Author: George Murray Levick
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Category : Adélie penguin
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Natural History of the Adélie Penguin
Author: George Murray Levick
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adélie penguin
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adélie penguin
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Adélie Penguin
Author: David Ainley
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231507321
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Adélie penguin is one of the best-studied birds in the world and is the subject of research programs from a dozen nations interested in monitoring changes in the environment and the food webs of the Southern Ocean. This species' population has been changing dramatically over the past few decades coincident with a general warming of the maritime portion of Antarctica. When the sea-ice is seen to decline so does the population of Adélie penguins. Further south, however, the population is increasing. This book summarizes our present ecological knowledge of this polar seabird. In so doing, David Ainley describes the ecological factors important to its life history and details the mechanisms by which it is responding to climate change. The author also chronicles the history of research on Adélie penguins, beginning with the heroic expeditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. Weaving together history, ecology, natural history, and written accounts from the earliest Antarctic naturalists into a fascinating account of this charismatic bird, The Adélie Penguin provides a foundation upon which future ornithological research and environmental monitoring can be based. It is a model for investigations into the effect of climate change on a particular species. The book also contains many fine illustrations from the accomplished illustrator Lucia deLeiris and photographs by the author.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231507321
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 339
Book Description
The Adélie penguin is one of the best-studied birds in the world and is the subject of research programs from a dozen nations interested in monitoring changes in the environment and the food webs of the Southern Ocean. This species' population has been changing dramatically over the past few decades coincident with a general warming of the maritime portion of Antarctica. When the sea-ice is seen to decline so does the population of Adélie penguins. Further south, however, the population is increasing. This book summarizes our present ecological knowledge of this polar seabird. In so doing, David Ainley describes the ecological factors important to its life history and details the mechanisms by which it is responding to climate change. The author also chronicles the history of research on Adélie penguins, beginning with the heroic expeditions at the beginning of the twentieth century. Weaving together history, ecology, natural history, and written accounts from the earliest Antarctic naturalists into a fascinating account of this charismatic bird, The Adélie Penguin provides a foundation upon which future ornithological research and environmental monitoring can be based. It is a model for investigations into the effect of climate change on a particular species. The book also contains many fine illustrations from the accomplished illustrator Lucia deLeiris and photographs by the author.
Natural History Report ....
Author:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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The Ibis
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 788
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
Fraser's Penguins
Author: Fen Montaigne
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429988908
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A dramatic chronicle of Antarctica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes that foreshadow our own future The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Adélie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Adélies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story—told through Fraser's work—of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world. Captivated by the tale of these polar penguins and a memorable field season in Antarctica, readers will come to understand that the fundamental changes Fraser has witnessed in the Antarctic will soon affect our lives.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429988908
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
A dramatic chronicle of Antarctica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes that foreshadow our own future The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Adélie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Adélies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story—told through Fraser's work—of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world. Captivated by the tale of these polar penguins and a memorable field season in Antarctica, readers will come to understand that the fundamental changes Fraser has witnessed in the Antarctic will soon affect our lives.
Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Official Year-book of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
A Catalogue of ... [books] ...
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 2634
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Publisher:
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Category : Antiquarian booksellers
Languages : en
Pages : 2634
Book Description
The Yearbook of the Scientific and Learned Societies of Great Britain and Ireland
Author:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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Natural History Report: Vertebrata
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Category : British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
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Category : British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition
Languages : en
Pages :
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