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The Painted Stork Ecology and Conservation /
The painted stork is a large, eye-catching, colonially nesting wading bird found across large parts of South and South East Asia, particularly India and Sri Lanka. Listed as near-threatened by various conservation agencies, the painted stork is a flagship of its endangered habitat, wetlands. The Pai...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2011.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2011. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Distribution and status
- Chapter 3 Coloniality in storks
- Chapter 4 Life in a colony - case studies from some North Indian heronries
- Chapter 5 Nesting Ecology
- Chapter 6 Growth stages of the Painted Stork
- Chapter 7 Food and foraging
- Chapter 8 Painted Stork and man
- Chapter 9 Conservation issues
- References
- Appendices
- Author Index
- Subject Index.