Overview
- How nomadic birds cope with life in deserts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Adaptations of Desert Organisms (DESERT ORGAN.)
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Reviews
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"This book is a very useful review of an apparantly poorly-researched topic." (Ostrich)
"Writing a book on this subject would present a challenge to anyone, for desert birds are some of the least well studied … . The main strength of this book is that it pulls together much scattered information from around the world on the movement patterns and behaviour of nomadic desert birds … . I believe the author has done a good job. … This book will, I hope, help to stimulate more study of bird movement patterns in arid environments." (I. Newton, ibis, Vol. 148, 2006)
"In this volume Richard Dean examines how birds, as part of their survival strategies, move nomadically within or between arid and semi-arid regions to find resource-rich patches. … Comprehensive lists of bird families occurring in the arid zones of the world … are included as appendices to the book. A 17 page reference list provides the reader with more than enough scope to read further about this fascinating topic … . This book is a very useful review of an apparently poorly researched topic." (Dieter Oschadleus, Ostrich - Journal of African Ornithology, Vol. 76 (1-2), 2005)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nomadic Desert Birds
Authors: W. Richard J. Dean
Series Title: Adaptations of Desert Organisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08984-2
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2004
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-40393-7Published: 09 December 2003
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07325-0Published: 05 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-08984-2Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 1430-9432
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 185
Topics: Zoology, Physical Geography, Vertebrates, Behavioral Sciences, Animal Ecology, Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography