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Raptors : the curious nature of diurnal birds of prey Cover Image Book Book

Raptors : the curious nature of diurnal birds of prey / Keith L. Bildstein.

Bildstein, Keith L., (author.).

Summary:

Offers a comprehensive and accessible account of raptors, including their evolutionary history, their relationships to other groups of birds, their sensory abilities, their general natural history, their breeding ecology and feeding behavior, and threats to their survival in a human-dominated world.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781501705793
  • ISBN: 1501705792
  • Physical Description: xi, 324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, [2017]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [297]-310) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introducing raptors -- Form and function -- Senses and intelligence -- Distribution and abundance -- Breeding ecology -- Feeding behavior -- Migration -- Raptors and people -- Appendix: Scientific names of raptors, owls, and other birds and their distributions, and the scientific names of other animals cited in the text

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Subject: Birds of prey.

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Wyomissing Public Library 598.9 BIL (Text) 35012001440373 Non-fiction Available -

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