In Search of Arctic Birds
Poyser (Verlag)
978-1-4081-3690-4 (ISBN)
Richard Vaughan's own photographs and the drawings of Swedish artist Gunnar Brusewitz do real justice to the beauty of both the environment and its birds. Illustrated by Gunnar Brusewitz
Richard Vaughan lectured in history at the Universities of Cambridge, Hull and Central Michigan and also taught at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, where he was chairman of the Arctic Centre. His previous publications include Northwest Greenland: A History, In Search of Arctic Birds, The Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris and, with Nancy Jennings, The Stone Curlew. He lives in Porlock, Somerset.
Preface and acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Arctic and its bird life
Chapter 2 Birds and Arctic peoples
Chapter 3 Whalers and discovery ships
Chapter 4 Falcons from the Arctic
Chapter 5 Bird collecting in North America
Chapter 6 Britons in the Russian and Siberian Arctic, 1850-1914
Chapter 7 Ornithological treasure trove
Chapter 8 Goose puzzles in North America
Chapter 9 Arctic ornithologies and their authors
Chapter 10 Bird studies in the Russian and Siberian Arctic
Chapter 11 Ornithological research from Alaska eastwards to Spitsbergen
Chapter 12 The birdwatcher's Arctic: where to go and how to get there
Chapter 13 Conservation
References
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.10.2010 |
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Reihe/Serie | Poyser Monographs |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4081-3690-2 / 1408136902 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4081-3690-4 / 9781408136904 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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