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Ornithology in Laboratory and Field
5th Edition - April 28, 1985
Author: Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr.
eBook ISBN:
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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… Read more
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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.
Undergraduate students that have only a background knowledge of biology.
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.
- No. of pages: 403
- Language: English
- Published: April 28, 1985
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780323138925
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Olin Sewall Pettingill Jr.
Affiliations and expertise
Cornell University, Ithica, New York, U.S.A.