Author: Great Britain. Challenger Office
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Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description
Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76 Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares and the Late Captain Frank Tourle Thomson
Author: Great Britain. Challenger Office
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Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine animals
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Report on the Anatomy of the Petrels (Tubinares), Collected During the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, in the Years 1873-1876
Author: William Alexander Forbes
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 656
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Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Author: Royal Society of Tasmania
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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The Storm-petrels
Author: Rob Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472985796
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The first definitive work on the European Storm-petrel and its relatives, by one of the world's leading experts on the species. Imagine a bird as small as a sparrow, which lives most of its life on the open ocean yet can survive for decades. It walks on water, and migrates half way around the world, returning to remote islands to breed underground, often in the same rock crevice each year. At night it lays an enormous egg, feeding its chick until the nestling weighs more than both parents put together. It seems to have little fear of humans, but was itself feared by ancient seafarers. This might sound like the stuff of legend but is actually the description of a real creature, the storm-petrel: walker on water, global wanderer, climate sentinel and open-ocean survivor. In this beautifully written monograph, Rob Thomas explores the remarkable life of the European Storm-petrel, comparing and contrasting its behaviour and ecology across its range, and with the other storm-petrels of the world. We learn about their evolution, taxonomy, migration and adaptations to a life in the harsh open ocean, while also discovering what these enigmatic seabirds are revealing about what humans are doing to our planet. Illustrated with 150 photographs, and including the author's personal anecdotes and observations, Storm-petrels highlights some of the most exciting recent research findings and sets a trajectory for future discoveries.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472985796
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
The first definitive work on the European Storm-petrel and its relatives, by one of the world's leading experts on the species. Imagine a bird as small as a sparrow, which lives most of its life on the open ocean yet can survive for decades. It walks on water, and migrates half way around the world, returning to remote islands to breed underground, often in the same rock crevice each year. At night it lays an enormous egg, feeding its chick until the nestling weighs more than both parents put together. It seems to have little fear of humans, but was itself feared by ancient seafarers. This might sound like the stuff of legend but is actually the description of a real creature, the storm-petrel: walker on water, global wanderer, climate sentinel and open-ocean survivor. In this beautifully written monograph, Rob Thomas explores the remarkable life of the European Storm-petrel, comparing and contrasting its behaviour and ecology across its range, and with the other storm-petrels of the world. We learn about their evolution, taxonomy, migration and adaptations to a life in the harsh open ocean, while also discovering what these enigmatic seabirds are revealing about what humans are doing to our planet. Illustrated with 150 photographs, and including the author's personal anecdotes and observations, Storm-petrels highlights some of the most exciting recent research findings and sets a trajectory for future discoveries.
Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society of New South Wales
Author: Royal Society of New South Wales
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Shelved in a Pamphlet Box.
Publisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Shelved in a Pamphlet Box.
Catalog of the Library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Author: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Library
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Catalogue of the scientific books. General catalogue
Author: Royal society of New South Wales libr
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
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Category : Chordata
Languages : en
Pages : 718
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Category : Chordata
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Evolutionary Theory
Author:
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 334
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