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Parrots of Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands : Biology, ecology and conservation /
Parrots' colour and charisma, coupled with the fact that they mimic human speech, make them fascinating to many people. They are ancient birds with unique bill and foot structures that enable them to forage on fruits in the canopy of forest trees as well as on seeds in grasslands. Because they...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Johannesburg [South Africa] :
Wits University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Conservation biology
- Systematics
- Biogeography and niche separation
- Intelligence, communication and behaviour
- Breeding biology
- Diet and metabolism
- Case study
- the Cape parrot
- Trade in African parrots
- African parrot conservation. The parrot species of Africa ; IUCN categories
- Long-tailed and fossil parrots
- True parrots
- Lovebirds
- Field techniques in parrot research
- Species lists.