Ornithology in Laboratory and Field
- 5th Edition - April 28, 1985
- Latest edition
- Author: Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr.
- Language: English
This new edition of Ornithology in Laboratory and Field continues to offer up-to-date coverage of the important aspects of modern ornithology. Beginning with an overview of ornith… Read more
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Description
Description
This new edition of Ornithology in Laboratory and Field continues to offer up-to-date coverage of the important aspects of modern ornithology. Beginning with an overview of ornithology today, Pettingill explores such topics as external and internal anatomy, physiology, ecology, flight, behavior, migration, life histories, and populations.
Readership
Readership
Undergraduate students that have only a background knowledge of biology.
Table of contents
Table of contents
Birds and Ornithology.An Introduction.Topography.Flight.Feathers and Feather Tracts.Anatomy and Physiology.Systematics.External Structural Characters.Laboratory Identification.Plumages and Plumage Coloration.Distribution.Field Identification.Behavior. Migration.Territory.Song. Mating.Nests and Nest-Building.Eggs, Egg-Laying, and Incubation.Young and Their Development.Parental Care.Longevity, Numbers, and Populations.Ancestry, Evolution, and Decrease of Birds.Appendices.Index.
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: December 2, 2012
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr.
Affiliations and expertise
Cornell University, Ithica, New York, U.S.A.View book on ScienceDirect
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