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Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot
| Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot |
| Autore | Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN |
1-4725-9680-3
1-282-72385-5 9786612723858 1-4081-3330-X 1-4081-2820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Penguin evolution: an historical perspective; Chapter 3 - Penguins today; Chapter 4 - Living in two worlds; Chapter 5 - A place to breed; Chapter 6 - Mate selection and courtship; Chapter 7 - Parental investment; Chapter 8 - Moult and migration; Chapter 9 - Conservation; Notes; References; Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785278403321 |
Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954->
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| New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot
| Penguins / / Lloyd S. Davis, Martin Renner ; illustrated with line drawings by Sarah Wroot |
| Autore | Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 pages) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN |
1-4725-9680-3
1-282-72385-5 9786612723858 1-4081-3330-X 1-4081-2820-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Penguin evolution: an historical perspective; Chapter 3 - Penguins today; Chapter 4 - Living in two worlds; Chapter 5 - A place to breed; Chapter 6 - Mate selection and courtship; Chapter 7 - Parental investment; Chapter 8 - Moult and migration; Chapter 9 - Conservation; Notes; References; Plates |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820529003321 |
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Davis Lloyd Spencer <1954->
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| New Haven : , : Yale University Press, , 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch
| Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch |
| Autore | Kooyman Gerald L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LynchWayne |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4214-1052-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Penguins""; ""What are penguins?""; ""Why are penguins important?""; ""Why should people care about penguins?""; ""How many kinds of penguins are there?""; ""What is the current classification of penguins?""; ""What characterizes the major groups of penguins?""; ""Why are there no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere?""; ""Where do penguins live?""; ""Are there fossil penguins?""; ""When did penguins first evolve?""; ""What is the oldest fossil penguin?""; ""What is the largest fossil penguin?""
""2 Form and Function""""What are the largest and smallest living penguins?""; ""What is the basic structure of penguins?""; ""What is the metabolism of a penguin?""; ""Do penguins have teeth?""; ""Do penguins sleep?""; ""Can penguins see color?""; ""Do penguins molt?""; ""Can penguins run?""; ""Why do penguins have flippers?""; ""Can penguins breathe under water?""; ""Do penguins need to drink?""; ""3 Penguin Colors""; ""Why are penguins black and white?""; ""What causes the different color patterns of penguins?""; ""What color are penguin feet?""; ""What color are a penguin�s eyes?"" ""Do penguins� color patterns change as they grow?""""Do a penguin�s colors change from season to season?""; ""Is there much geographic color variation in a single penguin species?""; ""4 Penguin Behavior""; ""Are penguins social?""; ""Do penguins fight?""; ""Do penguins bite?""; ""How smart are penguins?""; ""Do penguins play?""; ""Do penguins talk?""; ""How do penguins avoid predators?""; ""5 Penguin Ecology""; ""Where do penguins sleep?""; ""Do penguins migrate?""; ""Are penguins good divers?""; ""How fast do penguins swim, and how fast can they swim?"" ""Which regions have the most species of penguins?""""How do penguins survive the extreme cold?""; ""How do penguins survive the winter?""; ""Do penguins get too hot?""; ""Do penguins have enemies?""; ""Do penguins get sick?""; ""How can you tell if a penguin is sick?""; ""Are penguins good for the environment?""; ""6 Reproduction and Development""; ""How do penguins reproduce?""; ""Where do penguins lay their eggs?""; ""Does a penguin nest at the same time and in the same place every year?""; ""Do penguins nest only one time a year?""; ""How many eggs do penguins lay?"" ""Are all hatchlings in a penguin nest full siblings?""""Are all penguins in a colony related to one another?""; ""How is the sex of a penguin determined?""; ""How long do penguins care for their young?""; ""How fast do penguins grow?""; ""How can you tell the age of a penguin?""; ""How long do penguins live?""; ""7 Food and Feeding""; ""What do penguins eat?""; ""Do penguins chew their food?""; ""How do penguins find food?""; ""Are any penguins scavengers?""; ""Do penguins ever store their food?""; ""8 Penguins and Humans""; ""Do people ever have pet penguins?"" ""How do you take care of a pet penguin?"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462607003321 |
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Kooyman Gerald L
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| Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch
| Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch |
| Autore | Kooyman Gerald L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LynchWayne |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN | 1-4214-1052-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Penguins""; ""What are penguins?""; ""Why are penguins important?""; ""Why should people care about penguins?""; ""How many kinds of penguins are there?""; ""What is the current classification of penguins?""; ""What characterizes the major groups of penguins?""; ""Why are there no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere?""; ""Where do penguins live?""; ""Are there fossil penguins?""; ""When did penguins first evolve?""; ""What is the oldest fossil penguin?""; ""What is the largest fossil penguin?""
""2 Form and Function""""What are the largest and smallest living penguins?""; ""What is the basic structure of penguins?""; ""What is the metabolism of a penguin?""; ""Do penguins have teeth?""; ""Do penguins sleep?""; ""Can penguins see color?""; ""Do penguins molt?""; ""Can penguins run?""; ""Why do penguins have flippers?""; ""Can penguins breathe under water?""; ""Do penguins need to drink?""; ""3 Penguin Colors""; ""Why are penguins black and white?""; ""What causes the different color patterns of penguins?""; ""What color are penguin feet?""; ""What color are a penguin�s eyes?"" ""Do penguins� color patterns change as they grow?""""Do a penguin�s colors change from season to season?""; ""Is there much geographic color variation in a single penguin species?""; ""4 Penguin Behavior""; ""Are penguins social?""; ""Do penguins fight?""; ""Do penguins bite?""; ""How smart are penguins?""; ""Do penguins play?""; ""Do penguins talk?""; ""How do penguins avoid predators?""; ""5 Penguin Ecology""; ""Where do penguins sleep?""; ""Do penguins migrate?""; ""Are penguins good divers?""; ""How fast do penguins swim, and how fast can they swim?"" ""Which regions have the most species of penguins?""""How do penguins survive the extreme cold?""; ""How do penguins survive the winter?""; ""Do penguins get too hot?""; ""Do penguins have enemies?""; ""Do penguins get sick?""; ""How can you tell if a penguin is sick?""; ""Are penguins good for the environment?""; ""6 Reproduction and Development""; ""How do penguins reproduce?""; ""Where do penguins lay their eggs?""; ""Does a penguin nest at the same time and in the same place every year?""; ""Do penguins nest only one time a year?""; ""How many eggs do penguins lay?"" ""Are all hatchlings in a penguin nest full siblings?""""Are all penguins in a colony related to one another?""; ""How is the sex of a penguin determined?""; ""How long do penguins care for their young?""; ""How fast do penguins grow?""; ""How can you tell the age of a penguin?""; ""How long do penguins live?""; ""7 Food and Feeding""; ""What do penguins eat?""; ""Do penguins chew their food?""; ""How do penguins find food?""; ""Are any penguins scavengers?""; ""Do penguins ever store their food?""; ""8 Penguins and Humans""; ""Do people ever have pet penguins?"" ""How do you take care of a pet penguin?"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787510903321 |
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Kooyman Gerald L
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| Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch
| Penguins : the animal answer guide / / Gerald L. Kooyman and Wayne Lynch |
| Autore | Kooyman Gerald L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LynchWayne |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN | 1-4214-1052-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Introducing Penguins""; ""What are penguins?""; ""Why are penguins important?""; ""Why should people care about penguins?""; ""How many kinds of penguins are there?""; ""What is the current classification of penguins?""; ""What characterizes the major groups of penguins?""; ""Why are there no penguins in the Northern Hemisphere?""; ""Where do penguins live?""; ""Are there fossil penguins?""; ""When did penguins first evolve?""; ""What is the oldest fossil penguin?""; ""What is the largest fossil penguin?""
""2 Form and Function""""What are the largest and smallest living penguins?""; ""What is the basic structure of penguins?""; ""What is the metabolism of a penguin?""; ""Do penguins have teeth?""; ""Do penguins sleep?""; ""Can penguins see color?""; ""Do penguins molt?""; ""Can penguins run?""; ""Why do penguins have flippers?""; ""Can penguins breathe under water?""; ""Do penguins need to drink?""; ""3 Penguin Colors""; ""Why are penguins black and white?""; ""What causes the different color patterns of penguins?""; ""What color are penguin feet?""; ""What color are a penguin�s eyes?"" ""Do penguins� color patterns change as they grow?""""Do a penguin�s colors change from season to season?""; ""Is there much geographic color variation in a single penguin species?""; ""4 Penguin Behavior""; ""Are penguins social?""; ""Do penguins fight?""; ""Do penguins bite?""; ""How smart are penguins?""; ""Do penguins play?""; ""Do penguins talk?""; ""How do penguins avoid predators?""; ""5 Penguin Ecology""; ""Where do penguins sleep?""; ""Do penguins migrate?""; ""Are penguins good divers?""; ""How fast do penguins swim, and how fast can they swim?"" ""Which regions have the most species of penguins?""""How do penguins survive the extreme cold?""; ""How do penguins survive the winter?""; ""Do penguins get too hot?""; ""Do penguins have enemies?""; ""Do penguins get sick?""; ""How can you tell if a penguin is sick?""; ""Are penguins good for the environment?""; ""6 Reproduction and Development""; ""How do penguins reproduce?""; ""Where do penguins lay their eggs?""; ""Does a penguin nest at the same time and in the same place every year?""; ""Do penguins nest only one time a year?""; ""How many eggs do penguins lay?"" ""Are all hatchlings in a penguin nest full siblings?""""Are all penguins in a colony related to one another?""; ""How is the sex of a penguin determined?""; ""How long do penguins care for their young?""; ""How fast do penguins grow?""; ""How can you tell the age of a penguin?""; ""How long do penguins live?""; ""7 Food and Feeding""; ""What do penguins eat?""; ""Do penguins chew their food?""; ""How do penguins find food?""; ""Are any penguins scavengers?""; ""Do penguins ever store their food?""; ""8 Penguins and Humans""; ""Do people ever have pet penguins?"" ""How do you take care of a pet penguin?"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813456303321 |
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Kooyman Gerald L
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| Baltimore : , : The Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins : Natural History and Conservation / / edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma
| Penguins : Natural History and Conservation / / edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma |
| Edizione | [[Enhanced Credo edition].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Samuel and Althea Stroum Books |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78539-769-9
0-295-99906-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Global Penguin Society -- Introduction -- I. Large penguins genus aptenodytes: 1. King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus); 2. Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) -- II. Brush-tailed penguins genus pygoscelis: 3. Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae); 4. Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica); 5. Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) -- III. Yellow-eyed penguin genus megadyptes: 6. Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) -- IV. Crested penguins genus eudyptes: 7. Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome); 8. Northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi); 9. Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri); 10. Fiordland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus); 11. Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus); 12. Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Royal 1enguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) -- V. Banded penguins genus spheniscus: 13. African penguin (Spheniscus demersus); 14. Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus); 15. Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti); 16. Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) -- VI. Little (or blue) penguin genus eudyptula: 17. Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460503903321 |
| Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins : Natural History and Conservation / / edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma
| Penguins : Natural History and Conservation / / edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma |
| Edizione | [[Enhanced Credo edition].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Samuel and Althea Stroum Books |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN |
1-78539-769-9
0-295-99906-3 |
| Classificazione | SCI070040NAT011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Global Penguin Society -- Introduction -- I. Large penguins genus aptenodytes: 1. King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus); 2. Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) -- II. Brush-tailed penguins genus pygoscelis: 3. Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae); 4. Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica); 5. Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) -- III. Yellow-eyed penguin genus megadyptes: 6. Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) -- IV. Crested penguins genus eudyptes: 7. Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome); 8. Northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi); 9. Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri); 10. Fiordland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus); 11. Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus); 12. Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Royal 1enguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) -- V. Banded penguins genus spheniscus: 13. African penguin (Spheniscus demersus); 14. Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus); 15. Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti); 16. Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) -- VI. Little (or blue) penguin genus eudyptula: 17. Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797994403321 |
| Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Penguins : Natural History and Conservation / / edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma
| Penguins : Natural History and Conservation / / edited by Pablo Garcia Borboroglu, P. Dee Boersma |
| Edizione | [[Enhanced Credo edition].] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina | 598.47 |
| Collana | Samuel and Althea Stroum Books |
| Soggetto topico | Penguins |
| ISBN |
1-78539-769-9
0-295-99906-3 |
| Classificazione | SCI070040NAT011000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Global Penguin Society -- Introduction -- I. Large penguins genus aptenodytes: 1. King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus); 2. Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) -- II. Brush-tailed penguins genus pygoscelis: 3. Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae); 4. Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica); 5. Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) -- III. Yellow-eyed penguin genus megadyptes: 6. Yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) -- IV. Crested penguins genus eudyptes: 7. Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome); 8. Northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi); 9. Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri); 10. Fiordland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus); 11. Snares penguin (Eudyptes robustus); 12. Macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Royal 1enguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) -- V. Banded penguins genus spheniscus: 13. African penguin (Spheniscus demersus); 14. Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus); 15. Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti); 16. Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) -- VI. Little (or blue) penguin genus eudyptula: 17. Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807428503321 |
| Boston, Massachusetts : , : Credo Reference, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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