Field Guide to Bird Nests and Eggs of Alaska's Coastal Tundra
Title | Field Guide to Bird Nests and Eggs of Alaska's Coastal Tundra PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Dale Bowman |
Publisher | University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Total Pages | 80 |
Release | 2008-01-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9781566121293 |
Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests
Title | Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests PDF eBook |
Author | Casey McFarland |
Publisher | Peterson Field Guides |
Total Pages | 519 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0544963385 |
A comprehensive field guide to the nests and nesting behavior of North American birds Beyond being a simple reference book, the Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests is a practical, educational, and intimate doorway to our continent's bird life. The diversity of nests and nesting strategies of birds reflect the unique biology and evolution of these charismatic animals. Unlike any other book currently on the market, this guide comprehensively incorporates nest design, breeding behavior, and habitat preferences of North American birds to provide the reader with a highly functional field resource and an engaging perspective of this sensitive part of a bird's life cycle.
Land of Extremes
Title | Land of Extremes PDF eBook |
Author | Alex Huryn |
Publisher | University of Alaska Press |
Total Pages | 329 |
Release | 2012-09-15 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1602231826 |
This book is a comprehensive guide to the natural history of the North Slope, the only arctic tundra in the United States. The first section provides detailed information on climate, geology, landforms, and ecology. The second provides a guide to the identification and natural history of the common animals and plants and a primer on the human prehistory of the region from the Pleistocene through the mid-twentieth century. The appendix provides the framework for a tour of the natural history features along the Dalton Highway, a road connecting the crest of the Brooks Range with Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic Ocean, and includes mile markers where travelers may safely pull off to view geologic formations, plants, birds, mammals, and fish. Featuring hundreds of illustrations that support the clear, authoritative text, Land of Extremes reveals the arctic tundra as an ecosystem teeming with life.
Guide to the Birds of Alaska, 6th edition
Title | Guide to the Birds of Alaska, 6th edition PDF eBook |
Author | Robert H. Armstrong |
Publisher | Mango Media Inc. |
Total Pages | |
Release | 2016-05-17 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1633534707 |
GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF ALASKA has been a must-have for Alaska birders for more than thirty years. In the sixth edition, Robert Armstrong provides hundreds of new photographs. Every bird is now illustrated including the casuals and accidentals. This comprehensive guide provides the most current knowledge about the birds in Alaska.
Field Guide to Bird Nests and Eggs of Alaska's Coastal Tundra
Title | Field Guide to Bird Nests and Eggs of Alaska's Coastal Tundra PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Dale Bowman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 84 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN |
This water-resistant, color-illustrated book helps in identification of nests and eggs of birds on Alaska's coastal tundra. It covers the Alaska Peninsula, the Bering and Chukchi sea coasts, and the Arctic Coastal Plain including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and includes photos of the birds.
Eastern Birds' Nests
Title | Eastern Birds' Nests PDF eBook |
Author | Hal H. Harrison |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | 298 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780395936092 |
Covers nest of bird species of all 26 states east of the Mississippi.
Field Guide to Squids and Octopods of the Eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea
Title | Field Guide to Squids and Octopods of the Eastern North Pacific and Bering Sea PDF eBook |
Author | Elaina M. Jorgensen |
Publisher | Alaska Sea Grant College Program |
Total Pages | 104 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Cephalopoda |
ISBN |
This handy, fully illustrated guide is designed to help researchers and scientists identify squids and octopods found in the eastern North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea, regions that have been difficult to sample because of their rough seas and thus have been poorly known until now. Printed on waterproof paper, the book describes and illustrates forty-four species, with full scientific details and aids to identification."