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Informationen zum Autor Erik Matthysen is Research Associate at the Department of Biology of the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He has studied Eurasian Nuthatches in the field for over fifteen years, starting with an undergraduate thesis project in 1982. His main research interests are social organisation, dispersal strategies and population structure, mainly in birds and insects. He is married with two children and lives in Rumst near Antwerp. David Quinn developed an interest in drawing and painting at an early age. He became a freelance artist in 1982 and his illustrations have appeared, to much acclaim, in a wide variety of natural history publications. He was voted British Birds 'Bird Illustrator of the Year' in 1987. Vorwort The Nuthatches is based on the European Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Paleartic and world species. Comparisons with other nuthatch species provide general perspectives on biological species separation problems. Zusammenfassung The Nuthatches is based on the European Nuthatch, with comparative information on the other west Paleartic and world species. Comparisons with other nuthatch species provide general perspectives on biological species separation problems. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgements # Part I: Introduction 1 Introducing the nuthatches Part II: The Eurasian Nuthatch 2 Taxonomy, morphology and moult 3 Habitat and population densities 4 Foraging, food and hoarding 5 The pair and its territory 6 Breeding biology 7 Finding a territory 8 Dispersal and migration 9 Population dynamics 10 Nuthatches in forest fragments Part III: Nuthatches of the World 11 The Mediterranean nuthatches 12 The rock nuthatches 13 Oriental nuthatches 14 New world nuthatches Appendix I: Scientific and common names of nuthatches Appendix II: Diagnostic traits of the 24 nuthatch species Appendix III: Sex- and age-related morphological variation in Eurasian nuthatches Appendix IV: Population densities of the Eurasian nuthatch Appendix V: A life-table for the Eurasian nuthatch Appendix VI: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text references Index ...
