The World's Rarest Birds /

The World's Rarest Birds / / Erik Hirschfeld, Robert Still, Andy Swash.

This illustrated book vividly depicts the most endangered birds in the world and provides the latest information on the threats each species faces and the measures being taken to save them. Today, 571 bird species are classified as critically endangered or endangered, and a further four now exist on...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Hirschfeld, Erik,
Still, Robert,
Swash, Andy,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:WILDGuides ; 103
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Physical Description:1 online resource (360 p.) :; 103 color illus. 977 color photos. 610 color maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The World's Rarest initiative
  • Introduction to the world's birds
  • The world's rarest birds
  • The threats birds face
  • The need for conservation
  • Threats without borders
  • The Regional Directories
  • Structure of the regional sections. Glossary of terms
  • Europe and the Middle East
  • Africa and Madagascar
  • Asia
  • Australasia
  • Oceanic Islands
  • The Caribbean, North and Central America
  • South America
  • Data Deficient Species
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix 1: Extinct species
  • Appendix 2: Globally threatened bird families
  • Index

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