Search Results: Authors starting with F from Buteo Books

Texas A&M University Press, 2020. Hardcover. New. Claire Faaborg. In Book of Birds: Introduction to Ornithology, John Faaborg, renowned expert on avian ecology and conservation, brings a fresh and accessible sensibility to the study of ornithology. In this beautifully illustrated volume, Faaborg's approachable writing style will engage students and birders alike while introducing them to the study of the evolution, taxonomy, anatomy, physiology, diversity, and behavior of birds. With its unique focus on ecology, the text emphasizes birds' relationships with the environment and other species while showing the amazing diversity of avian life. Faaborg pays special attention to the roles that competition, community structure, and reproductive behavior play in the astonishingly varied and interesting lives of birds seen around the world. He discusses variations in anatomy, morphology, and behavior; explains why such vast diversity exists; and explores the ways in which different birds can share the same… Read More

University of Texas Press, 2002. Paperback. New. In the 1980s, numerous scientific surveys documented both declining bird populations, especially among Neotropical songbirds that winter in the tropics, and the loss of tropical rain forest habitat. Drawing the seemingly obvious conclusion, scientists and environmental activists linked songbird declines to loss of tropical habitats and alerted the world to an impending ecological catastrophe. Their warnings led to the establishment of the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Program, also known as Partners in Flight, the self-proclaimed largest conservation effort in history. Looking back over more than a decade of efforts to save migrant birds, John Faaborg offers the first serious evaluation of the state of songbird populations today, the effectiveness of conservation programs such as Partners in Flight, and the reliability and completeness of scientific research on migrant birds. Taking neither an alarmist nor a complacent approach, he shows… Read More

Urner Ornithological Club, 1955. Hardcover. Fair. 95 pp. Hardcover in fair condition. Faded lettering on spine and cover. B & W maps and illustrations. Interior pages are in good condition.

Word Doctor, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. As new/As New. As new hardcover in dust jacket, inscribed to the previous owner by the author. The Wintergreen area is the 15-mile long Rockfish River Valley and the surrounding mountains in Nelson County, Virginia, located about 30 miles southwest of Charlottesville. More than 200 species of birds have been documented in the area, and this 336 page guide has photographs of almost all of them, along with details about when and where to look for them.

Oliver and Boyd, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover in good condition, wear to the boards, previous owner's name on ffep. Tissue protected color frontis of Nubian and Senegel Busards. Color plates.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1952. Disbound. Very Good. American Museum Novitates No. 1587. 39 pp. Disbound in self-wrappers.

New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History. Volume 45, Part 2, pp. 165-402. Many b&w illustrations. Tables. Very good in original blue wrappers, faded spine.

University Press of New England, 2017. Paperback. New. Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most widely distributed and abundant scavenging birds of prey on the planet, found from central Canada to the southern tip of Argentina and nearly everywhere in between. Deftly drawing on the most up-to-date scientific papers and articles and weaving those in with interviews with world-renowned raptor and vulture experts and her own compelling natural history writing, Fallon examines all aspects of the bird's natural history: breeding, incubating eggs, raising chicks, migrating, and roosting. The result is an intimate portrait of an underappreciated bird--one you'll never look at in the same way again. Fallon follows a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture.… Read More

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1994. Paperback. New. Species account number 128 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1997. Paperback. New. Species account number 296 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the American Ornithologists' Union, 1998. Paperback. New. Species account number 327 in the Birds of North America Life Histories for the 21st Century series. In 1992 the American Ornithologists' Union in partnership with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia undertook the publication of species accounts for each of the more than 700 species which breed in the United States and Canada. These illustrated reviews provide comprehensive summaries of the current knowledge of the species, with range maps and an extensive list of references. The series is finally complete, in 716 parts. Accounts are 8 ½ x 11 booklets.

University of Florida, 1997. Paperback. Fine. Paperback in fine condition. Text in Spanish. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Wildlife Management in the Amazon, held May 7-12, 1995, in Iquitos, Peru. Includes bibliographical references.

D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Dordrecht, Holland: D.Reidel Publishing Company, 1982. Studies in the History of Modern Science 12. 191 pp. Dust jacket.

Academic Press, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/As New. Very good hardcover in dust jacket. Written by international experts, covering such topics as the glycogen body, uropygial gland, and stomach oils, the function of the lung air-sac system, migration systems, avian mating systems, social organization in the nonreproductive season, and the effects of domestication.

Academic Press, 1971. Hardcover. Very good/As new. A very good copy in dust jacket. Major papers on classification of birds, systematics and speciation, adaptive radiation, biology of desert birds, and ecological aspects of reproduction and behavior.

New York: Academic Press, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Topics of this volume: avian postnatal development, ontogney of avian behavior, avain ecological energetics, hormonal correlates of behavior, bioglogy of avian parasites, and bursa of fabricius. A very good copy with bumped corners. The dust jacket is torn at the head of the spine.

Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences, 1973. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback in very good condition, minor bumped corner. Proceedings of a symposium on breeding behavior and reporductive physiology in birds, Denver Colorado 1972. Black and white images and photographs.

Academic Press, 1993. Hardcover. As New. As New hardcover, lacking dust jacket. Volume 9. Topics include the nervous system of birds, functional morphology; the origin of feathers; and endocrinology of reproduction in wild species.

Academic Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very good. A very good hardcover, lacking dust jacket. Topics include integument, molting, nutrition, respiration, digestion, osmoregulation, metabolism.

Academic Press, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Good. 523 pp. Major papers on the Mechanics of Flight, Migration: Control and Metabolic Physiology and Orientation and Navitation, Circadian and Circannual Rhythms, Vocal Behavior, Incubation, and Zoogeography. Previous owner's name stamp on ffep and edge of text block.