Weather and Bird Behaviour

ISBN: 9780713668254 出版年：2010 页码：297 Norman Elkins Bloomsbury Publishing

This classic Poyser title, now in its third revised edition, discusses in depth the various ways in which weather conditions influence bird behaviour. Weather conditions affect food and water availability, decisions about when and how to migrate, timing and success of reproduction, flight style, and physical comfort. Birds display many adaptations in form and behaviour that help them to cope with changing weather conditions, and this fascinatigreat variety of examples to explore the subject in depth. The text is enhanced throughout with evocative line drawings, there atables and figures, and there colour photograph section.