergebnisse)

Davies, J. N. (illustrator). reprint).Quarto,984 pp.,colour plates, text illustrations, maps, very good copy in spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks, Eagles, Osprey, Falcons, Megapodes, Quail, Button-quail, Cranes, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, Bustard, Plains-wanderer, Painted snipe, Jacanas, Sheathbills, Thick-knees, Oystercatchers, Stilts, Plovers, Dottterels and Lapwings.

Davies, Jeff (illustrator). first edition).Quarto,two volumes, 1400 pp.,colour plates, text illustrations, maps, very good set in slightly spine-sunned dustwrappers.

Quarto,two volumes, 2200 pp.,54 colour plates, text illustrations, maps, mint set in publisher's mailing carton. POSTAGE AN EXTRA $20 WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. Volume seven completes coverage of the passerines (also known as the songbirds or perching birds) and provides detailed descriptions of 168 species, including the flycatchers, currawongs, riflebirds, ravens, bowerbirds, grass finches, swallows and white-eyes. The Volume also contains 54 colour plates by renowned bird artists which depict all extant species in fine detail. Species of particular interest include the bowerbirds, the Australian finches, and the white-eyes, including the Silvereye.

Davies, Jeff (illustrator). first edition).Quarto,two volumes, 1400 pp.,colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine set in dustwrappers.

Quarto,seven volumes (in nine), 9,000 pp.,colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine set in dustwrappers. The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (or HANZAB for short), is a unique publication: which provides a comprehensive summary of the biology, together with detailed illustrations, of all 952 species of birds which occur in Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. The Handbook covers a significant proportion of the Earth's surface and will describe in unsurpassed detail some 10% of all known bird species. HANZAB is arguably the most important scientific natural history publication ever produced in Australia, as it synthesises our knowledge of the abundance, habitat, behaviour and morphology of all the bird species of our region. As such, it is the most comprehensive and reliable source of information currently available for anyone working towards the conservation of our native birds and their habitats. Birds are vitally important to conservation because they provide a reliable way of monitoring the quality of our environment: they play a crucial role as indicators of biodiversity and can reveal, by their presence or absence, and abundance, the health of the environment. HANZAB thus provides information that is essential for planning future research and developing effective conservation strategies for our environment.