Download or read book Birds and Men Collins New Naturalist Library Book 17 written by E. M. Nicholson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
Download or read book Man and Birds Collins New Naturalist Library Book 51 written by R. K. Murton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a fascinating and authoritative survey of the complex inter-relationships of bird and human life in this country.
Download or read book Man and Birds written by R. K. Murton and published by Collins. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a fascinating and authoritative survey of the complex inter-relationships of bird and human life in this country. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Here is a fascinating and authoritative survey of the complex interrelationships of bird and human life in this country. Dr. Murton begins with an entire outline of the earliest evidence of the impact of birds on man, and vice versa and of the ecological considerations involved. He then proceeds to describe in detail how men and birds affect each other in these islands - in food production, farming, forestry, horticulture, fishery, urban conditions and hygiene, sport and industry. He concludes with an account of the conservation issues involved - the need to preserve unique habitats and to protect bird life, beside the demands of crop protection and control of 'problem birds'. It is a book which anyone interest in either our birds or our environment will find of absorbing interest.
Download or read book Uplands and Birds Collins New Naturalist Library written by Ian Newton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 971 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ian Newton, author of Farming and Birds and Bird Migration returns to the New Naturalist series with a long awaited look at the uplands and its birds.
Download or read book The New Naturalists Collins New Naturalist Library Book 82 written by Peter Marren and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the most successful, significant and long-running natural history series in the world.
Download or read book Falcons Collins New Naturalist Library Book 132 written by Richard Sale and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falcons have been a source of inspiration to writers, artists, historians and naturalists alike.
Download or read book Birds and Men written by E. M. Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 1990-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Terns Collins New Naturalist Library Book 123 written by David Cabot and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New Naturalist volume provides a much-anticipated overview of these fascinating birds – the first book on the natural history of British and Irish terns since 1934.
Download or read book Birds and Men written by E. M. Nicholson and published by Collins. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com This, the first book on birds in the New Naturalist main series, is undoubtedly one of the most important contributions to the literature of British ornithology of recent years. Its subject is the impact of civilisation upon our bird life, with particular reference to the species that have come to rely largely on types of habitat greatly modified or actually formed by human action. Mr. Nicholson is already well known to many for his popularisation of the scientific study of birds as a means of their protection, and it is not surprising, therefore, that this volume should also be concerned with the ways in which birds and men can live happily together. Readers will be delighted by his combination of the aesthetic approach with serious criticism, and particularly by the note of optimism in the book âe" the suggestion that not all the works of man are fated to destroy nature, and that some of them are likely to improve the quality and variety of our birds. From the ornithological point of view, we have an interesting half-century before us. It is extremely probable that at the end of it Birds and Men will still be widely read, and quarried for facts and conclusions by the next generation of naturalists.
Download or read book The Complexity of Bird Behaviour written by Paul M. W. Hackett and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the facet theoretical framework as a tool for facilitating the conception of complex animal behaviour research and the design of research procedures through employing mapping sentences. Using the facet theoretical framework, this book takes a holistic view of bird behaviour. Components of bird behavior are identified and then reassembled to facilitate an understanding of the behaviour in the context of its natural occurrence. This provides new insight on both the parts of the behaviour and how these interact as a whole. The multi-faceted approach to designing, evaluating and understanding bird behavior presented offers a template that is adaptable for investigating a wide variety of avian species and different forms of behaviour. Behavioural biologists, animal and comparative psychologists, other natural and behavioural scientists, as well as students of these disciplines will find this book to be an interesting and enlightening read.
Download or read book Finches Collins New Naturalist Library Book 55 written by Ian Newton and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.
Download or read book The Folklore of Birds Collins New Naturalist Library Book 39 written by Edward A. Armstrong and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-31 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the magico-religious beliefs surrounding birds as far back in time as is possible, to the cultures in which these beliefs arose. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
Download or read book Finches written by Ian Newton and published by Collins. This book was released on 2009-07-14 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com Greenfinches nest in plantations, large shrubby gardens and churchyards with lots of evergreens, thickets and tall hedges. After breeding, goldfinches forage on waste land, overgrown rubbish dumps, neglected allotments of food, and rough pastures. Bullfinches, in their breeding season, develop in the floor of their mouths special pouches in which food for the young is retained. These pouches open, one on each side of the tongue and, when full, extend back under the jaws as far as the neck, when they together hold about one cubic centimetre of food. Cocks of the Chaffinch and Brambling species sing in the breeding season to repel other cocks and attract hens. This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world. Dr. Newton uses his extensive bird-watching experience and knowledge of the published literature to document the main patterns of feeding, development of feathers, breeding, and migration. As a result, he presents the changing relationship of the birds to their environment. The author is on the staff of the Nature Conservancy at Edinburgh, Scotland. His several scientific papers on finches have appeared in Birds, Journal of Animal Ecology and other scholarly periodicals.
Download or read book Butterflies Collins New Naturalist Library Book 1 written by E. B. Ford and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-12-21 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientific study that keeps in mind the needs of butterfly collectors and of all those who love the country in the hope that it may increase their pleasure by widening the scope of their interests. This edition is exclusive to newnaturalists.com
Download or read book Marches written by Andrew Allott and published by William Collins. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete natural history and the first large-scale survey of this unique part of the country. This edition is produced from an original copy by William Collins.
Download or read book Mind of the Raven written by Bernd Heinrich and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heinrich involves us in his quest to get inside the mind of the raven. But as animals can only be spied on by getting quite close, Heinrich adopts ravens, thereby becoming a "raven father," as well as observing them in their natural habitat. He studies their daily routines, and in the process, paints a vivid picture of the ravens' world. At the heart of this book are Heinrich's love and respect for these complex and engaging creatures, and through his keen observation and analysis, we become their intimates too. Heinrich's passion for ravens has led him around the world in his research. Mind of the Raven follows an exotic journey—from New England to Germany, and from Montana to Baffin Island in the high Arctic—offering dazzling accounts of how science works in the field, filtered through the eyes of a passionate observer of nature. Each new discovery and insight into raven behavior is thrilling to read, at once lyrical and scientific.
Download or read book Gower written by Jonathan Mullard and published by HarperCollins (UK). This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a definitive natural history of the Gower Peninsula, located to the south west of Swansea and often described as Wales in miniature. The area is unique in terms of the variety of the habitats and species that occur within its 188 square kilometres. As a result, it has a greater diversity of conservation designations than almost anywhere else in the UK. The natural history of Gower is like most parts of the British Isles - inextricably linked to the activities of man across many thousand years. In his study, Jonathan Mullard uses the evolving landscape and the effect that the associated changes have had on species and habitats as its core. The culmination of years of research and rich with the latest information and full colour illustrations, "Gower" is a valuable source of information on this diverse and fascinating area.
