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Wild geese / / M. A. Ogilvie ; illustrations by Carol Ogilvie



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Autore: Ogilvie Malcolm Alexander Visualizza persona
Titolo: Wild geese / / M. A. Ogilvie ; illustrations by Carol Ogilvie Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkhamsted [England] : , : T & A D Poyser, , 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
Disciplina: 940.54230924
Soggetto topico: Geese
Persona (resp. second.): OgilvieCarol
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgments; 1 Introduction and classification; 2 Identification; 3 Ecology, food and feeding; 4 Breeding; 5 Counting, ringing and population dynamics; 6 Distribution and status; 7 Migration; 8 Exploitation and conservation; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: "In range, Wild Geese covers the geese of North America, Europe and Asia, and thus the world species except for the Hawaiian Goose or Ne-Ne. The plan of the book is similar to the author's Ducks of Britain and Europe but distribution, status and migration rightly assume a more extensive role in Wild Geese and the detailed text on those subjects is fully complemented by migration and distribution maps. Comprehensive chapters are also devoted to classification, ecology, breeding, identification, and to exploitation and conservation. The identification chapter is especially helpful with sections on adult and first winter birds, downy young, plumage variants and voice, for each species and sub-species, as well as guidance on ageing and sexing geese in the field. The text is effectively supported by 16 identification plates in colour by Carol Ogilvie, showing details of heads and bills as well as all species in flight and on the ground, and downy young. The author is an established authority on ducks and geese and has been a research scientist at the Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, England, since 1960."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Titolo autorizzato: Wild geese  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4725-9742-7
1-4081-3861-1
1-282-98669-4
9786612986697
1-4081-3859-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788986203321
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Serie: Poyser Monographs