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The Avian Brood Parasites
Deception at the Nest
Inbunden, 1998
1894 kr
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Obligatory brood parasites are birds that reproduce by laying their eggs in the nests of other species. This book discusses the ecological and evolutionary aspects of this remarkable behavioural adaptation.
Avian Brood Parasites
Deception at the Nest
E-bok, 1997
1064 kr
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The evolutionary, ecological and behavioral questions posed by obligate brood parasites are among the most intriguing of all contemporary ornithological topics. Avian brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other birds and may be a major contributing factor driving several species of …
Earth, Water, and Sky
A Naturalist's Stories and Sketches
Häftad, 1999
232 kr
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"As I write this, I am sitting in a cabin at Cedar Point Biological Station in southwestern Nebraska.... The glorious elemental mixture of earth, water, and sky around me is the home of nearly three hundred species of birds, and comprises one of my favorite places in the world. Here no radio …
Platte
Channels in Time
Häftad, 2008
162 kr
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Arising in two separate streams high in the Rockies and flowing east across the plains to meet the Missouri near Omaha, Nebraska, the Platte River is a microcosm of the geologic, plant, animal, and human worlds. Way station for the sandhill cranes, home of the Plains Indians, and artery for the …
Sandhill and Whooping Cranes
Ancient Voices Over America's Wetlands
Häftad, 2011
162 kr
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Driving west from Lincoln to Grand Island, Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard remarks, is like driving backward in time. "I suspect," he says, "that the migrating cranes of a pre–ice age period some ten million years ago would fully understand every nuance of the crane conversation going on today along …
Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie
A Nebraska Year
Häftad, 2014
246 kr
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A respected author and scholar, Paul A. Johnsgard has spent a lifetime observing the natural delights of Nebraska's woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands. Seasons of the Tallgrass Prairie collects his musings on Nebraska's natural history and the issues of conservation facing our future. Johnsgard …
Prairie Dog Empire
A Saga of the Shortgrass Prairie
Häftad, 2014
246 kr
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This book by the renowned naturalist and writer Paul A. Johnsgard tells the complex biological and environmental story of the western Great Plains under the black-tailed prairie dog's reign—and then under a brief but devastating century of human dominion.An introduction to the ecosystem of the …
Niobrara
A River Running Through Time
Häftad, 2007
275 kr
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Although its history is etched on canyon walls reaching back twenty million years, the Niobrara is very much a river of today. Stretching 535 miles from its headwaters to the Missouri River, it is one of Nebraska's least altered waterways and is designated as a national scenic river. Its waterfalls …
Song of the North Wind
A Story of the Snow Goose
Häftad, 1979
157 kr
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For centuries the snow goose has signified the passing seasons to the Indians—its white feathers a symbol of the breadth of life and a reminder of the roles the birds played as messengers between heaven and earth. The importance of the geese in these roles is attested by their prominence in Indian …
Crane Music
A Natural History of American Cranes
Häftad, 1998
148 kr
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Graced with illustrations by the author, Crane Music introduces the two North American crane species. The sandhill, most often seen, is within easy reach of bird-watchers in the center of the continent. Less visible is the whooping crane, struggling back from near extinction. Paul Johnsgard follows …
Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains
A Natural History
Häftad, 2003
162 kr
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Lewis and Clark on the Great Plains is an easy-to-use reference on the wildlife that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark encountered during their 1804–6 Corps of Discovery expedition. More than one hundred animals and plants that were first carefully described and in some cases discovered by Lewis …
Nature of Nebraska
Ecology and Biodiversity
Häftad, 2005
351 kr
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Where the eastern and western currents of American life merge as smoothly as one river flows into another is a place called Nebraska. There we find the Platte, a river that gave sustenance to the countless migrants who once trudged westward along the Mormon and Oregon trails. We find the Sandhills, …
Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch Sutton
Watercolors in the Field Museum
Häftad, 2006
165 kr
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George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird artists of the twentieth century. This marvelous book presents thirty-five paintigs of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite watercolrs, housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, …
Ruddy Ducks and Other Stifftails
Their Behavior and Biology
Av Paul A. Johnsgard, Montserrat Carbonell
Häftad, 2010
411 kr
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An in-depth biological overview of a fascinating group of waterfowl'Paul A. Johnsgard's first glimpse of a North American ruddy duck - a chestnut-brown bird with a blue bill, black head, and white cheeks - led to decades of observing the eight extant species of stiff-tailed ducks. In Ruddy Ducks …
Natural Treasures of the Great Plains: An Ecological Perspective
Av Tom Lynch, Paul A. Johnsgard
Häftad
222 kr
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Those of the Gray Wind
The Sandhill Cranes, New Edition
Häftad, 2017
162 kr
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With Paul A. Johnsgard, we follow the migration of the sandhill cranes from the American Southwest to their Alaskan breeding grounds and back again, an annual pattern that has persisted over millions of years. By selecting four historic time frames of the migration between 1860 and 1980, Johnsgard …
Wildlife of Nebraska
A Natural History
Häftad, 2020
384 kr
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In Wildlife of Nebraska: A Natural History, Paul A. Johnsgard surveys the variety and biology of more than six hundred Nebraska species.Narrative accounts describe the ecology and biology of the state’s birds, its mammals, and its reptiles and amphibians, summarizing the abundance, distributions, …
Birds of the Central Platte River Valley and Adjacent Counties
Av Paul A Johnsgard, Mary Bomberger Brown
Häftad, 2013
189 kr
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Birds and Birding in Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains Region
Av Paul A Johnsgard, Jacqueline L Canterbury m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
284 kr
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Grassland Grouse and Their Conservation
E-bok, 2014
445 kr
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Paul Johnsgard, one of the world''s leading ornithologists, has written this book as a call to action. Conservationists have seen a marked decline in the populations of North American grouse, particularly the grassland-adapted species. Unless action is taken swiftly, at least one species -- …
Hummingbirds of North America, Second Edition
E-bok, 2016
525 kr
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Swift and iridescent, hummingbirds are found only in the New World, and encompass an amazing variety of specializations. No other family of birds can lay claim to so many superlatives, including smallest size, most rapid wingbeat, and most specialized plumages. While many species can be attracted …
Prairie Birds
Fragile Splendor in the Great Plains
Inbunden, 2001
453 kr
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For anyone who has ever thrilled to a cloud of blackbirds or a solitary falcon against the prairie sky, Paul Johnsgard has written a book that will both inspire and inform. One of America's preeminent ornithologists, Johnsgard blends science, nature, and personal observations to tell the life …
Great Wildlife of the Great Plains
Inbunden, 2003
677 kr
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Thundering herds of bison. Burrowing prairie dogs. Soaring golden eagles. These are among the wildlife who will always be linked with the Great Plains, and many can still be seen in their natural habitats. Now there is a single-volume resource that provides an instructive and entertaining …
Faces of the Great Plains
Prairie Wildlife
Inbunden, 2003
481 kr
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The Great Plains are America's biological melting pot, drawing creatures from surrounding regions to create a rich diversity of wildlife. This book illuminates the enormous variety and uniqueness of prairie wildlife - featuring 150 of the most interesting and important species.
Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch Sutton
Watercolors in the Field Museum
Inbunden, 1998
294 kr
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George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird artists of the twentieth century. This marvelous book presents thirty-five paintigs of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite watercolrs, housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, …
Chorus of Cranes
The Cranes of North America and the World
Häftad, 2015
372 kr
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“Since long before medieval times cranes have been considered messengers of the gods, calling annually from on high to remind humans below of the passing years and of their own mortality. Now it is up to humans to take responsibility for controlling our own fate—and also to cry out to protect not …
