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Raptors of New Mexico
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Description for Raptors of New Mexico
Focuses on the birds of prey of New Mexico. This book presents the history of the word 'raptor'. It uses the order of Raptatores, or Raptores to classify birds of prey in the early nineteenth century, derived from the Latin word raptor, one who seizes by force. Editor(s): Cartron, Jean-Luc. Num Pages: 688 pages, 610 colour photographs, 26 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 190 x 55. Weight in Grams: 2654.
No book has ever before specifically focused on the birds of prey of New Mexico. Both Florence Bailey (1928) and J. Stokley Ligon (1961) published volumes on the birds of New Mexico, but their coverage of raptors was somewhat limited. In the ensuing years a great deal of new information has been collected on these mighty hunters' distribution, ecology, and conservation, including in New Mexico. The book begins with a history of the word 'raptor'. The order of Raptatores, or Raptores, was first used to classify birds of prey in the early nineteenth century, derived from the Latin word raptor, ... Read more
No book has ever before specifically focused on the birds of prey of New Mexico. Both Florence Bailey (1928) and J. Stokley Ligon (1961) published volumes on the birds of New Mexico, but their coverage of raptors was somewhat limited. In the ensuing years a great deal of new information has been collected on these mighty hunters' distribution, ecology, and conservation, including in New Mexico. The book begins with a history of the word 'raptor'. The order of Raptatores, or Raptores, was first used to classify birds of prey in the early nineteenth century, derived from the Latin word raptor, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826341457
SKU
V9780826341457
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Ref
99-3
About
Jean-Luc Cartron (M.D., 1991, University of Paris Val de Marne, France; and Ph.D., 1995, Biology, University of New Mexico) is a research assistant professor at the University of New Mexico and director of the Drylands Institute New Mexico office. He has written numerous articles on raptor ecology and is coauthor of A Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of ... Read more
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