The Herons of Europe (Poyser Monographs)

Voisin, Claire

T & AD Poyser（2010/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 384 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781408136652
• DDC分類 598.34

Full Description

Although the majority of the world's Herons live in the tropics and subtropics, Europe is home to nine species, some large, some small, some colonial, some solitary breeders. Highly specialized birds, they exhibit many interesting differences in their behaviour and ecology and are a favourite group for many ornithologists. Voisin begins her book with a general description of the family before going on to treat each species in more detail. The species accounts summarize such topics as field characters, distribution, population size, breeding and feeding ecology and behaviour.

Contents

1 Introduction
2 The classification of herons
3 The origin of herons
4 The general appearance and special features of herons
5 Breeding behaviour and biology
6 Habitat, resource partitioning and species diversity
7 Feeding behaviour
8 The food of herons
9 The Bittern Botaurus stellaris
10 The Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
11 The Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nyctirocax
12 The Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
13 The Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
14 The worldwide extension in the range of the Cattle Egret
15 The Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
16 The Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
17 The Little Egret Egretta garzetta
18 The Great White Egret Egretta alba
19 Protection of herons in Europe

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