Baldassarre Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America

revised and updated
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0808-8
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 254 mm

The best-selling and authoritative reference book on waterfowl has been fully revised and updated by one of the world’s most respected waterfowl biologists.

Honorable Mention for the PROSE Award for Excellence, Multivolume/Science of the Association of American Publishers

Ducks, Geese, and Swans of North America has been hailed as a classic since the first edition was published in 1942. A must-have for professional biologists, birders, waterfowl hunters, decoy collectors, and wildlife managers, this fully revised and updated edition provides definitive information on the continent's forty-six species. Maps of both winter and breeding ranges are presented with stunning images by top waterfowl photographers and the acclaimed original artwork of Robert W. (Bob) Hines.

Originally authored by F. H. Kortright and later revised by Frank Bellrose, this latest edition, which has been meticulously updated by renowned waterfowl biologist Guy Baldassarre, continues the legacy of esteemed authors. Each species account contains in-depth sections on:
• identification
• distribution
• migration behavior
• habitat
• population status
• breeding biology
• rearing of young
• recruitment and survival
• food habits and feeding ecology
• molts and plumages
• conservation and management

To facilitate identification, the species accounts also include detailed illustrations of wings. An appendix contains comparative illustrations of ducklings, goslings, and cygnets.

This edition of Ducks, Geese, and Swans consists of two volumes, printed in full color, and packaged in a slipcase, along with a CD containing references and additional maps.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldassarre, Guy

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbeltiere (Vertebrata) Vögel (Ornithologie)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume I:

Foreword
Introduction
A Remembrance
Preface
Acknowledgments
Basis For The Book
Species Accounts:

• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck
• Mute Swan
• Trumpeter Swan
• Tundra Swan
• Greater White-fronted Goose
• Emperor Goose
• Snow Goose (Lesser and Greater)
• Ross's Goose
• Brant (Atlantic and Black)
• Canada Goose/Cackling Goose
• Muscovy Duck
• Wood Duck
• Gadwall
• American Wigeon
• American Black Duck
• Mallard
• Mexican Duck
• Mottled Duck
• Blue-winged Teal
• Cinnamon Teal
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Pintail
• American Green-winged Teal
Volume II:

Species Accounts:

• Canvasback
• Redhead
• Ring-necked Duck
• Greater Scaup
• Lesser Scaup
• Steller's Eider
• Spectacled Eider
• King Eider
• Common Eider
• Harlequin Duck
• Surf Scoter
• White-winged Scoter
• Black Scoter
• Long-tailed Duck
• Bufflehead
• Common Goldeneye
• Barrow's Goldeneye
• Hooded Merganser
• Common Merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser
• Masked Duck
• Northern Ruddy Duck
Appendix A. Important Waterfowl Areas
Appendix B. Ducklings, Goslings, and Cygnets
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Baldassarre, Guy
Guy Baldassarre was a professor of wildlife ecology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse until his death in 2012. He is the coauthor of the textbook Waterfowl Ecology and Management.