Title Statements
- Full title :The Kittiwake / John C. Coulson ; illustrated by Robert Greenhalf.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):T & AD Poyser
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:304 s., [8] plates -s. : : illustrations, kart., diagram ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781408109663, 1408109662
- oclc:ocn942401841
- LC Classification:QL696.C46
- Dewey Decimal:598.338
Table of Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Kittiwake feeding methods and food -- 3. Winter oceanic distribution and reoccupation of the colony -- 4. Pre-breeding, nesting and nest building -- 5. Eggs, clutch size and incubation -- 6. Chicks, growth, fledging, productivity and desertion of the colony -- 7. Weights of kittiowakes during breeding -- 8. Factors affecting individuals within a colony -- 9. Long-term changes in individual colonies -- 10. Kittiwake survival rates, longevity and causes of mortality -- 1. Colonies, recruitment and population trends -- 12. Primary moult in the kittiwake -- 13. Kittiwakes and humans -- Appendix 1: The history and methods used at the North Shields colony -- Appendix 2: Age of pairs of kittiwakes at North Shields -- Appendix 3: Annual variation in productivity of kittiwakes -- Appendix 4: Data relating to the effect of position in the colony anfd age -- Appendix 5: List of scientific names of species mentioned in the text.
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