Overview
A stunningly illustrated look at the mating and parenting lives of the world's birds Bird Love looks at the extraordinary range of mating systems in the avian world, exploring all the stages from courtship and nest-building to protecting eggs and raising chicks. It delves into the reasons why some species, such as the wattled jacana, rely on mal
Full Product Details
Author: Wenfei Tong ,
Mike Webster
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691188843
ISBN 10: 069118884
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 24 March 2020
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
[A] beautifully designed book on an endlessly fascinating topic. ---Matt Mendenhall, BirdWatching [A] fascinating, comprehensive, and beautifully illustrated book about numerous aspects of bird behavior. ---Marc Bekoff, Animal Emotions
[A] beautifully designed book on an endlessly fascinating topic. ---Matt Mendenhall, BirdWatching [A] beautiful book . . . stunning photographs keep the pages turning. ---Julie Zickefoose, Wall Street Journal [A] fascinating, comprehensive, and beautifully illustrated book about numerous aspects of bird behavior. ---Marc Bekoff, Animal Emotions [A] work worthy of attention by ornithologists, birdwatchers, and general naturalists alike. ---Johannes E. Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist
[A] fascinating, comprehensive, and beautifully illustrated book about numerous aspects of bird behavior. ---Marc Bekoff, Animal Emotions
[A] beautifully designed book on an endlessly fascinating topic. ---Matt Mendenhall, BirdWatching [Combines] vignettes with photographs and drawings to paint an eye-opening picture of the myriad ways birds act. ---Alisa Opar, Audubon [A] beautiful book . . . stunning photographs keep the pages turning. ---Julie Zickefoose, Wall Street Journal [A] fascinating, comprehensive, and beautifully illustrated book about numerous aspects of bird behavior. ---Marc Bekoff, Animal Emotions What drew me into the book were its outstanding photographs of birds young and old. ---Jim Williams, Star Tribune [A] work worthy of attention by ornithologists, birdwatchers, and general naturalists alike. ---Johannes E. Riutta, The Well-read Naturalist
Author Information
Wenfei Tong is a research associate in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Mike Webster is the Robert G. Engel Professor of Ornithology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University and director of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
