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Description: |
xv, 433 : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm. |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-423) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
This work provides a review of the herons of the world. Covering their biology, distribution, description, systematics, breeding, feeding, and conservation, James Hancock and James Kushlan have distilled their lifetimes' research on the heron into one volume. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Machine derived contents note: Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Colour plates -- Plan of the book and notes on the species accounts -- Topographical diagram of a heron -- Part I General Chapters -- 1. Introduction to the herons -- 2. Systematics and evolution -- 3. Feeding ecology -- 4. Nesting biology -- 5. Herons and people -- 6. Conservation -- Part II Species accounts -- Plates -- Colour photographs -- References -- Index. |
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Series Added Entry: |
Bird families of the world. |