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hardcover. Series: Poyser Monographs. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 23. Weight in Grams: 940.
Many birdwatchers may never have seen a skua; those who have will most probably have vivid memories of one or other species flying powerfully past a headland, or twisting and diving in pursuit of its piratical intentions towards a food-laden seabird - or, perhaps more memorably still, of themselves taking evasive action from the power-diving irate skua whose territory they have unwisely invaded. The full classification of the skuas is still debated, but Dr Furness of the Applied Ornithology Unit, Glasgow University, favours six species, of two genera, with five subspecies, based on current knowledge and his own long ... Read more
Many birdwatchers may never have seen a skua; those who have will most probably have vivid memories of one or other species flying powerfully past a headland, or twisting and diving in pursuit of its piratical intentions towards a food-laden seabird - or, perhaps more memorably still, of themselves taking evasive action from the power-diving irate skua whose territory they have unwisely invaded. The full classification of the skuas is still debated, but Dr Furness of the Applied Ornithology Unit, Glasgow University, favours six species, of two genera, with five subspecies, based on current knowledge and his own long ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
T & AD Poyser United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Poyser Monographs
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408136690
SKU
V9781408136690
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About Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness is the author of the Poyser monograph The Skuas.
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