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Animal husbandryFebruary 1998Comparative Avian Nutrition
by Kirk C Klasing
Their natural beauty, exceptional variety and unique biology make birds (Aves) one of the most fascinating groups of animals. They are also of great importance to humans as food and as experimental subjects that have catalysed significant advances in many areas of biological research. Central to our ability to maintain and develop these resources is a thorough understanding of avian nutrition. This book presents, uniquely, all aspects of our current knowledge, drawn from such diverse disciplines as physiological ecology, poultry production, zoo biology and biomedical science. The physical and biochemical processes of digestion, the metabolic functions of nutrients and the diversity of evolutionary adaptations required to accommodate very different foodstuffs are examined in depth. Emphasis is placed on the quantitative nature of nutrition and the practical consequences for the dietary requirements of captive and wild avian populations throughout their life cycle. This book is key reading for advanced students of animal nutrition and poultry science and for research ornithologists. It will also be valuable for practising nutritionists working with farmed, pet, zoo or wild birds and represents an essential purchase for libraries of animal science, veterinary medicine and ornithology.
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December 2013Wer ist Martha?
Roman
by Marjana Gaponenko
Viel Zeit bleibt nicht mehr, sagt der Arzt. Und die will gut genutzt sein, sagt sich Lewadski, der tattrige Ornithologe aus der Ukraine. Also reist er nach Wien, steigt im noblen Hotel Imperial ab und lernt im Fahrstuhl einen Altersgenossen kennen, dem der Lebensfaden auch schon reichlich kurz geworden ist. Wie die beiden Alten aus der Muppet Show in ihrer Loge sitzen die zwei beim Früchte-Wodka in der Hotelbar, kommentieren die Frisuren der Damen, rekapitulieren das mörderische vergangene Jahrhundert und träumen von der Revolution. Und langsam wird Lewadski das Geld zum Sterben knapp. »Wer ist Martha?« ist ein wunderbar kühner Roman, eine hymnische Feier des Lebens. Es geht um das Geheimnis unserer Existenz, die Freude am Dasein bis zum Schluss, die Würde des Menschen, die Liebe zur Schöpfung. Ein Roman über die letzten Dinge, in Frack und Fummel, so phantastisch und originell, so lebendig und frech, dass selbst der Tod nicht mehr aus dem Leben herauskommt.
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Science & MathematicsOctober 2022Birds Worlds
Expeditions to the museum
by Karl Schulze-Hagen, Klaus Nigge, Jürgen Fiebig
Although the number of plant and animal species is shrinking at an alarming rate, there are still places where we can see an amazing diversity of species: museums of natural history, as archives of biological diversity with thousands of living and extinct species, are unique treasuries, not least because of their high scientific value. In this book, awardwinning photographer Klaus Nigge and ornithologist Karl Schulze-Hagen document five famous ornithological collections and invite the reader to take part in an unusual excursion into the world of museum birds, with Humboldt’s parrot looking over our shoulders …
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Magellanic Sub-Antarctic Ornithology
The First Decade of Bird Studies at Omora Ethnobotanical Park, Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve
by Edited by Ricardo Rozzi and Jaime E. Jimenez
The first synthesis of current knowledge of forest and wetland birds in the world’s southernmost forests, this book contains both original work by Rozzi and Jiménez and the results of a decade of research conducted by the scientists associated with the Omora Park. The first part is a guide to the forest bird populations and habitats in the Reserve, and a summary of the data recorded for the bird species captured with mist-nets and banded. The information is given in two pages for each species, with English, Spanish, and scientific names, as well as a full-color photo, distribution maps, a table with original morphological information, a figure indicating abundance rates, and a brief description of the species’ main features. The second part is a selection of twenty-two published articles on ornithological research at Omora Park during its first decade of studies, from 2000 to 2010. Eleven of the twenty-two articles were originally published in Spanish and are here translated and available to a larger readership. The reprinting of these articles in one place provides interested scientists, students, and wildlife managers a unique and convenient resource.
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Zoology & animal sciencesJanuary 2010Community Ecology of Tropical Birds
by C. Sivaperruman & E.A.Jayson
Community Ecology of Tropical Birds, the tropical ecosystems is one of the most biological diverse habitats on the earth. Seventy six per cent of all centers of avian endemism occur in tropical regions and the same is true for many plant and animal communities. Birds are important component of biological diversity and their ecological, cultural, recreational and economic benefits are recognized universally. They act as vital links in many food webs and often serve as highly visible biological indicators of ecosystem health. Many bird populations are declining all over the world due to habitat loss and fragmentation, predation, pesticide use, invasive exotic species and other factors. This book is about the ecology of tropical bird community, all together 12 chapters are described and divided into two parts. The first part of this book looks at the forest bird community including status and distribution, species-abundance relationship, seasonal changes, vertical distribution and habitat utilisation. The second part provides detailed ecology of wetland bird community. This book will be an invaluable resource for field scientist, researchers, students, and naturalists in the field of Ornithology.
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The environmentJanuary 1992The Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the Hawaiian Crow
by Committee on the Scientific Bases for the Preservation of the HawaiianCrow, National Research Council
The Hawaiian Crow, or 'Alala, once an inhabitant of large forested areas of Hawaii, is now found only in the wild in a relatively small area of the central Kona coast. The decline of the 'Alala is part of a larger phenomenon of reduction and extinction of forest birds throughout Polynesia that has been associated with human colonization. It is a symptom of underlying ecological problems. In this book, a committee of experts in ornithology, captive propagation, conservation biology, population genetics, and ecology analyzes existing data about the 'Alala and details its findings, conclusions, and recommendations concerning recovery efforts for this endangered bird.
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)December 2012King Crow
by Michael Stewart
Winner of The Guardian’s Not The Booker 2011. ‘A brilliant novel. One of the best debuts I have read in years.’ David Peace. Paul Cooper is an outsider. When he looks at people he wonders what bird they are. He finds making friends difficult especially when he has to move from school to school, so he obsesses about ornithology until he meets Ashley. Ashley is everything Cooper isn't, he's tough and good looking, with so much street cred he can divvy up some for Paul as well. When they get into trouble with a local gang, they steal a car and head for the Lakes - Ashley because he thinks he may have killed somebody, and Cooper because he wants to see ravens. Their flight is hectic and intense, and they find refuge for a time in Helvellyn, but things are falling apart and soon their road trip makes national headlines ... for all the wrong reasons.
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Fantasy & magical realism (Children's/YA)2020Toc-Toc in the Owl's Ground
The Secret of the Bird Woman
by Albert Wendt
Three female scientists live on an abandoned factory site, the Owls’ site, and pretend to be homeless. They maintain a number of well-calculated deceptions in order to avoid detection. Only the children cannot be deterred and come to the site to pursue their activities. That is why the researchers need a bogeyman. A student friend, wrestler and now author of children's books, seems suitable. But which secret are they trying to protect? The women observe an extremely rare bird during reproduction and care of the brood. There's a secret about it that will only be revealed at the very end: Its plumage is like a magic hood. How this works would of course be highly interesting for the weapons industry, hence the strict secrecy. External threats must be warded off and the pitfalls of living together must be mastered.
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August 2020Field guide to the Birds of Japan 670. Third Edition
by Masato Nagai
This photographic field guide covers 670 bird species recorded in Japan including introduced ones and the ones which may be recorded in the future. The book includes more than 3,400 photographs which cleary show the points to distinguish one species from the others. The bird check list is based on the "Check List of Japanese Birds Seventh Edition" edited by the Ornithological Society of Japan. The third edition newly includes oriental dwarf kingfisher, azure tit and other. It gives detailed information such as the growth of Steller's sea eagle from juvenile to adult, comparison of primaries of similar species and more.
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Science & Mathematics2017Birds of Iran
Annotated Checklist of the Species and Subspecies
by mohammad tohidifar,Abolghasem khaleghizadeh, Kees Roselaar,Derek A.Scott
This modern annotated checklist updates all bird species recorded in Iran up to beginning of 2017 and comprises the first ornithological document to cover all the species and subspecies of birds occurring in Iran in over a century, since the publication of Zarudny`s checklist (1911). In the main list we present 551 species. We include in our main systematic list a total of 535 subspecies plus their global range, taxonomy and distribution in Iran. The book is the result of geoperation between ornithologist from Iran, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Czech Republic and Russia.
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The natural world, country life & petsOctober 2013A Guide to Wild Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar
by Clive Finlayson, Geraldine Finlayson, Stewart Finlayson
A Guide to Wild Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar is a unique book that brings together the history of exploration of the 'wild' country that is the Iberian Peninsular in the 19th Century. The authors retrace the footsteps taken by four British naturalists based in Gibraltar and Jerez: Abel Chapman, a vitner from Sunderland, among whose achievements was the saving from extinction of the Spanish ibex and large involvement in the establishment of Africa's first game reserve, now the Kruger National Park; Walter Buck, a native of Jerez who became British Vice-Consul in that city, and together with Chapman described the countryside, people and wildlife of Spain in two classic books Wild Spain (1893) and Unexplored Spain (1910); Leonard Howard Loyd Irby, an army officer and keen ornithologist who devoted his time to the study of birds in southern Iberia aftern his arrival in Gibraltar in 1868 and published his findings in his Ornithology of the Straits of Gibraltar (1875);and William Willoughby Cole Verner, also a military man, who was a keen naturalist and explorer and wrote in 1909 My Life among the Wild Birds in Spain on his retirement in Algeciras. Quoting liberally from the works of these intrepid naturalists and embellishing the book with their own exquisite photographs, the Finlayson family has produced an evocative image of a landmass so diverse that their predecessors, Chapman and Buck, recognised that "included within its boundaries are nearly all the physical conditions of Europe and northern Africa". The book is, however, not only a fascinating travelogue but also a plea for conservation as some of wild Iberia's treasures are now under serious threat. The grand Egyptian vulture,for example, the authors maintain, may well be extinct in Andalucía in a decade's time. Happily there is a counter-balance with the recovery of some species like the glossy ibis and the purple gallinule. A Guide to Wild Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar is a multi-facetted, cleverly conceived book that is directed at anyone who has an interest in the natural history of the three territories that make up the Iberian Peninisular. It tells the reader where to go to find unique species or natural phenomena like the migration of birds of prey. In substance, it is visually stunning 21st Century snapshot of one of Europe's ecologically richest lands. Author's Note: Clive Finlayson is a Gibraltar-born biologist and his work has included research into the ecology of birds and that of the Neanderthals. His wife, Geraldine, was also born in Gibraltar and is a biogeographer. She has worked on many field projects including inside the Doñana National Park. Their son, Stewart, is a keen naturalist and is reading for a PhD in biology. He is intimately familiar with the wildlife of Iberia and also heads the Gibraltar Museum Caving Unit.
