The Manx Shearwater (Poyser Monographs) by Michael Brooke PDF

By Michael Brooke

ISBN-10: 1408137534

ISBN-13: 9781408137536

The Manx Shearwater needs to rank among the world's so much evocative seabirds. no matter if it's obvious cutting the wave assistance of a stormy sea or uttering its bizarre strident cry within the evening sky above a breeding colony, it has the entire magic fowl lover may well want for - and lots of of the features that make seabirds of such curiosity to biologists.

For the higher a part of 17 years Michael Brooke has studied Manx Shearwaters at their Atlantic colonies. a few expeditions have additionally enabled him to enquire before everything hand different shearwater and petrel species in lots of remoted components of the area. In this e-book he describes the end result of his personal and different examine, synthesizing a wealth of knowledge for the scientist and novice alike. The breeding biology, vocal behaviour, transequatorial migrations and inhabitants dynamics of the poultry are defined intimately and comparisons are drawn with different shearwaters and petrels, to teach how a few of the species have tailored to neighborhood stipulations around the globe.

Delightful vignettes through Dafila Scott entire this spell binding publication.

Jacket portray via Peter Harrison

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