Weather and Bird Behaviour

Informationen zum Autor Norman Elkins is a retired meteorologist and amateur ornithologist. He is an acknowledged authority on the effects of weather on birds. Klappentext This third edition discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. Weather conditions affect food and water availability! decisions about when and how to migrate! timing and success of reproduction! flight style and physical comfort. Vorwort This third edition discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. Weather conditions affect food and water availability, decisions about when and how to migrate, timing and success of reproduction, flight style and physical comfort. Zusammenfassung This third edition discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. Weather conditions affect food and water availability, decisions about when and how to migrate, timing and success of reproduction, flight style and physical comfort. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of colour platesList of FiguresList of TablesPreface and Acknowledgements1 The Weather2 Flight3 Feeding4 Aerial Feeding5 Breeding6 Comfort7 Migration: Inception and Progress8 Migration Drift and Displacement9 Vagrancy10 Migration of Soaring Birds11 Extreme Weather12 Seabirds References Appendices

Product details

• Authors: Norman Elkins, Elkins Norman
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2004
• EAN: 9780713668254
• ISBN: 978-0-7136-6825-4
• No. of pages: 276
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 240 mm x 24 mm
• Series: Poyser Monographs; Poyser Monographs
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Nature guide; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Ornithology, Zoology: birds (ornithology), Conservation of wildlife & habitats, Wildlife: birds & birdwatching, Wildlife: birds and birdwatching: general interest