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Beschreibung

The most accurate guide to feathers of European birds ever published.

This book offers an innovative identification key, designed according to colour in addition to feather structure and shape.

Collection and conservation methods, locations of feathers on the bird, and identification and description of the feathers of more than 400 species are clearly explained and richly illustrated.

The large format of this book allows feathers to be shown in as much detail as possible, allowing readers to get to grips with the subtleties of their identification.

The most accurate guide to feathers of European birds ever published.

This book offers an innovative identification key, designed according to colour in addition to feather structure and shape.

Collection and conservation methods, locations of feathers on the bird, and identification and description of the feathers of more than 400 species are clearly explained and richly illustrated.

The large format of this book allows feathers to be shown in as much detail as possible, allowing readers to get to grips with the subtleties of their identification.

Über den Autor
Cloé Fraigneau is an ornithologist who works for the Éducation et Recherche sur les Oiseaux et la Nature (Education and Research on Birds and Nature) association.
Zusammenfassung
A new and innovative method for identifying feathers of European birds.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Collecting methods, conservation and identification
2. Factors useful for identification
3. Determining the location of a feather on a bird
4. Flight and tail feather shapes and adaptations
5. Keys to flight and tail feather determination
6. Some examples of identifiable body feathers
7. Exercise in the identification of some feathers of common species
8. Species descriptions

Appendices

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472971722
ISBN-10: 1472971728
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Fraigneau, Cloe
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 287 x 199 x 33 mm
Von/Mit: Cloe Fraigneau
Erscheinungsdatum: 10.05.2022
Gewicht: 1,684 kg
Artikel-ID: 119477735