George McKay (ed.)

The Encyclopedia of Animals

A Complete Visual Guide
With George McKay, Fred Cooke, Stephen Hutchinson et al.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a survey of all animal groups, with diagrams, distribution maps, color photographs. and overviews of animal evolution, behavior, habitats, and adaptation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of California Press
• Seitenzahl: 608
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 272mm x 234mm x 45mm
• Gewicht: 2230g
• ISBN-13: 9780520244061
• ISBN-10: 0520244060
• Artikelnr.: 13667564

Autorenporträt

George McKay (mammals) is an independent consultant in conservation biology who lives in Sydney, Australia. He has contributed to Fauna of Australia and Zoological Catalogue of Australia. He is the editor of Encyclopedia of Biodiversity and Conservation. Fred Cooke (birds) was Chair of Wildlife Ecology at Simon Fraser University. He is President-Elect of the American Ornithologists Union and lives in Norfolk, England, where he is associated with the British Trust for Ornithology. Stephen Hutchinson (fish) is a Senior Fellow at the Southampton Oceanography Centre. Richard Vogt (reptiles and amphibians) is Curator of Herpetology and Professor at the National Institute for Amazon Research in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil. Hugh Dingle (invertebrates) is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis, where he was also Director of the Center for Animal Behavior.