Seabirds: A Natural History
by Gaston, Anthony J.

Format: Hardcover
Code: 11088
Condition: New
Product Details
The book covers the gamut of seabirds. It includes information on seabird types, adaptation and plumage, how they are distributed into communities, feeding behavior, migration, breeding, and the consequences of coloniality. The author concludes with a thoughtful analysis and discussion of the population dynamics and life-history strategy of seabirds.
Anthony J. Gaston has worked for the Canadian Wildlife Service on the ecology of seabirds for nearly thirty years. Most of his research has been in the Eastern Canadian Arctic, which he has visited annually since 1975 to study Thick-billed Murres and other seabirds. He specializes in researching birds that other ornithologists cannot reach.
ISBN: 9780300104066
Publisher: Yale University Press
Year of Publication: 2004
Page Count: 222
Weight: 2.25 lb
Series: Helm Field Guides