The common eider
A common sight around the more northerly shores of the British Isles, the Common Eider is the largest duck in the northern hemisphere. The eider is particularly well adapted to cold-water environments; the insulating properties of eider down are iconic. The species is taxonomically interesting, with a range of well-marked subspecies reflecting the patterns of ice coverage during ancient glaciations, and these ducks have also provided the focus for a number of important behavioural studies, espe…
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- Full title :The common eider / Chris Waltho, John Coulson.
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A common sight around the more northerly shores of the British Isles, the Common Eider is the largest duck in the northern hemisphere. The eider is particularly well adapted to cold-water environments; the insulating properties of eider down are iconic. The species is taxonomically interesting, with a range of well-marked subspecies reflecting the patterns of ice coverage during ancient glaciations, and these ducks have also provided the focus for a number of important behavioural studies, especially on feeding ecology and energy budgets. Eiders have a long association with humans.
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- Publication Date:2015.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2015.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781472920928, 1472920929, 9781408152805, 1408152800
- oclc:ocn904437826
- LC Classification:QL696.A52
- Dewey Decimal:598.4
Table of Contents
Cover; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. Common Eider -- some key features ; 2. Origins, taxonomy and differentiation ; 3. Distribution, movements and numbers ; 4. Food and feeding ; 5. Predators, parasites and diseases ; 6. Breeding and breeding season ; 7. Egg laying, parasitism, 'jumbo clutches' and egg stealing ; 8. Clutch size ; 9. Incubation and hatching success ; 10. Nesting with others: Is the Common Eider really a colonial species? ; 11. Ducklings ; 12. Mortality, survival and non-breeding ; 13. Exploitation, management and conservation.
14. The eiders: comparisons between species Appendix 1: Schematic distribution of the Common Eider and its subspecies ; Appendix 2: Important conservation sites for the Common Eider ; Appendix 3: Prey species taken by Common Eiders ; Appendix 4: Prey dominance in Common Eider diet ; Appendix 5: The number of eggs recorded in samples of Common Eider nests on Inner Farne, Northumberland, 1958 to 2011 ; Appendix 6: Duckling growth ; Appendix 7: Scientific names of species mentioned in the text ; References ; Index.
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