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 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 24 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781408109663, 1408109662
- oclc:ocn747313956
- 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 kittiwakes 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 -- 11. 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 and age -- Appendix 5. List of scientific names of species mentioned in the text.
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