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MARC recordAlbatrosses and petrels across the world / Michael Brooke ; illustrated by John Cox.
| Title: | Albatrosses and petrels across the world / Michael Brooke ; illustrated by John Cox. |
| Author(s): | Brooke, Michael. Cox, John, |
| Date: | 2004. |
| Publisher: | Oxford: Oxford University Press |
| Abstract: | Comprehensive account of albatross and petrel biology. Includes chapters on origins and radiation; colonial imperative and its impact on behaviour; build-up to laying; petrel eggs from laying to hatching; passage of chick from egg to high seas; factors influencing breeding success; life history of petrels; how petrels find food at sea; threats to survival; and individual accounts of 125 species. |
| Keywords: | 598.2 -- Birds. 598.421 -- Procellariiformes. 598.421.1 -- Pelecanoididae. 598.421.2 -- Diomedeidae. 598.421.3 -- Procellariidae. 598.421.4 -- Hydrobatidae. 591.1 -- Animal physiology. 591.5 -- Animal behaviour. H5 -- Zoology: birds. (*3) -- Arctic regions. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*78) -- Sub-Antarctic islands. (*80) -- Southern Ocean. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 598.421[2004] |
| ISBN: | 0198501250 |
| SPRI record no.: | 165923 |
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