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Author: Ian Newton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2013-08-01
Total Pages: 461
ISBN-13: 0007406444
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.
Author: Ian Newton
Publisher: Collins
Published: 2009-07-14
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780007308361
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Greenfinches nest in plantations, large shrubby gardens and churchyards with lots of evergreens, thickets and tall hedges. After breeding, goldfinches forage on waste land, overgrown rubbish dumps, neglected allotments of food, and rough pastures. Bullfinches, in their breeding season, develop in the floor of their mouths special pouches in which food for the young is retained. These pouches open, one on each side of the tongue and, when full, extend back under the jaws as far as the neck, when they together hold about one cubic centimetre of food. Cocks of the Chaffinch and Brambling species sing in the breeding season to repel other cocks and attract hens. This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world. Dr. Newton uses his extensive bird-watching experience and knowledge of the published literature to document the main patterns of feeding, development of feathers, breeding, and migration. As a result, he presents the changing relationship of the birds to their environment. The author is on the staff of the Nature Conservancy at Edinburgh, Scotland. His several scientific papers on finches have appeared in Birds, Journal of Animal Ecology and other scholarly periodicals.
Author: Tim Bernhard
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2015-10-08
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 0007413467
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Recommended for viewing on a colour tablet. The Collins New Naturalist series is the longest-running and arguably the most influential natural history series in the world with over 120 volumes published in nearly 70 years.
Author: Goncalo C. Cardoso
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2023-11-26
Total Pages: 313
ISBN-13: 0443153515
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Canary: Natural History, Science and Cultural Significance covers the ecology, evolution and conservation of the canary and related species, along with the history and cultural significance of the domestic canary worldwide and various scientific disciplines in which canaries have played a key role as a model species. The book synthesizes the multiple ways in which the canary and its relatives have been, and continue to be, an important scientific model in diverse areas and have influenced human culture. Each chapter is written by international experts in areas such as biogeography, animal behavior, evolutionary ecology, conservation, neurobiology, genetics, or ethnology. In covering this eclectic array of topics, while always focusing on the canary and its close relatives, this book uses the immense appeal of the canary as a vehicle to present notions of ecology, evolution, biodiversity conservation, and so on, to a wide audience. Details all aspects of Crithagra and Serinus canaries as well as relatives like crossbills Structured to begin with more accessible topics like natural history, domestication, and conservation Closes with discussions of more specialized topics like evolution, neurobiology, behavior and genomics
Author: Ian Newton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2013-08-29
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 0007527993
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the latest addition to the New Naturalist series, Ian Newton explores bird populations and what causes their fluctuation – food supplies, competitors, predators, parasites, pathogens and human activity.
Author: Ian Newton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2020-07-09
Total Pages: 971
ISBN-13: 0008298513
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds.
Author: E. M. Nicholson
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2012-05-31
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0007406150
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
Author: David Cabot
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2013-06-06
Total Pages: 522
ISBN-13: 0007412495
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.
Author: Ian Newton
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 2010-06-24
Total Pages: 637
ISBN-13: 0007379722
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available.
