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UK500: Birding in the Fast Lane
ISBN: 9780954334789 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers an insight into the world of twitching, and the personal account of some of the author's missions to add birds to his increasing British life-list. This book contains his own photographs, paintings and illustrations, as well as car crashes, stormy s
Offers an insight into the world of twitching, and the personal account of some of the author's missions to add birds to his increasing British life-l...
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50,28 |
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The Goshawk
ISBN: 9780713665659 / Angielski / Twarda / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A large and spectacular bird of prey, the Goshawk lives in boreal forests throughout the Northern hemisphere. This book provides an account of this species. It includes chapters on nomenclature, races and morphs, biometrics, nesting, incubation and chick-r
A large and spectacular bird of prey, the Goshawk lives in boreal forests throughout the Northern hemisphere. This book provides an account of this sp...
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313,11 |
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Birds of Norfolk
ISBN: 9780713687330 / Angielski / Twarda / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Comprises the species accounts, which provides a comprehensive overview of the status of various species of birds.
Comprises the species accounts, which provides a comprehensive overview of the status of various species of birds.
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357,95 |
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The Lapwing
ISBN: 9780713668544 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain's best-known birds. This title is a monograph of this popular species. It offers a thorough review of Lapwing biology that contains sections on popu
With its striking green-black and white plumage and distinctive pee-wit call, the Lapwing is one of Britain's best-known birds. This title is a monogr...
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313,11 |
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The Greater Flamingo
ISBN: 9780713665628 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. This book summarises the available understanding of flamingo biology, with discussions of population dynamics, ecology, movements, feeding, breeding biology, and conservation. It a
Flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. This book summarises the available understanding of flamingo biology, with...
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364,25 |
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Birds of Pakistan
ISBN: 9780713688009 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A field guide to the birds of Pakistan that highlights the identification,voice, habitat, attitudinal range, distribution and status of the birds. This book has the text on pages facing the plates, and there are distribution maps for different species.
A field guide to the birds of Pakistan that highlights the identification,voice, habitat, attitudinal range, distribution and status of the birds. Thi...
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204,54 |
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Owls of the World
ISBN: 9780713665482 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A book on owls. It describes and illustrates various known species and subspecies of owl, as well as presenting evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA work and vocalizations.
A book on owls. It describes and illustrates various known species and subspecies of owl, as well as presenting evidence on owl taxonomy, based on DNA...
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485,78 |
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Arrivals and Rivals: A Duel for the Winning Bird
ISBN: 9780954334796 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes the struggle to become nationally recognised 'Birder of the Year', a competition involving much travelling and sometimes a little guile too. This book contains accounts of several bird species encountered, as well as descriptions of the habitats
Describes the struggle to become nationally recognised 'Birder of the Year', a competition involving much travelling and sometimes a little guile too....
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50,28 |
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The Birds of Turkey
ISBN: 9781408104750 / Angielski / Twarda / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This title features authoritative text and detailed maps for every species and is produced under the auspices of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East. There are also introductory chapters on geography, climate, habitats, history of ornithology, and conservation.
This title features authoritative text and detailed maps for every species and is produced under the auspices of the Ornithological Society of the Mid...
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306,81 |
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A Passion for Birds: American Ornithology After Audubon
ISBN: 9780691049540 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the decades following the Civil War--as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape--many Americans began seeking adventure and aesthetic gratification through avian pursuits. By the turn of the century, hundreds of thousands of middle-and upper-class devotees were rushing to join Audubon societies, purchase field guides, and keep records of the species they encountered in the wild. Mark Barrow vividly reconstructs this story not only through the experiences of birdwatchers, collectors, conservationists, and taxidermists, but also through... In the decades following the Civil War--as industrialization, urbanization, and economic expansion increasingly reshaped the landscape--many Americ... |
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218,60 |
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Synthesizing Nature-Nurture: Prenatal Roots of Instinctive Behavior
ISBN: 9780805828702 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides a primarily nontechnical summary of experimental and theoretical work conducted over the course of 35 years which resulted in a developmental framework capable of integrating causal influences at the genetic, neural, behavioral, and ecological levels of analysis. It describes novel solutions to the nature-nurture problem at both the empirical and theoretical levels. Following field observations, laboratory experiments led to the discovery of the nonobvious prenatal experiential basis of instinctive behavior in two species--ground-nesting mallard ducklings and hole-nesting...
This volume provides a primarily nontechnical summary of experimental and theoretical work conducted over the course of 35 years which resulted in a d...
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179,69 |
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A Bird Atlas of Kenya
ISBN: 9789061917168 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kenya, a country only the size of Texas, has one of the richest avifaunas in Africa. This atlas is an explanatory overview of Kenya's 1065 species, essential both to the birdwatcher as a means of finding birds and interpreting the significance of field observations, and to the ornithologist as a standard reference work.
Kenya, a country only the size of Texas, has one of the richest avifaunas in Africa. This atlas is an explanatory overview of Kenya's 1065 species, es...
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1311,62 |
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Hen Eggs : Basic and Applied Science
ISBN: 9780849340055 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores the use of eggs for food, industrial and pharmaceutical applications. The text covers the chemistry, biology and function of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins and other materials of eggs. The lipids chemistry, glycochemistry, immunochemistry and protein chemisty of eggs is focused upon. The merits of egg materials over others used in the same products are also discussed. Novel applications of eggs and egg products are included along with up-to-date technical information.
Explores the use of eggs for food, industrial and pharmaceutical applications. The text covers the chemistry, biology and function of lipids, carbohyd...
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971,57 |
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Bird-Witched!: How Birds Can Change a Life
ISBN: 9780292719255 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Birding can become an addiction. It starts when you hang a bird feeder in the backyard. Then you buy a bird book to identify the birds you see. Then, before you know it, you're keeping a life list and traveling the region, the country, perhaps even the world to catch glimpses of rare birds. Marjorie Adams's birding passion progressed through all these stages and continues today in her tenth decade. In this engaging and informative book, she looks back at her evolution into a full-fledged birder and the concurrent growth of the sport of birding, to which she contributed significantly as a... Birding can become an addiction. It starts when you hang a bird feeder in the backyard. Then you buy a bird book to identify the birds you see. The... |
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97,10 |
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Starlings
ISBN: 9780865346499 / Angielski / Miękka / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imported to the United States from Europe in 1890 and released in Central Park, New York City, to fight the growing number of insect pests at that time, the starlings quickly adapted themselves to the new climate. This simple text is a wealth of birdlore.
Imported to the United States from Europe in 1890 and released in Central Park, New York City, to fight the growing number of insect pests at that tim...
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72,03 |
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The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird
ISBN: 9780812973136 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Caring for orphaned animals at her own zoo in the tropical country of Belize, Sharon Matola became one of Central America's greatest wildlife defenders. And when powerful outside forces conspired with the local government to build a dam that would flood the nesting ground of the only scarlet macaws in Belize, Matola was drawn into the fight of her life. In The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, award-winning author Bruce Barcott chronicles Sharon Matola's inspiring crusade to stop a multinational corporation in its tracks. Ferocious in her passion, Matila and her confederates-a...
Caring for orphaned animals at her own zoo in the tropical country of Belize, Sharon Matola became one of Central America's greatest wildlife defender...
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79,82 |
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Nomadic Desert Birds
ISBN: 9783540403937 / Angielski / Twarda / 185 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 South African Karoo. Sue and I spent some time finding a suitable study site, setting up accommodations and an automatic weather station at Tierberg, in the southern Karoo near the village of Prince Albert, and planning projects. Among our first projects was a transect where we noted plant phe...
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, Directo...
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603,81 |
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Canvasbacks: A Pictorial Study
ISBN: 9780887401541 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This new photographic study continues the series begun by Tricia Veasey with her Geese and Mallards books in 1988. The excellent color photos of these interesting varieties of waterfowl in their natural settings provide study material for bird enthusiasts, artists and all manner of hobbyists who need factual visual material in their work.
This new photographic study continues the series begun by Tricia Veasey with her Geese and Mallards books in 1988. The excellent color photos of these...
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61,31 |
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Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds
ISBN: 9781585427222 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird species. With a compelling blend of science, history, politics, and memoir, Cokino draws on unpublished photographs and documents to make these long-vanished birds come alive.
An award-winning nature writer weaves natural history and personal experience into the dramatic story of the last days of six North American bird spec...
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91,22 |
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Birds Nesting in India - A Calendar of the Breeding Seasons, and a Popular Guide to the Habits and Haunts of Birds
ISBN: 9781443759915 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text contains a comprehensive treatise on the nesting habits of birds common to India, including a calendar of the breeding seasons and a popular guide to their habits and haunts. A fascinating book that will greatly appeal to both amateur and seasoned ornithologists alike, 'Birds Nesting in India' is a wonderful text well deserving of a place in any collection of ornithological literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Breeding Seasons and Hints on Bird's Nesting'; 'Habits and Haunts of Birds', 'List of Birds that are known to Breed in India', 'Details on Eggs and Nests', and much...
This text contains a comprehensive treatise on the nesting habits of birds common to India, including a calendar of the breeding seasons and a popular...
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85,10 |
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