Author : Julie Guidone
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433900679
Describes toucans, macaws, and harpy eagles, birds that live in the rain forest, and explains how they protect themselves and find food, and that they are endangered.
Author : Zella Williams
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 30,76 MB
Release : 2009-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1615313028
The quetzal is the national bird of Guatemala and lends its name to that country's currency. In fact, the quetzal has long been revered for its beautiful feathers. In ancient times, the Mayan people used quetzal feathers as money. Your fascinated readers will find out more about this resplendent bird and some of its neighbors, such as the toucan and the macaw.
Author : Julie Guidone
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 39,25 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433900280
Describes toucans, macaws, and harpy eagles, birds that live in the rain forest, and explains how they protect themselves and find food, and that they are endangered.
Author : Sergio F. Vizcaíno
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,48 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Xenarthra
ISBN : 9780813031651
The Xenarthra are an order of the mammals consisting of the armadillos, anteaters, and sloths. The Biology of the Xenarthra is the first authoratative study of the Xenarthra in a generation. The volume features an impressive group of international scholars who explore the current biology and ecological status of these mammals in each of the geographic regions they inhabit. Many of these populations reside in developing countries, and before now, information on these species has been scarce. Topics cover a wide array of issues including genetics, physiology, behavior, ecology, and conservation. Discussions range from paleontological perspectives on xenarthran evolution to both lab and field-based studies of living species. Contemporary research in areas such as genome sequencing and leprosy in armadillos is also included.
Author : Steven Hilty
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,79 MB
Release : 2010-07-05
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0292788770
The guide to neotropical bird behavior that picks up where field guides leave off. Why are tropical birds like parrots and quetzals so much more colorful than those in more temperate climates? How can a vulture soaring thousands of feet above the canopy spot a dead rodent no bigger than a mouse on the rainforest floor? What permits sparrow-sized antbirds to not only survive but to thrive among relentless hordes of army ants that devour every other living thing in their path? Steven Hilty has led birding tours to the American Tropics for decades. By providing answers to the hundreds of questions asked by participants of these expeditions, Hilty has produced a natural history of the bird life of the New World Tropics that is at once practical, accurate, and as endlessly fascinating as the species whose lives it reveals. Birds of Tropical America was published by Chapters Publishing in 1994 and went out of print in 1997. UT Press is pleased to reissue it with a new epilogue and updated references.
Author : Christine Sheppard
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,79 MB
Release : 2015-11-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781495180392
Author : Joshua Millspaugh
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 37,32 MB
Release : 2001-08-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0080540228
Radio Tracking and Animal Populations is a succinct synthesis of emerging technologies and their applications to the empirical and theoretical problems of population assessment. The book is divided into sections designed to encompass the various aspects of animal ecology that may be evaluated using radiotelemetry technology - experimental design, equipment and technology, animal movement, resource selection, and demographics. Wildlife biologists at the leading edge of new developments in the technology and its application have joined forces.
Author : David Ascanio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1893 pages
File Size : 37,15 MB
Release : 2021-01-07
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472990323
A brand new, comprehensive and fully illustrated field guide to the birds of Venezuela, covering all 1,400 species. Covering the sixth largest avifauna in the world, this important new guide is essential for anyone exploring the diverse habitats of this beautiful South American country as well as Guyana, northern Brazil and west Suriname. Birds of Venezuela - complete with authoritative text and superb colour plates - ensures that this top birding destination is accessible to all. This field guide has 248 colour plates illustrating more than 1,400 species, covering racial, sexual and seasonal plumage variations. Accompanying text is placed on facing pages for easy reference providing key information, voice and status of all species and subspecies found in the region, including Venezuela's 45 endemic species. Detailed colour distribution maps are provided for every species.
Author : Julie Guidone
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 39,71 MB
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781433900235
Describes the jaguar, a powerful cat that lives in the rain forest, and explains that even though it is a hunter it is also endangered.
Author : Patricia Fernández Esquivel
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 20,32 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN :
A scholarly and physically stunning presentation of the use of bird imagery in pre-Columbian Costa Rican art, with an equal balance of photos and text. Includes indigenous culture, contemporary links, and comparative photos of artifacts and actual birds
