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The kittiwake /
Returning to its breeding sites in the spring after a winter spent far out at sea, the Kittiwake is a familiar sight around the coasts of Britain and Europe. A pale, medium-sized gull with a 'gentle' expression and bright yellow bill, the Kittiwake has been the subject of behavioural resea...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
T & AD Poyser,
2011.
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| Colección: | Poyser Monographs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Kittiwake feeding methods and food
- Winter oceanic distribution and reoccupation of the colony
- Pre-breeding, nesting and nest building
- Eggs, clutch size and incubation
- Chicks, growth, fledging, productivity and desertion of the colony
- Weights of kittiwakes during breeding
- Factors affecting individuals within a colony
- Long- term changes in individual colonies
- Kittiwake survival rates, longevity and causes of mortality
- Colonies, recruitment and population trends
- Primary moult in the kittiwake
- Kittiwakes and humans
- The history and methods used at the North Shields colony
- Age of pairs of kittiwakes at North Shields
- Annual variation in productivity of kittiwakes
- Data relating to the effect of position in the colony and age
- List of scientific names of species mentioned in the text.