Editore: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004
ISBN 10: 0198548443 ISBN 13: 9780198548447
Da: North Country Books, Milton, VT, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Hardcover. Condizione: VG+ in VG+ dust jacket. Barnes, Eustace (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Slightly oversize hardcover with light wear, clean, tightly bound, internally clean and unmarked. Light wear to dust jacket. xxiii, 508 pages, illustrated. Summary:"In The Bowerbirds, renowned experts Clifford and Dawn Frith aim to make readers aware of the broader significance of bowerbirds to general biological studies, and to provide references to key literature on theoretical issues. Part I contains general chapters on bowerbird evolution, behaviour, environment, demography, courtship patterns, breeding biology, and sexual selection. Part II follows with accounts of each species giving comprehensive information on the birds in their natural state, including distribution maps and sonograms. Complementing the species accounts are superb colour plates and line drawings by Eustace Barnes, specially commissioned for this volume."--Jacket Experienced full-time bookseller since 1994 (selling online since 1998). Images may be added by request. Questions welcome.