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Bird
Birds (class Aves) are winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), vertebrate animals that lay eggs. There are around 10,000 living species, making them the most numerous tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Birds range in size from the...
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Filter this CollectionThe Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time
The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (ISBN 0-679-40003-6) winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. this book on evolutionary biology written for the layperson by Jonathan Weiner in 1994. The finches of the title...
- x Author:
- Jonathan Weiner
- x Date of first publication:
- 1994
- x Editor:
Last of the Curlews
Last of the Curlews is a novel, a fictionalized account of the life of the last Eskimo Curlew. It was written by Fred Bodsworth, a Canadian newspaper reporter and naturalist, and published in 1954.
The story follows the bird throughout a year during...
- x Author:
- Fred Bodsworth
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- x Editor:
The Sibley Guide to Birds
The Sibley Guide to Birds is a guide for the identification of birds found in the North American region as defined by the American Birding Association. The region consists of the continent of North America north of Mexico, including the United...
- x Author:
- David Allen Sibley
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- x Editor:
To See Every Bird on Earth
To See Every Bird on Earth: A Father, a Son, and a Lifetime Obsession is a book by Dan Koeppel first published in 2005. It is about the author's relationship with his father Richard Koeppel, an obsessive "Big Lister" birdwatcher who had spotted over...
- x Author:
- Dan Koeppel
- x Date of first publication:
- 2005
- x Editor:
Bird Neighbors
Bird Neighbors is a book published in 1897 by Neltje Blanchan. After that, this book is also published by the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation in 1999.
- x Author:
- Neltje Blanchan
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Using the spatial and spectral precision of satellite imagery to predict wildlife occurrence patterns
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- x Author:
- Edward J. Laurent,
- Haijin Shi,
- Demetrios Gatziolis,
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- Haijin Shi,
- x Date of first publication:
- 2005
- x Editor:
Audubon
Audubon is a non-fiction book written by Constance Rourke in 1936. It retroactively received the Newbery Honor award for the year 1937.
Rourke's book is a biography of ornithologist and painter John James Audubon.
- x Author:
- John James Audubon
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Developing a scientifically rigorous framework for enhancing and evaluating vertebrate models
- x Date of first publication:
- 2006
- x Editor:
Tools to characterize landscapes for species viability: An overview
- x Author:
- Jaime A. Collazo,
- Steven G. Williams,
- Edward J. Laurent
- Steven G. Williams,
- x Date of first publication:
- Jul 2006
- x Editor:
- Jane A. Fitzgerald,
- Roxanne Bogart
Strategies to mitigate 21st century threats: Predicting the impacts of urbanization and climate change to landscapes and bird populations
- x Author:
- Jane A. Fitzgerald,
- Edward J. Laurent,
- Roxanne Bogart
- Edward J. Laurent,
- x Date of first publication:
- Jul 2006
- x Editor:
The Partners in Flight Handbook on Species Assessment
A publication that lists different ranking systems for quantifying the exinction vulnerability of bird species.
- x Author:
- Arvind O. Panjabi,
- Erica H. Dunn,
- Peter J. Blancher,
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- Erica H. Dunn,
- x Date of first publication:
- Oct 2005
- x Editor:
BBIRD Field Protocol
Martin, T.E., C.R. Paine, C.J. Conway, W.M. Hochachka, P. Allen, and
W. Jenkins. 1997. BBIRD Field Protocol. Montana Cooperative Wildlife
Research Unit, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA.
- x Author:
- W. Jenkins,
- P. Allen,
- W. M. Hochachka,
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- P. Allen,
- x Date of first publication:
- 1997
- x Editor:
Breeding Bird Census
Johnston, D.W. 1990. Descriptions of surveys: Breeding Bird Census. Pages 33-36 in J.R.
Sauer, and S. Droege, eds. Survey designs and statistical methods for the estimation of
avian population trends. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Biol....
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- x Date of first publication:
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Survey designs and statistical methods for the estimation of avian population trends
J.R.
Sauer, and S. Droege, eds. 1990. Survey designs and statistical methods for the estimation of
avian population trends. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Biol. Rept. 90(1).
- x Author:
- S. Droege,
- J. R. Sauer
- x Date of first publication:
- 1990
- x Editor:
Descriptions of surveys: Breeding Bird Census
Johnston, D.W. 1990. Descriptions of surveys: Breeding Bird Census. Pages 33-36 in J.R.
Sauer, and S. Droege, eds. Survey designs and statistical methods for the estimation of
avian population trends. U.S. Fish and Wildl. Serv. Biol....
- x Author:
- D. W. Johnston
- x Date of first publication:
- 1990
- x Editor:
Blue sky: Opportunities for advancing bird conservation over the next ten years
- x Author:
- Brian W. Smith,
- David N. Pashley,
- Edward J. Laurent
- David N. Pashley,
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Advancing our understanding of functional connectivity with empirical studies and its implication for avian conservation
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Environmental data for predicting the spatial distribution of bird populations
- x Author:
- Edward J. Laurent
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
The Avian Knowledge Network: The role of bioinformatics in Partners In Flight
- x Author:
- Steven Kelling
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
North American Waterfowl Management Plan: A Strategy for Cooperation
The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is an international plan to conserve waterfowl and migratory birds in North America. It was established in 1986 by Canada and the United States, and expanded to include Mexico in 1994.
In the...
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- x Editor:
Birds of Nepal
- x Author:
- Tim Inskipp,
- Carol Inskipp,
- Richard Grimmett
- Carol Inskipp,
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Birds of Kenya & Northern Tanzania
- x Author:
- Dale A Zimmerman,
- Iam Willis,
- David J Pearson,
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- Iam Willis,
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Checklist of North American Birds 7th Edition
- x Author:
- American Ornithologists' Union
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
A proposed format for local bird checklists
- x Author:
- Robert Andrews,
- Robert Righter,
- Michael Carter
- Robert Righter,
- x Date of first publication:
- 1992
- x Editor:
USFS Northern Goshawk Inventory and Monitoring Technical Guide
- x Author:
- Brian Woodbridge,
- Christina D. Hargis
- x Date of first publication:
- 2006
- x Editor:
Ecology and Conservation of Neotropical Migrants in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report
- x Author:
- Theodore R. Simons,
- Susan Shriner
- x Date of first publication:
- Feb 2000
- x Editor:
The Effects of Landscape Pattern, Core Areas, and Forest Managment Practices on Avian Communities in the Southern Appalachians 1999 Annual Report
- x Author:
- Theodore R. Simons,
- Jeremy Lichstein,
- Kendrick Weeks,
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- Jeremy Lichstein,
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
Effects of Atmospheric Pollution on High Elevation Fauna in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Progress Report 2008
- x Author:
- Theodore R. Simons,
- Becky Keller
- x Date of first publication:
- Jan 17, 2008
- x Editor:
The watercolors for The birds of America
- x Author:
- John James Audubon
- x Date of first publication:
- x Editor:
High Priority Needs for Range-wide Monitoring of North American Landbirds
- x Author:
- Erica H. Dunn,
- Bob L. Altman,
- Jon Bart,
- more ▼
- Bob L. Altman,
- x Date of first publication:
- Sep 2005
- x Editor: