Feral Pigeons

ISBN-13: 9780195084092 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 336 str.

Marian Janiga; Richard F. Johnston

Opis

Feral pigeons are among the most familiar and abundant birds in the world, urban creatures living in close association with humans yet possessing the characteristics of highly adapted wild birds. However, they are seldom studied, even though the domesticated pigeon has long been one of the major bird models for laboratory research. This definitive monograph focuses on the population, biology, and behavioral ecology of feral pigeons, including a thorough listing of primary references of U.S. and European scholarly literature. Professional and amateur ornithologists, pigeon breeders, and students will find this an invaluable and fascinating study of a species that has evolved from familiar breeds of domesticated birds.

Recenzje

a thorough academic text investigating most aspects of feral pigeons ... An indispensable guide to any ornithologist intending to study feral pigeons seriously ... I found the volume fascinating in places and it gave me a new insight into an everyday bird which affords easy study at close quarters.

O autorze

Marian Janiga is at the Research Station, High Tatras National Park, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovakia