Studies of Mascarene Island Birds

Herausgeber: Diamond, A. W.; Diamond, Anthony William

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume presents the scientific results of an expedition to study the endangered birds of the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 468
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 898g
• ISBN-13: 9780521113311
• ISBN-10: 0521113318
• Artikelnr.: 26183173

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction A. W. Diamond and A. S. Cheke; Part I. The Native Avifauna of
the Mascarene Islands: 1. An ecological history of the Mascarene Islands,
with particular reference to extinctions and introductions of land
vertebrates A. S. Cheke; 2. The fossil record G. S. Cowles; 3.
Vocalisations of the endemic land-birds of the Mascarene Islands J. F. M.
Horne; Part II. The Surviving Native Birds of Mauritius: 4. The ecology of
the small land-birds of Mauritius A. S. Cheke; 5. The larger land-birds of
Mauritius C. G. Jones; Part III. The Surviving Native Birds of Réunion and
Rodrigues: 6. the ecology of the surviving native land-birds of Réunion A.
S. Cheke; 7. Notes on the nesting of Procellariformes in Réunion C.
Jouanin; 8. Observations on the surviving endemic birds of Rodrigues A. S.
Clarke; Part IV. Measurements and Weights: 9. Measurements and weights of
the surviving endemic birds of the Mascarenes and their eggs A. S. Cheke
and C. G. Jones; References; Index.