Twelve hundred miles by horse and burro : J. Stokely Ligon and New Mexico's first breeding bird survey /

The breeding-bird population report that resulted from Ligon's solo horseback journey through New Mexico, photographs from glass plate negatives, and Ligon's own personal diary from these travels are presented in this book. Using his original itinerary and handwritten report, the authors r...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shaw, Harley G.
Otros Autores: Weisenberger, Mara E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Ligon, J. Stokley.
Ligon, J. Stokley
Bird surveys > New Mexico > History.
Birds > New Mexico > History.
Oiseaux > Inventaires > Nouveau-Mexique > Histoire.
Oiseaux > Nouveau-Mexique > Histoire.
HISTORY > General.
Bird surveys
Birds
Travel
New Mexico > Description and travel.
Nouveau-Mexique > Descriptions et voyages.
New Mexico
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Family history
  • 2. J. Stokley Ligon, 1900-1912
  • 3. The US Biological Survey
  • 4. The breeding bird survey
  • 5. After the breeding bird survey : beginning a career
  • 6. The significance of the breeding bird survey
  • 7. Ligon's later career
  • Appendix. An assessment of species distributional, behavioral, and taxonomic elements of the breeding bird report. Appendix Table 1. Binomials used by Ligon compared with current common names and binomials. Appendix Table 2. Specimens collected by Ligon during the 1913 breeding bird survey.

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