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Bird Populations
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Earlier naturalists formed the impression that bird numbers remained more or less stable through time. In the years since these words were written, however, changes have occurred in the landscapes of the British Isles and in the seas around our coasts, causing bird populations to fluctuate in an unprecedented way.
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Weitere ISBN/GTIN9780007527991
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandE-Book
FormatEPUB
Format HinweisDRM Adobe
FormatE101
Erscheinungsdatum29.08.2013
ReiheCollins New Naturalist Library
Reihen-Nr.124
SpracheEnglisch
Dateigrösse63606 Kbytes
Illustrationen(200 colour photos and diagrams)
Artikel-Nr.6684323
KatalogVC
Datenquelle-Nr.728909
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Ian Newton is an ornithologist and applied scientist, and a leading expert on bird ecology and biogeography, specialising in finches, waterfowl and birds of prey, especially the sparrowhawk. He graduated from Bristol University and gained his doctorate in finch behaviour at Oxford, followed by research on bullfinch damage in orchards. He joined the NERC in 1967, initially studying population ecology of geese and finches, followed by the impact of pesticides on birds of prey. He has written two previous New Naturalist volumes, Finches (1972) and Bird Migration (2010).