Pelicans, Cormorants, and their Relatives
Pelecanidae, Sulidae, Phalacrocoracidae, Anhingidae, Fregatidae, Phaethontidae
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 26 January 2006
- ISBN 9780198577270
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages680 pages
- Size 254x199x39 mm
- Weight 1887 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 colour plates, 159 halftones, 62 maps 0
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Short description:
The pelecaniformes are seabirds, found all over the world in marine and freshwater environments, encompassing six families and sixty species. They illuminate a variety of extremely important areas of seabird biology, especially ecology, behaviour and conservation. Bryan Nelson has researched these birds for forty years and his work is complemented by beautiful pictures, specially commissioned for the book from renowned ornithology illustrators.
MoreLong description:
The pelecaniformes are a large and important group of seabirds, containing many spectacular species. This book addresses the breeding biology of the six pelecaniform families, which comprise the closely-related core groups (pelicans, cormorants/shags, darters, gannets/boobies) and their more distant relatives, the frigate birds and tropic birds. Many fundamental questions can be addressed through the pelecaniformes: Why do they breed in colonies? What are the links between their feeding methods and their reproduction? What part does territorial and pairing behaviour play in their life-cycles? These and scores of comparable issues, including those related to man, are woven here into a richly interpretative text.
The author's approach to the subject is threefold. First, the pelecaniformes are placed within the framework of four discrete disciplines, with chapters on evolutionary relationships, comparative behaviour, ecology, and the birds' relationship with humans. Secondly, each of the six families is discussed, elucidating the range of taxonomy, behaviour, and ecology within each. Finally, we progress to specific level, using the same structure as for the family accounts. In this way, each of the 60-odd species can be understood not just as discrete units, but as part of their family and order. The book is unique in its coverage of the entire order and in its combination of facts and interpretation.
Pelicans, Cormorants, and their Allies will enable readers not only to identify the many spectacular species which make up this large and important group of seabirds, but also to understand their breeding biology.
...marine ornithologists will want to consult it to find out more about a fascinating group of birds...IBIS (2006), 148, 830-843.
Table of Contents:
List of colour plates
List of abbreviations
Plan of the book
Introduction
Part I: General Chapters
Evolutionary relationships
Breeding biology
Behaviour
The pelecaniformes and man
General family accounts
Part II: Species accounts
Appendix
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
