Nomadic Desert Birds
My interest in the behaviour and movements of birds of arid and semi-arid ecosystems began when my wife, Sue Milton, and I were Roy Siegfried, Director, at that time, of the Percy approached by Prof. FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, to set up a project to investigate granivory in the So...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2004, 2004
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2004 |
| Series: | Adaptations of Desert Organisms
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Migrations and Movements of Desert Birds
- 3 The Nomadic Avifauna
- 4 Habitats and Densities of Nomadic Birds
- 5 Food and Foraging
- 6 Reproduction, Moult and Mortality
- 7 The Conservation of Nomadic Desert Birds
- References