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A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
South Georgia Heritage Trust,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Machine generated contents note: SOUTH GEORGIA WILDLIFE
- Birds
- Breeding penguins
- King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua
- Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus
- Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus
- Penguin behaviour
- Vagrant penguins
- Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
- Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
- Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli
- Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
- Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
- Tubenoses
- Royal albatrosses
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophrys
- Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
- Vagrant mollymawks
- White-capped Albatross Thalassarche steadi
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- Sooty albatrosses
- Note continued: Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
- Giant petrels
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Cape Petrel and Antarctic Petrel
- Cape Petrel Daption capense
- Antarctic Petrel Thalassoica antarctica
- Snow Petrel and Southern Fulmar
- Snow Petrel Pagodroma nivea
- Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
- Gadfly petrels 1
- Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
- Gadfly petrels 2 and Grey Petrel
- Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea
- Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta
- Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Breeding prions
- Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Blue Petrel and vagrant prions
- Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
- Note continued: Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
- Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Shearwaters
- Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
- Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
- Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
- Storm-petrels
- Wilson's Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Black-bellied Storm-petrel Fregetta tropica
- Grey-backed Storm-petrel Garrodia nereis
- Diving-petrels
- South Georgia Diving-petrel Pelecanoides georgicus
- Common Diving-petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
- Imperial Shag Phalacrocorax atriceps
- Herons and Egrets
- Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Ducks
- South Georgia Pintail Anas georgica
- Speckled Teal Anas flavirostris
- Chiloe Wigeon Anas sibilatrix
- Birds of prey
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Peregrine Falco peregrinus
- Snowy Sheathbill Chionis albus
- Skuas
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Note continued: South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Gulls
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Dolphin Gull Leucophaeus scoresbii
- Terns
- Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Waders
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- South Georgia Pipit Anthus antarcticus
- Additional species
- Accidental species
- Seals
- Fur seals
- Antarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus gazella
- Subantarctic Fur Seal Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina
- Weddell Seal Leptonychotes weddellii
- Leopard Seal and Crabeater Seal
- Leopard Seal Hydrurga leptonyx
- Crabeater Seal Lobodon carcinophagus
- Cetaceans
- Southern Right Whale and Humpback Whale
- Southern Right Whale Eubalaena australis
- Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae
- Minke Whale and Blue Whale
- Antarctic Minke Whale Balaenoptera bonaerensis
- Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus
- Large rorquals
- Note continued: Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis
- Fin Whale Balaenoptera physalus
- Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
- Beaked Whales
- Arnoux's Beaked Whale Berardius arnuxii
- Southern Bottlenose Whale Hyperoodon planifrons
- Strap-toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon layardii
- Killer Whale (or Orca) Orcinus orca
- Long-finned Pilot Whale, Hourglass Dolphin and Spectacled Porpoise
- Long-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
- Hourglass Dolphin Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Spectacled Porpoise Phocoena dioptrica
- Introduced Mammals
- Reindeer Rangifer tarandus
- Brown, Common or Norway Rat Rattus norvegicus
- House Mouse Mus musculus
- Invertebrates
- Insects
- Springtails
- Arachnids
- Freshwater Crustaceans
- Annelids
- Molluscs
- Plants
- Forbs: Non-grasslike herbs
- Greater Burnet Acaena magellanica
- Lesser Burnet Acaena tenera
- Hybrid Burnet Acaena magellanica x tenera
- Blinks Montia fontana
- Antarctic Starwort Callitriche antarctica
- Note continued: Antarctic Bedstraw Galium antarcticum
- Antarctic Pearlwort Colobanthus quitensis
- Sessile or Subantarctic Pearlwort Colobanthus subulatus
- Forbs: Introduced species
- Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium fontanum
- Antarctic Buttercup Ranunculus biternatus
- Creeping Buttercup Ranunculus repens
- Dandelion Taraxacum officinale
- Bittercress Cardamine glacialis
- Yarrow, or Milfoil Achillea millefolium
- Sheep's Sorrel Rumex acetosella
- Grasses
- Tussock Grass Poa flabellata
- Brown or Tufted Fescue Festuca contracta
- Red Fescue Festuca rubra
- Alpine Cat's-tail Phleum alpinum
- Magellanic or Antarctic Foxtail Alopecurus magellanicus
- Annual Meadow-grass Poa annua
- Smooth-stalked Meadow-grass Poa pratensis
- Common Bent-grass Agrostis capillaris
- Antarctic Hair-grass Deschampsia antarctica
- Tufted Hair Grass Deschampsia cespitosa
- Sedge
- Smith's Sedge Uncinia macrolepis
- Rushes
- Greater Rush Juncus scheuchzerioides
- Note continued: Lesser Rush Juncus inconspicuus
- Brown or Magellanic Rush Rostkovia magellanica
- Higher plants: Infrequent introduced species
- Ferns and clubmoss
- Brittle Bladder-fern Cystopteris fragilis
- Adder's-tongue Ophioglossum crotalophoroides
- Falklands Filmy Fern Hymenophyllum falklandicum
- Strap Fern Grammitis poeppigiana
- Shield Fern Polystichum mohrioides
- Small Fern Blechnum penna-marina
- Magellanic Clubmoss Lycopodium magellanicum
- Lower plants
- Mosses
- Liverworts
- Algae
- Lichens
- Fungi.