Birds of Melanesia [[electronic resource] ] : the Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia / / Guy Dutson ; illustrated by Richard Allen ... [et al.]
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Dutson Guy
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| Titolo: |
Birds of Melanesia [[electronic resource] ] : the Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia / / Guy Dutson ; illustrated by Richard Allen ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Christopher Helm, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (451 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 598 |
| 598.09958 | |
| 598/.09958 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Birds - Melanesia |
| Altri autori: |
AllenRichard <1964->
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| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; MELANESIAN ORNITHOLOGY; BIRDWATCHING IN MELANESIA; CONSERVATION; USING THE PLATES AND SPECIES TEXTS; ISLAND GROUPS OF MELANESIA; CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF MELANESIA; COLOUR PLATES; SPECIES ACCOUNTS; GAZETTEER; INDEX |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This new Helm Field Guide covers the species-rich Melanesia region of the south-west Pacific, from New Caledonia and the Solomons through the Bismarks to Vanuatu, a popular destination for tours and travellers and one that has never before had field-guide coverage. The cover star is the Kagu, the region's most iconic bird species and a highly sought-after endemic of New Caledonia. Superb colour plates illustrate the 650 species that occur in the region, allied with concise identification text and a series of distribution colour bars. For anyone travelling to this far-flung Pacific region, this |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Birds of Melanesia |
| ISBN: | 1-4729-8290-8 |
| 1-283-29430-3 | |
| 9786613294302 | |
| 1-4081-5246-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789714303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
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Helm field guides.