Ian Newton

Bird Migration (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007379729
• Artikelnr.: 39964246

Autorenporträt

Ian Newton is an ornithologist and applied scientist, and a leading expert on bird ecology and biogeography, specialising in finches, waterfowl and birds of prey, especially the sparrowhawk. He graduated from Bristol University and gained his doctorate in finch behaviour at Oxford, followed by research on bullfinch damage in orchards. He joined the NERC in 1967, initially studying population ecology of geese and finches, followed by the impact of pesticides on birds of prey. He has written a previous New Naturalist volume, Finches (1972).