Waterfowl in winter [[electronic resource] ] : selected papers from symposium and workshop held in Galveston, Texas, 7-10 January 1985 / / editor, Milton W. Weller ; editorial board, Bruce D.J. Batt ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1988
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (646 p.)
• Disciplina: 598.4/1
• Soggetto topico: Waterfowl - Wintering; Birds - Wintering
• Altri autori: WellerMilton Webster
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographies and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Reviewers; I. Winter in Perspective; II. Reproductive and Social Behavior; III. Activity Budgets; IV. Community and Feeding Ecology; V. Weights, Molts, and Condition; VI. Habitat Resources and Habitat Selection; VII. New Habitats and Habitat Management; VIII. Harvest, Distribution, and Population Status; IX. Decimating Influences: Habitat Loss, Toxins, and Disease; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Waterfowl in Winter was first published in 1988. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. The emphasis in research on waterfowl has traditionally focused on breeding as opposed to migrant or wintering birds. Scientists have long been interested in courtship, nest sites, laying, and brood-rearing, and they have also been concerned about losses of eggs, young, nesting hens, and breeding habitats, especially as they have affected the goal of increas
• Titolo autorizzato: Waterfowl in winter
• ISBN: 0-8166-5578-2; 0-8166-1571-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778396103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II