Nigel et al collar (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Large quarto, dustwrapper,360 pp.,colour photographs. A portfolio drawn from the world's greatest bird photographers drives the message of this book home. The book is split into five chapters looking at all aspects of human's relationship with birds. The first looks the place birds occupy in our culture - both ancient and modern and the second looks at the influence of birds in art. Then there is the use of birds for food, feathers and fertilisers; leading onto to the many ways we benefit from birds. Pest control, pollination and the growth of bird tourism - enabling some of the world's poorest countries to benefit from their rich and diverse avifauna. The final chapter explores what we can learn from studying bird behaviour; their changing habits, such as shifting their ranges closer to the poles are tangible evidence of climate change.…

Quarto, dustwrapper,903 pp.,colour illustrations, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. Having finished the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), Lynx has now published a checklist in association with BirdLife: HBW And Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist Of The Birds Of The World. This is not part of the HBW collection, but does complement the series. It is the first ever completely illustrated checklist, incorporating hundreds of taxonomic changes and many global innovations. It includes all the HBW plates and essential information in two volumes. Each volume is the same size of a HBW volume. Volume two (passerines) due 2016 see [36522].…

Quarto, dustwrapper,903 pp.,colour illustrations, maps. Having finished the Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), Lynx has now published a checklist in association with BirdLife: HBW And Birdlife International Illustrated Checklist Of The Birds Of The World. This is not part of the HBW collection, but does complement the series. It is the first ever completely illustrated checklist, incorporating hundreds of taxonomic changes and many global innovations. It includes all the HBW plates and essential information in two volumes. Each volume is the same size of a HBW volume. Volume two (passerines) due 2016 see [36522].…