The Gannet

ISBN: 9781408138588 出版年：2010 页码：369 Bryan Nelson Bloomsbury Publishing

The author is internationally known for hNorth Atlantic gannet and the boobies. His studies of the gannetry on the Bass Rock over many yeathe basis fknowledge of the gannet's ecology, its breeding cycle and behaviour. The present work is a distillation of the studies and researches on Sula bassana in Europe and North America, with frequent reference to the African and Australasian gannets. There is also a chapter on the boobies, all of which have been studied at firauthor. Chapter topics are plumage, shape, structure and voice; numbers and distribution; behaviour; ecology; the bird at sea; the gannet family and the ordeand man. There are many tables, maps and a full bibliography. The authoritative text is complemented by John Busby's brilliant and evocative drawings, plus 32 pages of photographs, many unpublished hitherto.