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The Life of Birds

Textbook Cancelled
By: Carl Welty and Luis Baptista
768 pages, B/w photos, distrib maps, figs, tables.
Publisher: Harcourt College
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  • The Life of Birds ISBN: 9780126810516 Edition: 5 Hardback Dec 2006 Publication cancelled #134794
  • The Life of Birds ISBN: 9780030689239 Edition: 4 Hardback Jan 1988 Out of Print #940
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About this book

Comprehensive undergraduate text on avian ecology and physiology.

Contents

Birds as Flying Machines. The Kinds of Birds. Skin, Scales, Feathers, And Colors. Bones and Muscles. Brain, Nerves, And Sense Organs. Food, Digestion, And Feeding Habits. Blood, Air, And Heat. Excretion, Reproduction, And Photoperiodism. Behavior. Social Behavior. Songs, Calls, And Other Sounds. Territory. Courtship and Mating Habits. Nests. Eggs. Incubation and Brood Parasitism. The Care and Development of Young. The Numbers of Birds and Their Regulation. The Ecology of Birds. The Geography of Birds. Flight. Migration and Orientation. The Origin and Evolution of Birds. Birds and Man.

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Textbook Cancelled
By: Carl Welty and Luis Baptista
768 pages, B/w photos, distrib maps, figs, tables.
Publisher: Harcourt College
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