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Seabird Energetics
G Causey . Ed(S): Whittow
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Description for Seabird Energetics
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Whittow, G Causey. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PSV; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 549.
"Seabird Energetics" is a composite volume with a coherent theme. It makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the costs of breeding, the significance of which goes far beyond physiology as a brief historical perspective may illustrate. After decades of mainly anecdotal observations by natu ralists with an interest in seabirds, there was still so little information that in 1954, David Lack in his book "The Natural Regulatiori of Animal Numbers" was forced to ignore seabirds in a way that would be unthinkable today. The late fifties, however, produced a seminal contribution to seabird ecology and behaviour in the ... Read more
"Seabird Energetics" is a composite volume with a coherent theme. It makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the costs of breeding, the significance of which goes far beyond physiology as a brief historical perspective may illustrate. After decades of mainly anecdotal observations by natu ralists with an interest in seabirds, there was still so little information that in 1954, David Lack in his book "The Natural Regulatiori of Animal Numbers" was forced to ignore seabirds in a way that would be unthinkable today. The late fifties, however, produced a seminal contribution to seabird ecology and behaviour in the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781468448610
SKU
V9781468448610
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99-15
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