Handbook of Bird Biology. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Irby J. Lovette, John W. Fitzpatrick.
• Editors: Lovette, Irby J; Fitzpatrick, John W
• Contents: Notes on Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments All About Bird Biology website Chapter 1 Why Study Birds?; Ibry J. Lovette and John W. Fitzpatrick Chapter 2: Avian Diversity and Classification; Irby J. Lovette Chapter 3: How Birds Evolve; Irby J. Lovette Chapter 4: Feathers and Plumages; Kimberly Bostwick Chapter 5: Avian Flight; Bret W. Tobalske Chapter 6: Avian Anatomy; Howard Evans Chapter 7: Bird Physiology; Scott McWilliams, Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, and Carol Vleck Chapter 8: Avian Food and Foraging; Thomas W. Sherry Chapter 9: Avian Mating and Social Behavior; John Alcock Chapter 10: Avian Vocal Behavior; Bruce E. Byers and Donald E. Kroodsma Chapter 11: Breeding Biology of Birds; David W. Winkler Chapter 12: Avian Migration and Dispersal; David W. Winkler, Judy Shamoun-Baranes, and Theunis Piersma Chapter 13: Ecology of Bird Populations; Walter D. Koenig Chapter 14: Bird Communities; Russell S. Greenberg Chapter 15 Bird Conservation; John W. Fitzpatrick and Amanda D. Rodewald Index
• Edition: 3rd
• Publisher Details: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (736 pages)
• Subjects: 598
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118291023
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.